The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-06-24

age or maiden cane, and return y, ,,...
to dry ground to sleep. tn'
Texas ponies and oxen are h,-s.
break into service. One wouls So. W
that in the long. wearisome iorr,s 1850
5000 mites across the plains all ,ha ~
mails would become faded and subr,,s.,,.a,
yet there were not "A few that had - Y.
corralled and fought with every mo,r,I "
a Texas pony may have been ridden ~
teen years Yet II on certain morn,n.
the owner does not through exactly ,ss
same motion in putting the bride q,
that he has for fifteen Years tina sn,..N,
viii fling away, and have 10 ba car,,,as,
over again. Many Florida PONY rss
used, becomes like pettcd chIb ~
Florida pony never knows tha ~
when IL was broken" but the T.,.,
pony frequently has 10 be. or 10 =. -.
rate. half killed before It will sphn,,, s's
In these wide, fenceless rerions ~.
herds of different owners become ,r,,ss
lntermingled IN the course OF a year. A,
the more important rounduns IN -
spring and early summer a mans ns,s ~
bors will sometimes be presen, ~ ssns
a trusted cowboy or two to eiair ,s.s.
own and drive them home Soms,,rsas
one or more animals may ha ro,rsss
up thirty or forty miles away from, hn,.s.
the owner has completely lost tr,c. :.
them. Here is tempting oppor,ur,,v
Tor stealing; these strays might b. Va.
! branded. driven or and sold We MI,
suppose that they are old enough 10 ms,.
ket. have reached their prime ana ~,
begin to deteriorate One or two at
mails are harder 10 drive than n hun-
dred. To drive this single one :, "a.
would be as much as he is worth tn.
stockman sells him with his own 49,
forwards the owner a check v,v,n.
marks and brands. Such honesty L M.
uncommon. wv
The extraordinary rainfall this spr,nx n.
Kept the cattle back: they have not shes
on as well as usual. But the ranges nav.
mostly dried or now, and they are making
better progress. The ca,ves are looking
fine. better proportionately than the olass
cattle
Many stockmen believe that florida No.
entered upon new cycle Of weather r,n.s
like the old-fashioned seasons which ny.-
vailed before the destruction OF the orarr.
groves.
Inc almost unprecedented rainfall az IN.
past winter has gone hard with the horsr.
NY. probably beating down his gau,v
wings. and at any rate reducing his Nun.
bers go that the cattle have epjoyed nm
unwonted comfort But the little swim.
brown-hea,ied 'sharpshcoter'' r. st,ll- h,
evidence, and mosquitoes viii be ebunda A
later on. The greatest torment, however.
In the execrable. misnamed hnrnfly. which
always clings lust back OF the shoulder
and never relaxes its hold day or night.
summer or winter. Cattle learn nv ~.
perience to pass through columns OF smpho
and even the fire itself to scorch the~s
pests: but better than all else IL to wade OUT
into the water until only the head IL yist-
BILE and stand Illuminating by the hour ar
Craze upon the maiden cane.
In early DAYS the wolf was a seriouN
pest to the cattlemen. He would run along.
side calf and snap II In the small Of
the back to break IL down; then. altar tie
mother had ceased to mourn and had
gone away, he would return and enjoy 1
feast. But the wolf Is gone. There remain
only the cat. the eagle and the busxard.
The latter viii sometimes peck our the
eyes OF n calf. and a pair Of eagles will
drag one down and XIII It II not disturbed
The sagacity of cattle in Fighting their
foes is notable. With Wild animals they
form a circle and place the salvee In ira
center When sorely tormented by hcrse-
fiies they congrcgate In bands and bcgin
TO mill" rushing around In disurderly
circle, every one striving 10 get on the
inside. furiously lashing his body with his
tail. rubbing against his neighhor rubbing
against bushes, until a space OF half an
acre or moro may be trodden into dust.
Here and there over the rrairies, especially
under the clumps Of live oaks, are rounded
depressions. cattle wallows." where Ia
summer they paw and below and cast np
dust 10 protect themselves from vermin.-
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