Rjancher, Ranch Hand, Cowboy Cowhand Part2

Now back to the question of being a cowboy. I think I’ll try another way.  I’ll 
compare the job I do to his. Doesn’t that sound like a laugh? I cook for the family, 
hired hands, branding and shipping and various cattle work too. Billy kept the 
cattle and horses fed, wells working, ice chopped and tanks full the year round. 
I’d doctor when accidents or illnesses occur. Billy was an obstetrician, and 
pediatrician too. Delivering or doctoring he’d see them through. A veterinary for 
cattle and horses in all but emergency cases. I keep our house and bunkhouse 
clean. Billy keeps pens in the barn and sheds clean and full of dry bedding. He 
keeps the horse stalls mucked out and clean. And of course there is always the 
shop. Now lets see I do minor repairs around the house and yard. Billy’s job 
includes, keeping tractors, haying equipment and feeding equipment in perfect 
working condition. And the windmills going ’round all year long. I go for groceries 
and supplies I need for meals and laundry too. Billy plants and harvests the 
groceries. For example prairie hay, alfalfa hay, oats and cane and feeds 
nutritional supplies like cake, salt and minerals.  Where do I go from here?  I 
know! I do the washing! Drat, he is always washing something when he does the 
mechanic work.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2007



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