The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 31, July 1927 - April, 1928 Page: 362
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the under hind leg of the calf and push it forward while he pulled
backward the upper hind leg. Another man would brand the calf
while still another would mark it.
In the morning when the men started on the round-up the
wagon boss always told the horse wrangler where the round-up
would be. The horse wrangler would have the horses on hand by
the time the round-up was completed so that the boys could change
to their cutting horses. The cook would move the chuck wagon
as near as he could to the round-up or rather to the nearest place
where there was water. The day's work was completed when the
round-up had been worked, unless the boys were gathering cattle
for the market. If such was the case, there was the main herd
which had to be held at night. The boys, if holding the herd,
would rest a while after the round-up was finished, then eat sup-
per, saddle their night horses, which were never used for any other
kind of work, and stake them out, that is, all would who were not
on the first shift. Usually three or four men were on guard duty
at a time. Three or four shifts were made during the night,
depending on the number of men in the outfit.
The first round-up was made in the spring of the year.2 Stock-
ers were gathered for the market. This round-up lasted several
weeks. They always managed to get through anywhere from the
first to the middle of May. This was necessary because by the
middle of May it was time to start out with the wagon or wagons
as the case might be. Sometimes there were two or three separate
outfits on the J A Ranch and one on the F Ranch. There were
from twelve to eighteen men with each wagon.3
It was the custon to start on the south side of the ranch and
following the running water.4 This was necessary because all the
water used came from running streams. There were no wells and
windmills.5
As had already been stated above, the first few years, branding
was done in the open, but in the early eighties corrals were estab-
'Interview with Joe Horn and M. E. Bell, Clarendon, Texas.
*Interview with M. T. (Doc) Howard, Clarendon, Texas.
Interview with M. T. (Doc) Howard, Clarendon, Texas.
'The J A Ranch had, and still has, one of the best natural water sys-
tems of any ranch in this section of the state. However, it is not as
good today as it used to be, according to Joe Horn. He says that a
series of big rains in 1891 badly damaged the natural water places.362
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Texas State Historical Association. The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 31, July 1927 - April, 1928, periodical, 1928; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth101088/m1/386/: accessed April 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Texas State Historical Association.