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I decided to quit babying myself about my sore shoulder, so we continued on with our brandings this afternoon. Saddletramp, Peach Blossom and I gathered 111 pairs and put them in an enclosure made from portable corral panels. We sorted the cows away from the calves, and started branding at about 4 p.m. At five o'clock, the Kosmo Kid arrived after a day in school, and at six o'clock our oldest boy came along after a day's work at his welding shop. We got done a little after seven, and at least it wasn't dark yet. Everything went pretty good, and the weather was perfect. At one time, it looked like we might get rained upon, but that shower passed over without incident.


Gathering the herd

Keep them dogies rollin', Rawhide

Getting them into the portable corral

Three of us got them in without trouble

Cowpunchers and cows

Cows sorted from the calves

Calf in secured position

Saddletramp

Peach Blossom and the Kosmo Kid

No wrestlers needed

Welders can be good cowboys, too.

The old man

Backing the calf into positon

Saddletramp's saddle horse, Chalk-eye

Spearhead brand firmly in place

The arrow points the way out the gate
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