Herds and Flocks and Horses. 



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bawling cattle, the range horses, the sheep and the swine. 

 ^yhere would he be? What use could he possibly be put to? 

 What good would he be in comparison with the rugged, ruddy 

 faced, good natured, smiling farmer's son, with a chest like a 

 hogshead, shoulders like a hercules, and arms and thighs that 

 a sculptor would love to copy? A young fellow who doesn't 

 know what restraint means, a free, jovial, laughing, singinp 

 son of the prairie, a man who would face a lion and think it 

 fun, and a man who could throw his arms around his sweet- 

 heart's or his wife's neck and say, this is Heaven to me with 

 you by my side — I want no other — no divorce, no jail here. 

 A life only of honest labor, a breeder of the flesh we eat, a 

 man who feeds the world, a man who makes his countrv. 



FOOD, WATER AND SHADE 



