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Mule. The offspring of a mare and a jackass. 



MuIIey. A hornless animal; a saddle with no horn. 



Neater. A small farmer generally located within the limits of 

 some stock range. 



Open-wooled, Coarse-wooled. Applied to sheep of the mutton 

 breeds, such as Lincolns and Shropshires. 



Orejnnn. (Oh-ray-hah-na). Prom Oreja, the ear, Spanish. A 

 maverick; a long-eared calf. 



Outlaw. (In Spanish a "Cimarron.") A range animal that does 

 not travel nor associate with others of its kind. 



Over Half Crop, Upper Half Crop. The upper or lower half of 

 the ear is taken off at a point about half way to the head. 



Ox. Generally applied to work cattle. Correctly a steer that 

 works in yoke or collar. Both bulls and steers are used for 

 work purposes. 



Palomlllo, Palomino. (Mexican.) A cream-colored horse, a buck- 

 skin. 



Parrot-mouthed Horse. A horse whose front teeth, generally 

 through age but not always, project unusually far forward 

 beyond the jaws. "Buck-toothed," like the beak of a parrot; 

 hence "parrot-mouth." 



Pelon. (Pay-loan.) A mulley animal; hornless; from Spanish, 

 bald. 



Reata Same as lasso. Generally made of rawhide. 



Itemutln. (Spanish). Remounts, exchange horses, saddle horses. 

 The horse herd with a roundup. 



Rldgling. A male horse one or both of whose testicles have not 

 "come down" where they can be reached for castration. 

 Such animals can serve mares. As their testicles are very 

 hard to find, the castrating operation should be performed 

 by some one well acquainted with the work. Frequently 

 called an "original," also "ridgal." 



Shrinkage. The reduction in weight allowed the buyer in receiv- 

 ing cattle fresh from the range or pasture. A 3 per cent 

 reduction or an over-night's stand in the corral without 

 feed or water is generally considered a fair allowance to 

 each side. 



Side Winder, Stern Wheeler. A pacing saddle horse. 



Single nig Sad-die. A " center fire" saddle; saddle with one cinch. 



Sit-fast. A hard callous place that comes upon a horse's back 

 where there has been a saddle sore. 



Sleeper. A calf that has been marked but not branded. This Is 

 a favorite trick of the cattle rustler who finds on the 

 range a large unbranded calf following its mother. The 

 cow belongs to some one else. The rustler catches the calf 

 and places the owner's ear-mark on it but does not brand 

 it. Such a calf is very likely to be overlooked in a big 

 roundup, and if it is and becomes weaned the rustler who 

 has kept his eye on it ropes it again, cuts out the ear-mark 

 and places his brand on th calf. 



Springer. Market name for a milk cow about ready to calve. 



Squeeze Chute, Branding Chute, Snapping Turtle. A place where 

 animals are forced through a narrow passage-way until 

 they reach the end, when the side is drawn against them, 

 holding them securely while they are branded or dehorned. 

 Called a "snapping turtle" when the holding arrangement 

 is a heavy pole or timber which works on a hinge at the 

 bottom and by means of a rope running from the top over 

 a pulley is drawn against and just in front of the hip bones, 

 holding them securely while the operation is performed. 



