make it apparent that within a short time the range steer will have some tame hay to vary the monotony of his diet, and the flavor of his wonderful carcass.

Another innovation is the raising of big gardens by the ranchmen. They have at last decided that the homegrown vegetable is worth while. Many of them now milk a sufficient number of cows to provide themselves and ranch hands with milk and butter. However they are not yet ready to argue that anybody is likely to get rich milking cows.

The business of raising or ranging horses has suffered a sharp decline lately. Mule raising is still a profitable business, but not at all popular. The sheep raising craze has not struck this country yet. Our rancher devotes his time to the cattle business.

The largest ranch in the county is Everett Eldred's, containing 90,000 acres. He has about 10.000 head of cattle and 1,000 head of horses. He has his own wild hay meadows to produce his winter's feed and is planning a big increase in his alfalfa acreage. During the blizzard in March, 1913, he lost 1,500 head of cattle. They drifted with the storm into Swan Lake, which was in the pasture. Orlando is his postoffice and Belle Avery postmaster.

Samuel and Charles Avery each have large ranches. Charles' ranch contains 40,000 acres with many hay meadows from which he cuts winter feed for his thousands of head of stock. His ranch house is at Orlando postoffice.