.;‘(,

There was one sow weighed over 5300 lbs and she presented us with two litters a
year of seventeen each. In one year her progeny consisted of nearly a
hundred, that is, her own litters and the litters of her litters—'-in a single
year: Pigsis pigs! V   1’ M J A

Fancy me---I who  I was something of a. connoiseru
about having pretty and dainty things azmmd me. “to
and chiffony and loved oo ta and bits of lovely old tapestcies and 
mrnivtumti.-fancy me, sitting on the railing of a. pig corral, enjoying myself
inmensely as I watched the hundreds of little piggies nursing the dozens of
h ge mothers. -.We11,'1t~telres all sorts of people to make a world ans. it I am
a. shocking person in my tastes I can't help it. I daresa§r_u_iny_, tastes  low,

in the opinion of certain ea.stern‘fo].k, but I Jnerepconfelss to a real i liking for-—
S  , ‘ _‘_r,r._

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Pig‘ , . . ,
However, as 1 sa.id——-that  allinmy iirst year on the ranch.
We/;_~' We had thought. 1640 acres an izmnense tract of land. I remember
thinking what fun I'd have riding all around it—--perhaps I'd get lost  thought.
 _ I had ridden quite a bit through the prim bridke paths of our
own  Park, and I had been barked at by a German riding master who adjureg. 
to: {5’Elbows in,/__,@afl§r  Heels down! Cling with  mess the &d( 
i ‘N I flattered myself that :E had. learned to ride with form.

My husband moreover had been with the Brooklyn militia -—in the cavalry. He

too was a. considerable rider. when he chucked me non that big stock saddle

he could not forbear to laugh, and he gave my knee a. squeeze azxi said:

"Now cling with your knees if you dare". I tried to.
No go. You have to ride loose on a cowboy saddle. I Later I liked.
the stock saddle and could go for miles and miles without being tired.
However, to get back to our acreage. 640 acres may sound a. lot

to a New Yorker. Its a drop in the bucket in Alberta. We soon realized that

if we wished to stay in ')catt1e" we would have to acquire more land. Furthemore
as we lad learned more of the "game" we realized that a grain ranch, while very V811

for a limited number of pure bred cattle, was not suitable for a. great herd,, and