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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.

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