Chapter 942: Horse mule and horse

Just this spring, a major event happened in the North Sea colony of North Sea-the mule landed on the North American continent ...

As early as a few years ago, Marin sent more than 2,000 mares and hundreds of male donkeys to the North American island colony. Then, on Columbus Island, a mule breeding center was opened.

The mules born by the donkey and the mare are called horse mules. They are more like horses, larger in size, and stronger in strength. They are good at running (compared to donkeys). Of course, it certainly cannot run out of horses, but strength and endurance are not under horses. The only problem is that it's not as obedient as a horse, and sometimes it's guilty of a donkey and a child. At this time, it is necessary to take a heavy meal to be obedient. Therefore, most people rarely ride a mule to hurry. If you meet a mule, it will kill you in a hurry, and you may even fall down.

However, if you are not in a hurry, and if you are on your way, mules are a good choice. At least, mules have more weight-bearing capacity than donkeys.

However, because of their strength, mules are actually used more to pull carts. After all, even if the mule loses his temper, people do n’t sit on their backs, there is no danger, they stop at most, and then take a breath.

Of course, mules can also be used to pull plowed land ...

Especially horse mules, because the mother is a mare or a huge European horse. Therefore, this kind of horse mule, which takes the European horse as the mother, is also very large and has great strength, which is very suitable for pulling plowed land.

Tested by animal breeders on Columbus Island, a robust European horse mule is no less powerful than a horse. Its speed is slower than horses, but faster than cows. If it is a flat plain, European mules can cultivate 6 acres a day. The cattle can only cultivate 4 acres a day. In other words, European horse mules have a faster arable land than cattle, but slower than pulling horses.

However, the cost of raising mules is lower than that of horses, but the cost of raising mules is higher than that of cattle, and the cost of donkey mules is relatively low. The horse mule is very large, no less than a horse, it also has great strength and a large amount of food. As for the speed, the horse mule is lower than the horse, but with great strength, it is suitable for arable land, especially flat land. The donkey mule is smaller and has less strength. But it has an advantage-it is very adaptable to the mountains, so although the mule has little strength, it is very popular among the mountain people because of the small amount of food and the advantage of adapting to the mountains. Even in later generations, there are many donkey mules in the mountains.

According to the estimation of the breeding center, although the cost of raising horses in Europe is higher than that of cattle, because of its faster speed, the efficiency of arable land is higher than that of cattle, and more land can be cultivated than cattle. Therefore, in the sparsely populated American continent, European horse mules are more suitable than cattle. Moreover, the feeding cost (relative to horses) is relatively low.

However, the mule has a very troublesome place-that is, the birth rate is low ...

Marin set up a horse mule breeding center in Shuangdao a few years ago. However, in a few years, more than 2,000 mares had born more than a thousand mules. Only 800 people have grown up and can serve.

But this less than 800 horse mules, after boarding the North American continent, caused a huge sensation. For a time, many immigrants, even the Drava natives, came to watch. If you change to a timid horse, you might be shocked.

However, the silly horse mule times are not afraid. They are not afraid of being onlookers. Immigrants and natives are onlookers of these horse mules. These curious horse mules in turn are onlookers coming to watch their crowd, and then everyone stares at each other ...

The dumb horse mule likes to tilt his head to look at the onlookers, and looks like a lot of people. When the mule's porter came to pull them away, these mules still lost their temper and refused to leave ...

In the end, these horse mules were sent to the newly reclaimed Long Island area for arable land ...

According to plan, Manhattan Island continues to grow winter wheat. Therefore, spring cultivation has nothing to do with Manhattan Island. However, the newly reclaimed Long Island area needs to grow feed crops such as soybeans and oats. At the same time, soybeans can also squeeze oil as cooking oil. Therefore, the newly developed Long Island area of ​​New York has become a growing area for soybean and oat feed. This batch of less than 800 mules just happens to be used to cultivate these lands ...

These mules cultivated 4,000 acres of land a day, which surprised the immigrant English immigrants and the Drava natives. Then, several Delaware female chiefs, with a thick face, asked Albert for a mule.

Albert thought, anyway, mules had little ability to reproduce and could not be mounted as cavalry. So, generously sent a dozen mules to those Drava natives.

When the ghosts were miserable, Albert told them when he sent the Delaware horse mule-this is a horse ...

This is mainly because the horse mule does look like a horse. It is difficult to discern with the shallow knowledge of the local indigenous people.

In addition, Albert is ready to officially introduce horses to the North American continent. This is because the hunter army of New York has gone far to kill the Mohicans. Its distance is hundreds of kilometers away from New York. If you continue to chase and kill on foot, you really cannot catch up. Therefore, Albert intends to introduce war horses to equip the army to facilitate their pursuit of the Mohicans.

However, after the horses landed in New York, Albert worried that the friendly Drava would ask for it, just like this time to ask for mules.

The problem is that Marin has applied for three orders and asked the colonies to never give a fertile horse to the Indians. Even if they were robbed, they would have to dispatch a large army to recover them.

In the early days, Marin was even more demanding-all the horses that landed ~ www.wuxiaspot.com ~ must be castrated ...

However, if the castrated horse is given to the Drava, the other party will definitely be able to see it. By that time, the relationship between the two sides will be frozen.

Therefore, when Albert had a chance, he simply referred to the mule as the horse, and the horse mule was the horse. In this way, plus the fact that the horse mule and the horse are indeed similar, when the time comes, the horse is really introduced. As long as the isolation is good, from a distance, the two are indeed similar.

If the Delaware want horses, Albert sends them a few mules to fool them over ...

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In fact, horse mules can also ride. It is only occasionally guilty of donkeys. This point may not be normal. But if it is in a war, it may be deadly. Moreover, sometimes people can fall down. Therefore, wherever there is a horse, it will definitely not ride a mule. Unless, it's a mule with a good temper. Of course, horse mules are very good.

Because most of the time, horse mules can also ride. As long as they are not allowed to come close and distinguish carefully, the Delaware can't see it either. Anyway, Albert's attitude is-the Delaware want horses? Give the mule! Want a real horse? no way!

In order to fool the Delaware, Albert ordered that all immigrants be of the same caliber, and that the mule was the horse. If the Delaware want to "horse ride", Albert will even send them a saddle, so that they can ride mules ...

Moreover, in order to prevent the Delaware from contacting the real horse, Albert will also build a large camp outside the city, which is specifically used to raise horses and will not be visited by the Delaware. At the same time, two horse mules were tied to the gate of Daying. Want to see the horse? Look! Isn't that the two at the door? In the same way, the same is true in the Manhattan Island Castle in New York-horses are kept in the inner courtyard, and horse mules are tied to the door to pose as horses. Even, in order to pretend like a horse, the horse mule pretending to be a horse will also wear a rein and a saddle to further fool the Drava ...