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Yellowstone Valley, I think, would be the best for 

 horse-breeding. The climate is just right, and no 

 shelter or feed would be required the year round. Mr. 

 Storey's herd has done so well I am sure it is in the 

 right place, and there is room in the Yellowstone 

 bottoms for 200,000 head of horses to graze. 



The Crow Indians, who inhabit the valley, raise the 

 finest Indian horses I have ever seen on the Plains. 



Having now written of cattle-, sheep-, and horse- 

 growing, I will close this chapter with a few general 

 remarks. Almost any one can make money at stock- 

 growing, but it is one of the most laborious businesses 

 out West, and no lazy man should ever think of trying 

 it. A great many stock-growers fail, not because there 

 is not money in it, but because they do not attend to 

 their business ; one drinks, another gambles, and a 

 third allows his herd to wander oif and get lost. A 

 man to make money in stock, like other businesses, 

 must be sober and industrious, and when the storms 

 come he must be brave, and keep his cattle together 

 and herd them even at the risk of his life. 



In time of danger the herder must never let go his 

 grip, or if he does the herd is ruined and the labor of 

 years lost. 



It is a life of exposure and hardship, and those who 

 follow it industriously deserve to realize large profit 

 from their investments and labor. 



