RANGE AND CATTLE MANAGEMENT DURING DROUGHT. 15 
The period from 1904 to 1907 is remembered by stockmen of 
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ness, and there was prosperity during the period from 1911 to 1916. 
They are still talking about the severe drought of 1908 to 1910, in- 
clusive, and live-stock production has not yet recovered from the 
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drought of 1916-1918. Figures 2 and 3 show that the periods of 
prosperity in the business correspond to periods of approximately 
average or above in both seasonal and annual precipitation, and 
years of adversity to those below average. Figure 3 shows a similar 
dry period, from 1899 to 1903, inclusive, while figure 2 shows this 
dry period as from 1898 to 1901, inclusive. This difference is prob- 
ably due to local variation in rainfall. Another similarly dry 
