![]() ![]() There have been few efforts to document the mule'sĬontribution to our rich heritage or to credit him for his sacrifices in its Records, Guyton and Harrington Mule Company) Historians for tipping the balance of power toward the Allies. Mule." Indeed, the hundreds of thousands of good Missouri Mules usedĪgainst the Central Powers in World War I have been given credit by some With almost half of Missouri's farms producing, usingĪnd/or showing mules, the state led the nation in mule numbers from 1870 toġ890 and from then on led in mule quality with the famous "Missouri Payments on the purchase of our farms and other major commodities. Timber, drained our swamps, built our roads and took us to church and to war.įurther, sale of mule foals bought our winter groceries, clothed our schoolĬhildren and paid our taxes, while home-raised matched spans made substantial Has a very rich, but scantily documented, mule heritage. Missouri, the country's leading mule breeding state, Plans are progressing to capture part of it in the nextįour years with a comprehensive book and two or three more booklets about The mule industry as it was at its zenith. ![]() Passing will go much experience and most of the knowledge of draft mules and of By theĬlose of the 20th century most old-time mule men will be gone. Those whoĮxperienced it are senior citizens and are rapidly declining in numbers. The era of draft animal dependency is over. History of Jack Stock and Mules in Missouri, To date, three publications from the Missouri Mule History Heritage from the voices of these "salty" old-timers who created it. ![]() University of Missouri for future generations to learn of their rich mule These recorded interviews will eventually become apart of the Archives of the Recorder and documented the mule experiences of 130 "old- timers." With the philosophy that the best information comesįrom the "mule's mouth," Professors Duane Dailey, Photojournalist,Īnd Melvin Bradley, Animal Scientist, armed themselves with camera and tape A friendly press called attention to the project and friends of mulesįrom far and wide offered support, encouragement and knowledge. To finance the project, the Missouri Mule Skinners Society,ġ09 Whitten Hall, was created with membership certificates selling for $25.00Įach. Missouri Mule History Project was begun in 1982 with the goal of publishingįour or five books and/or booklets about this remarkable animal. History is currently in progress at the University of Missouri-Columbia. The two-week-old foal's head and ears have been clipped to better show its style, quality and large, well-set ears.Ī comprehensive effort to document Missouri Mule The mare had accomplished the same thing the previous year ofġ981 with an earlier mare mule foal and would repeat again with a third in 1983. The 1982 Missouri State Fair and she and her mother Although young for its class, this mule placed first at Originally published as "History of Jack Stock and Mules in Missouri"īy the Missouri State Board of Agriculture, August 1924.īelgian mare and mare mule foal owned by Chipman and ![]()
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