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up in the bushes except for an hour or 

 two at mid-day when they ventured out to 

 feed; some of the young stock which were 

 wintering on the range for the first time 

 died from the exposure. A very weak 

 animal we would bring into the cow-shed 

 and feed with hay; but this was only done 

 in cases of the direst necessity, as such an 

 animal has then to be fed for the rest of 

 the winter, and the quantity of hay is 

 limited. In the Bad Lands proper, cattle do 

 not wander far, the deep ravines affording 

 them a refuge from the bitter icy blasts of 

 the winter gales; but if by any accident 

 caught out on the open prairie in a blizzard, 

 a herd will drift before it for maybe more 

 than a hundred miles, until it finds a shelter 

 capable of holding it. For this reason it is 

 best to keep more or less of a look-out over 

 all the bunches of beasts, riding about 

 among them every few days, and turning 

 back any herd that begins to straggle to- 

 rd the open plains; though in winter, 



