Ranching 



where there is still plenty of land which, 

 because of the lack of rainfall, is not very 

 productive for agricultural purposes. 



The first thing to be remembered by 

 any boy or young man who wishes to go 

 West and start life on a cattle ranch, 

 horse ranch, or sheep ranch is that he 

 must know the business thoroughly before 

 he can earn any salary to speak of, still 

 less start out on his own accord. A 

 great many young fellows apparently 

 think that a cow-boy is born and not made, 

 and that in order to become one all they 

 have to do is to wish very hard to be one. 

 Now, as a matter of fact, a young fellow 

 trained as a book-keeper would take quite 

 as long to learn the trade of a cow-boy 

 as the average cow-boy would take 

 learn the trade of book-keeper. The first 

 thing that the beginner anywhere in the 

 wilder parts of the West has to learn is 

 the capacity to stand monotony, fatigue, 

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