A CATTLE RANCH.. 381 



WILLIAM LOCKARD, 



LODI, BAKBOUR COUNTY. 



A Cattle Ranch — Branding — Round- Ups — Income — Amuse- 

 ments — Hospitality. 



On the first day of September, 1877, I be^an moving my 

 traps to tliis place, tlien wild and unsettled, my nearest neigh- 

 bor being four miles away. I selected the land for its good 

 water, range and timber, and have made it a stock ranch. 



Plan No. 1 represents the form of the land as entered, 

 showing the streams of water, which rise in springs a short 

 distance below the north line of the ranch, and sink in the 

 sand near the south line, when the weather is dry. There are 

 about sixty acres of timber, all bottom land, leaving one hun- 

 dred acres in grass. The timber consists of black walnut, 

 Cottonwood, white elm, hackberry, mulberry, gray ash, and a 

 few small cedars ; the brush is arrow-wood. 



The dots mark the location of the buildings, the square 

 representing the corrals. 



COREALS. 



Plan No. 2 shows the form of the corrals, three marks 

 representing the double gate, two the single gates. The pen 

 in the northeast corner of the large corral, with a gate at 

 both ends, is the branding pen. The buildings, yard and cor- 

 rals are well shaded in Summer with timber, and protected by 

 the same from the cold winds of Winter. In the large corral 

 are salt troughs, where salt is always kept. The gates are 

 always open, excepting when in use. From the southeast 

 corner runs out a wing or fence to keep the cattle from running 

 around the pen when being driven in. On this ranch and the 

 surrounding range, in 1879, were three hundred and eighty- 

 four head of cattle and twenty ponies. One young man takes 

 care of all, excepting when it is necessary to " round up," when 



