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flap and the bull made a dash for the other end. He 

 forced his head and fore feet through the small opening 

 and set off down the flat carrying the tent with him, 

 torn from its moorings as if struck by a cyclone. Even- 

 tually he tripped over it, fell down in a heap, and in 

 his struggles tore the tent to ribbons. 



Source of Friction. The salting of stock on the open 

 ranges is an everlasting source of friction among stock- 

 men using the range. Each man waits for his neighbor 

 to salt. The more enterprising men salt liberally and 

 their shiftless, selfish neighbors, knowing full well that 

 their cattle can and will hunt the salt ground, no matter 

 how far it may be, sit back and profit by the other man's 

 liberality. 



The most successful plan is to have the salting done 

 by some man hired to handle the whole process and 

 each man stand his pro-rata of the cost, based upon 

 the assessed number of cattle each has on the range. 



This of course can only be accomplished through co- 

 operation, in many instances of which a few men do 

 it all. 



Salt is money well invested. It makes the animals 

 more content on the ranges, keeps them on their own 

 range instead of wandering all over the country look- 

 ing for salt, gentles them, teaches them to know the 

 presence of man, undoubtedly does much to assist in 

 digesting certain feeds, and to a certain extent keeps 

 down the worms which are found in the stomach of al- 

 most every four-footed domestic animal. 



Experiments With Salt. The report of the Bureau of 

 Animal Industry for 1902 gives the results of some 

 experiments, which are very instructive, on the value 

 of salt for animals. In France two selected bands of 



