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Coulee. (French). Used in the Northwest much the same as 



Arroyo in the Southwest. 

 Counting Chute. A V-shaped fence into which the sheep are 



crowded and as they escape through a small opening at the 



point can be readily counted. 

 Crop. To cut off the end of the ear. 

 Cross-bred. A product of Merino and mutton blood. A type of 



sheep producing a fair grade of medium wool, together 



with a large carcass for mutton purposes. 

 Culls or Cutbacks. Those animals in a herd which for his own 



reasons a buyer rejects. 



Cut. In sheep-herding, a small number of animals that get sep- 

 arated from the main herd; in cattle, a bunch of cows or 



steers that are cut out from the herd to be driven off. 

 Cutter. Slang for six-shooter. 

 Cutting Horse. A horse used especially for the work of cutting 



out; a "carver," a "chopper," chopping horse. 



Cutting Out, Parting Out, Carving, Chopping. All cowboy ex- 

 pressions to cover the operation of removing from the herd 



such animals as are needed, like cows, calves and steers. 



Cutting "double barreled" is done by two men; usually 



but one man works. 

 Day Herd. The animals carried along with the roundup outfit 



into which those animals that are wanted for shipping or 



other purposes are placed. 

 Dilsey. A saddle mare. 

 Docking. Cutting off the tails of lambs. Done primarily for 



sanitary reasons but also for breeding reasons in the case 



of the ewe. In the wethers it is more or less a fancy that 



It makes a better looking animal, trimmer and more 



symmetrical. 

 Doctoring Sheep. To go over a sheep herd and "doctor" by hand 



such as show signs of scab. 

 Dodge Gate. A gate in a corral generally in a lane down which 



animals are driven and "dodged" or separated as they come, 



by swinging the gate back and forth so as to classify them. 

 Dogie. (Dough-gie). A motherless calf on the range. Generally 



applied to those calves whose mothers have died or been 



separated from them. A pot-bellied calf. 

 Double Rig Saddle. A saddle with two cinches; a "rim fire" 



saddle. 

 Downers. Cattle and other stock which have been down in the 



cars during shipment and arrive at the stockyards bruised, 



dirty and unfit for sale as beef. 

 Drop Band. Ewes that are just ready to drop or are dropping 



their lambs. 



Dry Stuff. Cows or ewes without young. 

 Dwarfs. Undersized animals; those which have been stunted in 



some way; runts. 



Filly. A female horse under two and one-half years. 

 Fine-wooled, Close-wooled. Applied to the Merino breed, which 



includes Delaines and Rambouillets. 

 Freemartin. Generally applied to the female born twin with a 



bull. Commonly supposed to be sterile but many instances 



are known where this is not the case. 

 Gelding. A castrated horse. 

 Grafting Lambs. The operation of coaxing a ewe to mother a 



strange lamb. 



