Logan Bochart shouted orders from the back of his horse as five hundred head of bawling cows were being separated from their calves. Six fires blazed as cowboys roped and dragged the spring calves in for branding. Ferocious longhorn bulls battled for dominance after their forced uniting in the low valley below the shadowy outlines of the southern Rockies. Mack Stout and Reese Blanchart ran the center branding fire. As the mounted cowboys pulled in the calves, Mack threw the young beasts to their sides, castrated the bulls, and stretched them out for Reese’s earmarking and hot iron. Both men were covered with sweat smeared dirt and blood. Bochart rode past at regular intervals, urging them to work harder and criticizing any uneven brands or irregular earmarks. The men worked hard but as is the nature of most independent cowboys, seemed to be a little slower and a bit more sloppy after each of Bochart’s admonishments. “What the deuces is his problem?”
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