Ranching 



particularly on the rare days when he 

 is able to take a few hours* holiday to 

 go with his shot-gun after prairie-chickens 

 or ducks, or, perchance, to ride out with 

 a Winchester rifle to a locality where on 

 one of his working days he has seen, a 

 small band of antelope standing in the 

 open, or caught a glimpse of a deer 

 bounding through the brush. There is 

 little temptation to spend money, unless 

 he is addicted to the coarsest kind of 

 dissipation, and after a few years the 

 young fellow ought to have some hun- 

 dreds of dollars laid aside. By this 

 time he should know all about the 

 business and the locality, and should 

 be able to gauge just what he can ac- 

 complish. 



For a year or two perhaps he can try to 



run a little outfit of his own in connection 



with his work on a big ranch. Then he 



will abandon the latter and start out en- 



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