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turn the stallion into the field where the mares have 

 previously been driven, and leave them to them- 

 selves for a time, bringing him in at night for a good 

 feed of oats, but where a man is the owner of a 

 fair-sized bunch it is best to see that each mare is 

 individually attended to in the corral. The stallion 

 is usually kept in the stable, and given exercise 

 every day, but, for obvious reasons, never allowed 

 to be at large on the prairie. 



About the first week in August all the brood mares 

 can be set at liberty to roam where they will, and 

 are gathered in at the spring round-up, often having 

 wandered for hundreds of miles in every direction, 

 driven by thirst and the search for water in the 

 summer, and the desire for shelter from blizzards 

 in winter. Many are found each year on the 

 American side of the International Boundary, and 

 those of the U.S.A. ranchers on the Canadian, but 

 losses are peculiarly few, all things being considered. 

 It is a fine sight to see a large herd of horses being 

 driven in at the end of the annual round-up, with a 

 good proportion of the mares either heavy in foal 

 or closely accompanied by a sturdy little son or 

 daughter, which has come into the world, unassisted 

 by the hand of man, in some sequestered spot in one 

 of the many folds of the vast upland plains. 



