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and they wear about as long as dlo horses at other types of draft 

 work. As a rule the horses used under saddle or at light wagons 

 cost from $80 to $125 and they wear out in three or four years. 

 Saddles vary in cost from $35 to $60, and light wagons cost approxi- 

 mately $125. Saddles should last for a number of years, but light 

 wagons are junk in two or three years. Thus one sees that the cost 



FIG. 227. Camp wagons, which are really dwellings on wheels, are used on the plains 



in wintertime. 



FIG. 228. Trailing to the mountains in California where burros and horses must 

 be used to carry supplies because the surface is too rough for wagons. 



of equipment for handling a band of sheep in winter is at least 

 $800 and often considerably more. 



In summer when the sheep are in the mountains, equipment 

 and stores have to be carried on pack horses or burros because the 

 travelling is too rough for wagons (Fig. 228) . 



