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WESTERN GRAZING GROUNDS AND FOREST RANGES 



Range Methods. On the range the cattle are still han- 

 dled in the same manner as of old, with modern improve- 

 ments. The roundup outfit takes breakfast at 4 a. m., 

 as of yore. Around the campfire the shivering boys gather 

 to eat, and by the time that is over it is probably light 

 enough to distinguish objects. Each man takes his night 

 horse, which has been tied up near camp all night, and 

 rides off into the prairies, looking up the saddle horses 

 hoppled out the night before. 



A New Mexico Round-up Outfit and an Old-time Chuck Wagon. 



One does not walk up to the average cow pony that 

 is hoppled out and expect him to stand still. He is not 

 broken that way. Instead, when you are about ten feet 

 from him, stoop dow r n as low as you can and crawl up 

 to him, not looking up at or noticing him in any way. 

 He will let you touch his feet and unhopple him very 

 easily. If you should want that particular horse to ride, 

 do not unhopple him until you have a rope about his 



