CHAPTER IX.

Indian fair at Brownsville--Ponies--The lasso--Breaking-in--The purchase--"Bucking" extraordinary--Sheep-farming in Eastern Oregon-- Merinos--The sheep-herder--Muttons for company--A good offer refused--Exports of wool from Oregon-Price and value of Oregon wool--Grading wool--Price of sheep--Their food--Coyotes--The wolf-hunt--Shearing--Increase of flocks--"Corraling" the sheep-- Sheep as brush-clearers. 118