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Unnecessary for State to Send j Away Large Sums for Thia 4 Product Annually. l * . BIG DRAIN ON RESOURCES Money -Now Spent For Mules Would Purchase Good Draft Mares Frorr , Which to Obtain Mules-Points on . Care of Mare and Colt-Home Raised Mules as Good as Any. The .tremiendo us outlay for male power on the farm can he eliminated to a large extent in South Carolina. Already a considerable number of far mers in the state are raising their mules at home and if this policy is adopted by all the state's farmers, the large annual drain on the state's re sources for this product will be, stopped. Invested in brood mares, the amount usually spent for mules would purchase large, well-bred draft mares of the right type for producing mules. The cost of raising mule coits on the farm to an age at which they can be put to work is about $90 each, when even every item in the process is charged against him. This amount sounds large, but the fact is that most of it is charged against things that are not missed on the average farm, ?Ince the colt can be developed large ly on pastures and products of the farm that would probably not be mar beted in any other way. Mares selected for mule raising should be of draft type, with qniality, pr>.d should weigh about 1,400 pounds, though smaller mares are used with good results for producing mules of light weight. If maxes are bred to ioal in fall, when work on the farm is usually lighter and fall pastures are good, they need lose very little time during the year from their work in the fie M. Light work is beneficial to a brood mare even up to the time of foaling, and the resultant ' colt is stronger and more thrifty because of it, provided the mare has been proper ly nourished with succulent feed for a few weeks before foaling. The average period of gestation, or Jtime between service and foaling, is about 340 days or ll months, although -this varies somewhat in both direc tions. With this information, a farm er cen have his mare foal at about the; proper time. The pregnant mare's grain ration should oe proportioned to the amount of work she does. About three weeks fceforer, foaling, wheat bran should be added to her feed, the proportion of this being gradually increased and Other grain proportions decreased as foaling time approaches. Ker food snouid be altogether free of moldy grain or woody fodder or straw. An essential point rs to give the mare in foal a large, roomy box stall. .After foaling, mares should rest for about two weeks before being put back at work. Give the mare and her colt as much pasturase as possible, with the addi tion of .bran and grain while the colt is young. Care and attention are es sential to mature the colt to proper size and grain should be given to it regularly with its pasturage or clean hay. Do not let a colt follow its mother on .the road or in the field. Do not let a 4ibR suck while the mare Is overheat ed. Always let the mare cool off first. That mules can be raised profit ably in South Carolina has been dem onstrated .by several farmers in the state, who save the expenditure usual ly made for mule power and claim for the home-raised mule many advan tages ' over its Imported competitor. Write to Sidney S. RittenbeTg, Clem son College, for an itemized statement of a comparison of mare and mule. . JOHN O. WILLIAMS, Livestock Demonstration Agent, Clemson Agricultural College. LE?TERS TO CLEMSON. In seeking information or help from Clemson College, farmers should ad dress the expert or officer in whose Une the point in question is, when ever possible. This will avoid delays .which are sometimes costly. This is especially true of such matters as in sect pests, plant diseases and animal diseases, which can spread so rapidly. IQ outbreaks of hog cholera, farmers should either communicate immediate ly with the county demonstration agent'or with the veterinary division ol Clemson College. Merely address ing the college will get a letter to Its goal eventually, but sometimes delays which are dangerous come about. It is a good plan fer a farmer to keep .one of the experiment station bulletins always a't hand, as In the front of each of these bulletins will be found the experiment station staff, which "Will serre as a directory to any one wishing to write to the college for in formation. The summer of 1915 was the most .successful for silo-building that South Carolina has ever had. There ls much yet -to be done in this line, however, and it is to be hoped- that this year's record will be far exceeded next year ATouch of a Match Brings aTouch of Spring Touch a match. 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