Word: ranchmen
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...calf that is wild or too lean. Unlike many breeders, Lasater cares nothing about how the cow looks. Says Lasater: "Any breeder who gives his cows a second chance just doesn't give himself an even break. Survival of the fittest goes all the way here." Although most ranchmen frown on breeding without regard to general conformity, Lasater claims that his ruthless tactics have bred a herd free from cancer eye, pink eye, Bang's disease (contagious abortion...
Every afternoon after services, groups of cowhands and ranchmen sat around whittling under the "Prayer Tree," a stately juniper that towers over Nogal Mesa's stunted pinñon and cactus. There, with no clerical coaching allowed, they talked out their ideas on practical religion...