iht #0414 Vii, itOde. iialie'fbi• Fat* lijork:- Were is a - growing' interest among.,far merain the northern, states on the •;sub ject of substituting mules for horsek for the farm and road.: •it seems Vol* uni versally conceeded that they are mud' less subject to disease and better able to withstand theextremes of beat and cold than• holies are:_ Their feet and legs are especially tough, and a lame•Antile is ' .a rarity. Another idea common about them; but which is erroneous, is that they -,re qhire only_scant rations of poor food and that they need but little care. It is true that they will keep alive_ on wonderfully little food; nod then grooming is less im portant than for the noblei animals ; but not even dmulocan make brick without straw. With them as well as with horses; muscular action involves a destruction of muscular tissue, and the loss must be sup plied by the products of digestion. We have known a mule to eat a spoke out of the