Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1890-07-22

perhaps In the middle of the afternoon,
! others not ill dark. scccriing to the
numb,r 20 cattle they fall la With and
the kind of country travrr.ed. By this
time, probably, tie baud has become
large and must b. carefully watch~l, Tor
q thunder storm or ether disturbance,
might cause Il Ia .tsmp~ie and scatter,
In = single night, to the four winds.
We viii assume that the next camp u
made Close by one of the roundup cor
rails. Nov comes the busy and exciting
time. when all the cattle In the vicinity
have been collccie,l they are allowed "a
b., ome guieie,l. Early Ia the morning
the branding lr,n. ave brought cut aud
kept hot. The grrat herd l. peacefully
fesSllng a fes hundred yards away.
The llne-rider. av slowly riding hack
aud forth on their appointed sides. All
i ready. Several men nov ri,le slowly
Into the herl aud gradually work Ia the
outer elge q goodly bunch of COWS ani
~Csl,e.. taking a. few steers a. possible.
these they drive over to the corral. Of
course some COW. will bc driven OF With
cut their calves ani rec rsrsI. such.
hearing the belloNing of their mothers
90 offspring, vill try Ia break away from
either sile, as the cs.. msy D.. IN orier
o. rcloln their Kindred. Men sr- stationed
"a keep any fpm escaping from the
small bunch. while the few that want Ia
ioln Il from the maln heri arr allowed Ia
do so. flien the .m,ll bunch I. driven
Into the corral. The calves arr lassOcl
by the nc'k az fs-t, usuilly nowadiys
by hin.l foot ani ss gvnily ss pos.lhlc
turuel over on their sides. The hot
brsniing iron ~ their paritular owner
!. then speedily pressed on the prupcr
spot. hurulng the .kin deeply enough "a
leave q permanent scar of brand, which
~ ill nVl be,Omc oSrrgroNn With hair for
YEAR. Castrailng l. p-rfOfm'si at ihi.
time also. The s~yrtsry note. In hls
l-,ok tlIc number of ,y,l,es brsnte each
daV ani to whom they belong. oyya-
.ionallv . fail grown animal !. found
ihtt has never hc,n branded, and there
!. an eNcitiug time io throw ani over
Com. the frightened creature. When
the branding u over the animal. ac
turns-i oct to feel sud av ,srriully
hcT,i~i separately frpm th" big han'i.
ln the m~suShlle another bunch i l.cing
gut r,st'ly fur tie vorr,l, ani .n u u kept
az ~ tsv sni often for nearly week,
until ~ ar bran,ici aud reroplel. Thi.
srluoas tack b~lng accomplished, m"n
arr detailed Ia drive the whole haul
hack e. the loSer cni 10 the range agiln
anil sllos u to split Into small heris
sgtin which wander about tlll they
rsaeh onr- mor. th.lr faVotite haunt..
~. camp u hruksn aud new one made.
ani 80 go until anoth~r hand has hccn
collected and anoth~r cofrsl t,achc,l,
Nlsfr the ssm- operations arr rcI~atci
until 70 lasi the upIscr snd ~ the range
I. arrived a and the work ~ the rouni-
up 1. done, Bc.ilc. hranllng the cslvr.
during tli- rouni-up the fii .iccr- are
"gii out anl driven Ia the nearest rail-
r'ad I.oini for shlpmrui.
Tie br,,sls of cattle most commonly
.srn ar ~hauhorn. rallci Angus, liel-
sisin ani American cattle. bat the
ol,-fashlon~l l.onV. hollow -sil.,i, big
h,,tis.i. lous hofussl rrNas steer u not
o. D. found. uni.s. some have b-eu ship
a Ia rvl~utlv. foe oHf Monan,ns pre-
fer raisins gool stock. The animal anil
vegetable euemiss ~ cattle srr the .sme
a. tho.s of the sh~-p. rl-urO-pnru.
monla /. s"m~'im-. importcl with cat
ti- from ihr states. bat " l. soon sip"l
"ui. The inlltns ani white thleN. uss-i
a. strtl great mtny cattle, bat few
wholesale h,nsins. hN~ pat an cut to
ctttle stealing. Altering brands l.
fa,oriie plsilme With some ,lis'Ionesi
t.r.an.: hut wu- unto he man caught
altering q hrinl. Nmcricin Agriculiuf-
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