the movement of cattle in large herds to a stockyard or market

public land that could be used by anyone, usually for grazing cattle

a person who moves livestock overland to market

a place where livestock are penned before they are slaughtered or shipped elsewhere

money charged in exchange for a service or permission to take an action

a set of partly unreal ideas associated with a person or an object

a ranch hand who takes care of saddle horses

a state of enforced isolation designed to prevent the spread of disease or pests

a group of investors who join together to fund a business

the small, hardy horse of the West, descended from horses brought by the Spanish

to encourage people to take part in an activity

any person, place, or thing that supplies something that is wanted or needed

a serious crime for which punishment may be imprisonment or death

barbed-wire fence dozens of miles long used in the Texas Panhandle to mark the northern and southern limits of a rancher’s land to prevent livestock from drifting off the land and wild cattle from drifting onto it and competing for food

a farmer who, in exchange for labor, is provided with seed, tools, living quarters, and food and receives a share of the value of the crop

a farmer who works land owned by another and pays rent either in cash or in shares of the crop

left unplanted for one or more growing seasons

a number of things or events that are arranged or happen one after the other

a farming approach that uses careful plowing to keep loose soil on top, slowing evaporation to keep soil moist