. Philip of Texas; a story of sheep raising in Texas. will not take kindly to her young, and it is necessaryeither to tie her up, or put her in some small inclosurewith the little fellow, during two or three days, untilshe becomes acquainted with him and is willing toadmit that he belongs to her. During the season the last work done by the negroes BAR-0 RANCH 117 was the splitting of rails. With these and with thewagons, we made a corral for the mules, where theycould be inclosed at night, or whenever there waspromise of a storm which might stampede heavy wind storms came, as it seeme
. Philip of Texas; a story of sheep raising in Texas. will not take kindly to her young, and it is necessaryeither to tie her up, or put her in some small inclosurewith the little fellow, during two or three days, untilshe becomes acquainted with him and is willing toadmit that he belongs to her. During the season the last work done by the negroes BAR-0 RANCH 117 was the splitting of rails. With these and with thewagons, we made a corral for the mules, where theycould be inclosed at night, or whenever there waspromise of a storm which might stampede heavy wind storms came, as it seemed to me, veryoften. BAR-O RANCH As for the oxen and cows, they were still allowed toroam over the prairie. We could not well providethem with a corral, because , .yiit cattle often feed at night, ^ ^~^^^ V-^>f)V/\-^and must have plent>. ^ite* room in which to roam; but we took good care thatthey were branded, father using as his mark a bigletter O with a line drawn across the middle. ii8 PHILIP OF TEXAS Because of this brand I decided we would call ournew home the Bar-0 Ranch, and to-day I venture to say-it is as well known in the state of Texas as any other,even though we may not number our cattle by thethousands, as do the more wealthy cattle raisers. During all that season we had but two visitors, andhow they chanced to stray down our way so far off thetrail I was curious to learn. They were Mexicans,each driving a cart of home manufacture, which wasthe oddest contrivance I had ever seen. AN ODD CART The wheels are about seven feet high, made ofthree pieces of plank perhaps three inches thick, themiddle one being the widest, and the two outsidesquite narrow, the whole being rounded into the shapeof a wheel. The axle on which it is hung, for the carts are builtsomewhat after the fashion of a gig, is nothing moretha
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