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Mules hauled the empty coal tubs to the summit and were sent down in the last batch of cars; the return trip required 4–5 hours. The road would send down groups of 6–8 coal cars under control of a brakeman, and once 40–42 cars were down, send down the special "mule cars" with the draft animals, thus having just enough animals to return ...
A part of the Quartermaster Corps, the U.S. Army Remount Service provided horses (and later mules and dogs) as remounts to U.S. Army units. Evolving from both the Remount Service of the Quartermaster Corps and a general horse-breeding program under the control of the Department of Agriculture , the Remount Service began systematically breeding ...
Mule production was an important industry in Poitou for three hundred years or more, and the number of mule foal births may have reached 30,000 per year. [2]: 40 In the early twentieth century there were about 50,000 Poitevin Mulassier brood mares, which gave birth to some 18,000–20,000 mule foals per year. [3]: 156
- Live Music at Main Stage11 a.m. - Mule Day Parade - Downtown Columbia11 a.m. - Mule Pulling Contest - Main Arena12 p.m. - Skillington Draft Mule Show - Old Arena 6 p.m. - Urban Cowboy, Line ...
Jane earns Columbia's prized title of King Mule during the Skilligton Draft Show, a longstanding staple of the Mule Day celebration in Maury County.
The Baudet du Poitou, also called the Poitevin or Poitou donkey, is a French breed of donkey. It is one of the largest breeds, and jacks (donkey stallions) were bred to mares of the Poitevin horse breed to produce Poitevin mules, which were formerly in worldwide demand for agricultural and other work.
[14]: 14–16 In 1902, a breeding syndicate to promote Poitou mules was created, but disappeared after a lack of advertising by stock breeders. On August 6, 1912, the French government released a decree officially supporting the mule breeding industry, backed by the purchase of mules by the Haras Nationaux and bonuses given to the best stallions.
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