Ranching 



ranch business. In different seasons in 

 the different localities business may be 

 good or bad, and it would be impossible 

 to tell where was the best place to start. 

 Wherever the beginner goes, he ought 

 to make up his mind at the outset to 

 start by doing any kind of work he can. 

 Let him chop wood, hoe, do any chore 

 that will bring him in twenty-five cents. 

 If he is once able to start by showing that 

 he is willing to work hard and do some- 

 thing, he can probably get employment of 

 some kind, although this employment will 

 almost certainly be very ill paid and not 

 attractive. Perhaps it will be to dig in 

 a garden, or to help one of the men drive 

 oxen, or to do the heavy work around 

 camp for some party of cow-punchers or 

 lumberers. Whatever it is, let the boy 

 go at it with all his might, and at the 

 same time take every opportunity to get* 

 acquainted with the kind of life which he 

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