Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1888-08-02

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" streams from the mountains. according 10
y his needs, provided, always there is
2 water enough 10 90 aruaal 10 .cc field
p OF a hundred or more acres. all planted TO
potatoes or corn nT some such crop i a
strange sight Ia cng not accustomed to IL.
n but such sight IA very common one
Z here. few day-Aco | rode past a lcld
! u one hundred and forty acres containing
alfalfa lrlovcr). An immense crop waS
taken of 1t in Jane and now 4 second
I crop Is abou; TO ts cut and th, third viii
! pc rrady to cut by the middle " August
and the fourth crop will be gathered the
. irst ~ October The soil {. fertile and
: the crops large wherever water can be had.
There are many nundrcd. 81 thousands
of cattle ranging over the prairic- extend
: Ing from Texas through Colorado, Wyom-
ing aud Montana 10 the North Western
Territory % Btiu- D America The cattle
on these ranges are "oscr- hauled" twice
year These are called the spring and fall
, 'rouud-up>." About the eighteenth or
May large force II men and horse. start
out and gather the cattle into large herd,
for the purpose ~ branding thr Young
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