A Ranchmans Recollections An Autobiography in Which Unfamiliar Facts Bearing U
A Ranchmans Recollections An Autobiography in Which Unfamiliar Facts Bearing U
Frank S Hastings
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Yet it has been wonderful how ranchmen have got along. It is explained by the fact that the really skilled old-timers are beyond the age for new ventures, can still handle the technical work, and have infinite patience with raw material. After the war many of the cowpunchers came back, but were restless; then a matrimonial epidemic swept most of them into wanting camp jobs, and there were not enough to go round. A working out- fit must, in the main, be unmarried; otherwise it Is "busted" half t...he time by normal and legitimate de- mands to call the boys home. Do not let these com- [116] A RANCHMAN'S RECOLLECTIONS ments bring an avalanche of applications from agri- cultural schools or lads generally wishing to learn the cow business. I shall not in this sketch elaborate the reason why we must draw from local men who have lived in the atmosphere through boyhood. There Is of course a reason. There Is beginning to be a swing back from the oilfields, the harvest fields and town jobs. Only a few days ago a well-dressed city-complexioned young man came into our office and applied for a "riding job, " meaning in the cow outfit, as a fence or pas- ture rider, as opposed to farm work, I said to him : "Pardon me, but you don't look the part.
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