Ranching 



Work on a sheep ranch is less attrac- 

 tive, but more profitable than on any 

 other. A good deal of skill must be 

 shown by the shepherd in managing his 

 flock and in handling the sheep dogs; 

 but ordinarily it is appallingly dreary 

 to sit all day long in the sun, or loll about 

 in the saddle, watching the flocks of 

 fleecy idiots. In time of storm he must 

 work like a demon and know exactly 

 what to do, or his whole flock will die 

 before his eyes, sheep being as tender as 

 horses and cattle are tough. 



With the work of a cow ranch or horse 

 ranch there comes more excitement. 

 Every man on such a ranch has a string 

 of eight or ten horses for his own riding, 

 and there is a great deal of excitingj 

 galloping and hot riding across the plains 

 and the work in a stampede at night, o: 

 in line-riding during the winter, or i: 

 breaking the fierce little horses to th 



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