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...their State. The great King Ranch, four-fifths the size of Delaware, is the prize at stake. It is the largest ranch in Texas, the largest in the U. S., and, so far as can be definitely learned, the largest in the world. On its 1,250,000 acres graze 125,000 cattle which, at proper seasons, are rounded up or tick-dipped or dehorned or castrated or branded by some 300 highly skilled Mexican cowboys. These acres have been valued at $8,750,000, the cattle at 85,590,000, the horses at $250,000. the artesian wells...
...fellow whose main function is to be the queen's husband. They cohabit for life, which may last ten years. Their offspring feed them and each other with food either regurgitated or exuded through the skin. Some species sprout an edible fungus garden in which the young may graze...
...teach his lips to graze...
...time never come when it will be the wise course to lock the college doors and let sheep and cattle graze on the campus that in former years had been the happy hunting ground for those who sought culture...
Bridget was only a hind. One November day she was taken to Aldington and released. She began to graze, then made friends with a flock of sheep. The hunters shooed her and she made for the sea. Next day she was found on a beach. Into the water she went again. Finally lifesavers rescued her, took her ashore. She made a dash for her cart, knocked down four men, jumped in, went to sleep as the cart jolted back to her deer park...