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THE GAZETTE-TIMES. HEPPNER. ORE.. THURSDAY, FEB. 3. 1916
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February 11th, 1916
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: synopsis of my observations in the
Jack, Jennet ami Mule industry. I
. am now passed the 60th milestone of
I my life's journey. I was born on a
stock farm in Oregon and from child
hood to the present day, stock rais
ing has been and is now the principal
vocation of my life s work.
My father was the pioneer mule
raiser in Oregon and found ready
market for his mules, which he sold
in the Cariboo and Frazier River
mining districts to be used as pack
animals, for which purpose the mule
is better than the horse because he
is surer footed and carries a heavier
load than the horse.
As I am writing these lines some
of the scenes of my childhood, bo
dear to the human heart, pass vividly
before my mental vision and I re
member when a small boy, in child
ish glee and enthusiastic with hope
ful anticipation, my first ride was
successfully accomplished on the
back of one of my father's Mammoth
Maltese Jennets. He was raising this
breed of jennets.
Looking over the annals of stock
industry I find that the king of Spain
presented George Washington, "the
father of our country," with a Mam
moth Maltese Jack which he Kept in
the stud for forty years.
The Jack and Jennets belong to
the genus "Equus" and are longer
lived and more intelligent than other
animals of this species; the mule
comes next in the scale of intelli
gence. Some cartoonists who are
ignorant of the nature and disposi
tion of the mule, picture this animal
as vicious and mean in various car
toons In newspapers and magazines.
These "would-be" observors of the
animal kingdom, would make a per
son believe that the mule is always
ready to kick or strike, but as a mat
ter of fact such cartoons are misrep
resentations by artists who are to
tally ignorant as to the nature of
mules. It is true that in order, to
handle the mule properly, one must
make a practical study of the ten
dencies and characteristics of this
animal. In order to instill trust and
confidence in the mule, you must ac
cord to him kind treatment. A mule
never kicks except lie fears some
thing. Many a person believes that
young mules must be abused and
beaten into submission, but such a
method is wrong and despicable. .
Take for instance, a mule that is
handled by a person possessed of
fear, what would be the result? The
person's magnetism on account pi'
being tinged with fear, is of a nepa-''
tive quality which is attracted by the
mule's negative magnetism, and ac
cording to the laws of Occultism, as
two negative or positive qualities
come in contact with each other,
cause discord and inharmony. The
mule's negative magnetism repels
the person's magnetism of like qual
ity and arouses fear in the person, j
who, in turn infuses fear in (he mule
and the latter because he fears some
thing is then liable to luck.
I11 the Northwest, the introduction
of mules for farming and other pur
poses has been slow. The first mules
I put on the market in Eastern Oro
Sou was in 1880, and they were dif
ficult to sell. I took twenty head to
Fort Walla Walla, Washington, but
could not find any market at that
time, so was obliged to take tliem
home again. The next year I o.Tered
the same mules for sale in a farming
section, sold some of them at auction
for only $63 a span, called the sale
on and shipped the others to St.
Louis. Missouri, in 1881. In this lo
cality they brought a fair price.
Since then the demand for mules
has been on the increase and s!ill in
creasing, so much so, that the supply
is not equal to the demand. MuIp
raisers in the East are shipping
mules to the Northwest and an av
erage span thus bought cost the far
mer on the Pacific Coast about $500
a span and the eastern mule is infer
ior to the native mule of Oregon.
Why? Because the eastern mule
must become acclimated to this new
locality before he can thrive and do
his best work.
The Eastern stock raiser has bred
for height too long and neglected to
give the necessary attention to strong
bodily qualities, such as deep and
broad chest, deep shoulders, heavy
boned legs, etc. On account of this
neglect on the part of the Eastern
Jack raiser, our Jacks and mules are
superior to the Eastern jacks and
mules. So far as the breeding of
jacks and mules is concerned, there
has been of late years, some great
changes in the East.
'The Stallion and Jack News,"
now called "The American ISreeder",
published in Kansas City, Mo., has
initiated the Registry Record for
Jacks and Jennets which must come
up to the standard of these bodily
measurements around the heart; sec
ond, a measurement around the leg
below the knee, and third, a certain
height. If the measurement of the
Jack or Jennet corresponds to that
required by the Registry Record, he
or she should disclose a well propor
tioned, symmetrical body, all of
which is necessary for the registra
tion of these animals.
"The Stallion and Jack News"
published an article signed by thir
teen of the largest mule dealers in
the Union, advising the mule breed
ers to breed for certain qualities;
that too much attention had been
given to height; that prospective
mule buyers wanted "less daylight"
under the mules and better and
stronger bodies, strong-boned legs,
etc. I have always adhered to this
standard of breeding and bred for
constitution and quality.
The Maltese Jack is to my mind,
nearer to the standard of perfection
than any other kind. Quick of foot,
agile of movement, with a well- pro
portioned, broad-chested, smooth
body, supported by strong-boned
legs, he presents a striking contrast
when brought together and compar
ed with the spindle-shanked, long
legged, razor-backed, narrow chest
ed, long-headed and disproportloned
body of the Spanish Jack that has
been bred for height.
For years the Maltese Jacks which
I have exhibited against Eastern and
imported Jacks, have won the first
prize, second prize and sweepstakes.
They stand undefeated in the show
ring during the past eighteen years.
With one exception my mules have
won all the first prizes. Some years
ago one of my neighbors who worked
two of my mules together with nine
teen horses to a combined harvester
for a period of fifty days, was Bur-
prised at the endurance and vigor
displayed by these hard-working
mules. While all the horses, each
of which was heavier than either of
the mules, decreased in weight dur
ing harvest time, the mules gained
flesh in every day and at night kick
ed their heels as though they had
not been worked at all.
Such facts instill in the mind of
the public the preference of the mul
to the horse.
We can raise as good a stock of
Jacks, Jennets and Males in Oregon
as that produced in any other state of
the Union or any foreign country. We
have a good climate, a mild winter of
short duration; a cool summer with
few hot days which are tempered by
cool, refreshing, and invigorating
breezes.
The soil geologically known as vol
canic ash, is an excellent retainer of
moisture. This s:ii produces a rich
verdure of succulent and nourishing
grasses, not only during Sprint; time.
but also during Fall and Winter
when tlie ground is not frozen and
as stated above, the Oregon Winters
are as a general rule, if. sh-jrt dura
tion. Our stock frequently feeds on
nourishing grasses during the winter
time, when blizwds, severe cold
weather and snow storms prevail in
the East.
Our horsc-s have' been weighed in
the balance and they have not been
found wanting.-The endurance of the
horses of the Northwest has been
tested in South Africa during the
Boer war. They found no equal in
Alaska. I have been experimenting
for twenty-five years that I should in
time produce Jacks that would sell
at a premium over Eastern and im
ported Jacks and the time has come
when the people of Eastern Oregon
and Washington are convinced of
this fact.
Now, on account of age, I am go
ing to close out this industry and
have twenty head 'of elegant Jacks
from three to six years old, and sixty
head of Jennets which will go at two
thirds their former prices.
The Eastern Jack and those of
Spain are short lived and have other
faults. It is not my intention to find
fault with good imported stock which
would improve the grade of our na
tive stock, nevertheless, I believe
that our stock is nearer the standard
of perfection than any other stock.
The stock raisers in the Northwest
should conduct their industry on a
more economical basis. We can pro
duce stock for one-half of the cost
Incurred to stockraisers of other
countries, or in other states of the
Union. With these facts in view, I
believe that the Northwest should
take the lead in raising1 animal and
agricultural prpducts of superior
qualities, which could not be sur
passed by any other country. And,
therefore, the Northwest will take
the lead in the Jack, Jennet and Mule
industries.
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