CHAPTER IX.

Indian fair at Brownsville--Ponies--The lasso--Breaking-in--The

purchase--"Bucking" extraordinary--Sheep-farming in Eastern Oregon--

Merinos--The sheep-herder--Muttons for company--A good offer

refused--Exports of wool from Oregon-Price and value of Oregon

wool--Grading wool--Price of sheep--Their food--Coyotes--The

wolf-hunt--Shearing--Increase of flocks--"Corraling" the sheep--

Sheep as brush-clearers. 118

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