The first time I saw this country, it had buffalo grass and bluejoint up to the stirrups. By the second year, we had eight thousand Texas half-bred cattle and over three thousand five hundred volumes of English literature in my library.

Hell, we just cut out the unbranded stock and divided up even among outfits. There was no arguin' over mavericks like today.

You got it good today.

Two percent annual loss then, now it's seven from rustling alone, not to mention winterkill, calving loss, miring down in the spring.