Strong as a mule and twice as stubborn about quality.

The Mule is a hybrid—better than its parents—so too is the Cannabinoid Distillate blend in our products.

Kicking Mule Hemp’s singular mission is to bring you best-in-class, hemp-origin CBD and cannabinoids to sustain and enhance health and well-being.

The Kicking Mule logo includes a facsimile of a U.S. Army Kicking Mule. The image was used on postage paid envelopes and to cancel US postage on mail during World War II. The Mule was kicking facsimiles of enemy leaders representing the Faciest Axis Powers of Japan, Italy and Germany (Hideki Tojo - Japan, Benito Mussolini - Italy and Aldolf Hitler - Germany).

The Mule’s image was motivation for allies, the good fight and a display of tenacious adherence to the mission of sustainment.

Image Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountain_gun

The motivational pictorial provided both comic relief and inspired resolve to get the job done. Kicking Mule Hemp has adopted the Kicking Mule as our mascot because of the inspiring history and steady performance punctuated by comic relief. We love mules and they motivate us.
World War II was a time of uncertainty and calamity for the world. For several years, the outcome of the war was not certain and the American people had to be motivated to stand firm against bullies of the axis powers Germany, Italy and Japan. It was the Mule in small part that through skillful caricature that helped motivate the average American to be better, work longer and fight harder. Bravo
For the history buffs, the axis powers that declared war on the United States in 1941 were led by three men who would not survive the war or trials.
Hideki Tojo was a Japanese politician, military leader and convicted war criminal who served as prime minister of Japan and president of the Imperial Rule Assistance Association from 1941 to 1944 during World War II. Tojo approved the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and declared war on the United States after the attack. Tojo was executed by hanging on December 23, 1948.
Benito Mussolini signed the “Pact of Steel” with Adolf Hitler In May 1939,. The Pact committed Italy and Germany to provide military and economic support to each other in event of war. World War II began later that year in September after Germany attacked Poland, with Italy committed to war with the United Kingdom and allies. Mussolini was executed by Italian Partisans on April 28, 1945.
Adolf Hitler was the German dictator when Germany invaded Poland on September 1, 1939. The United Kingdom declared war on Germany because of a mutual support pact with Poland. The German invasion of Poland triggered the European phase of World War II. When Japan declared war on the United States (December 7, 1941), Germany followed with a declaration of war with the United States within days. Hitler committed suicide on April 30, 1945.

The posted letters that exemplified the Kicking Mule were actually mailed during World War II.
From: Corporal Leonard R Sheulan
Detachment Finance Department
UAFBS Kirtland Field
Albuquerque, NM
To: D.C. Bartley
Green Lake Station
Seattle Washington
Posted for free, war time US Serviceman, from Albuquerque, New Mexico on July 20, 1943.

To: Malcolm Nichols
Box # 552
Jamestown, New York
Posted for $0.03 from Los Angles California on July 5, 1943.

History of the US Military Mule

The humble mule is the unsung hero of the 19th century. Before wheels and piston engines the mule provided reliable logistics for all who could afford them. In 1830, a fit-for-service army mule could bring $175 at auction, the equivalent of more than 8 ounces of gold. As beasts of burden, mules proved their worth and to be best in class.

Image Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donkey

What is a mule?

Mules are a hybrid between a Jack Ass (Male Donkey) and Mare (Female Horse). They typically have the head and ears and bone structure of the Jack, but the height and body of the Mare. They exhibited patience and surefootedness of the Jack, and vigor, strength and courage of the mare. More agile and stronger than either parent, they could haul and carry heavier loads over longer distances, over more difficult terrain, more than any other beast of burden.

Image Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mare

Mules & The Military

The mule bears an honorable and significant part in the military history of the United States. Much less glamorous than the Cavaryman’s horse, the pack mule was more important. Battles were won or lost depending on the Cavalry and their mounts, but wars were won or lost depending on the antagonist speed and reliability of their logistics trains and mules.

For a detailed history of the U.S.Army Mule, see “Shave Tails & Bell Sharps” by Emmett M. Essin. “Shave Tails' were new on the job Mules who were prone to wander and cause trouble. They had their tails shaved and their manes roached to distinguish them from the more experienced “Bell Sharps”. Bell Sharps were experienced pack Mules who were trained to follow the sound of the bell on the lead Mare’s neck and to line up on their own saddlepack in the morning.

The last Army mules were formally mustered out of service in Colorado in December 1956. This ceremony marked 125 years of service by Army mules that were used in large numbers and to good effect in the World War II mountainous battlefields of Berma and Italy. A veteran mule driver of that war much more recently observed that “We have yet to win a war without Mules”.