The Mule

By Riley, Harvey

Book Id: WPLBN0000634836
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Reproduction Date: 2005

Title:	The Mule
Author:	Riley, Harvey
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Language:	English
Subject:	Literature, Literature & thought, Writing.
Collections:	Blackmask Online Collection
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Publisher:	Blackmask Online


Citation APA MLA Chicago Riley, H. (n.d.). The Mule. Retrieved from http://self.gutenberg.org/

Description
Preface: There is no more useful or willing animal than the Mule. And perhaps there is no other animal so much abused, or so little cared for. Popular opinion of his nature has not been favorable; and he has had to plod and work through life against the prejudices of the ignorant. Still, he has been the great friend of man, in war and in peace serving him well and faithfully. If he could tell man what he most needed it would be kind treatment. We all know how much can be done to improve the condition and advance the comfort of this animal; and he is a true friend of humanity who does what he can for his benefit. My object in writing this book was to do what I could toward working out a much needed reform in the breeding, care, and treatment of these animals. Let me ask that what I have said in regard to the value of kind treatment be carefully read and followed. I have had thirty years? experience in the use of this animal, and during that time have made his nature a study. The result of that study is, that humanity as well as economy will be best served by kindness.

Table of Contents
Table of Contents: The Mule, 1 -- Harvey Riley, 1 -- Preface, 1 -- NOTE, 2 -- Chapter I. HOW MULES SHOULD BE TREATED IN BREAKING, 2 -- Chapter II. THE DISADVANTAGES OF WORKING MULES THAT ARE TOO YOUNG, 5 -- Chapter III. COLOR, CHARACTER, AND PECULIARITIES OF MULES, 6 -- Chapter IV. DISEASES MULES ARE LIABLE TO.?WHAT HE CAN DRAW, ETC, ETC, 10 -- Chapter V. PHYSICAL CONSTRUCTION OF THE MULE, 16 -- Chapter VI. SOMETHING MORE ABOUT BREEDING MULES, 20 -- Chapter VII. ANCIENT HISTORY OF THE MULE, 21 -- The Mule -- i