They were all good hands, and the kind of cowboys โ or buckaroos โ that could work on any cow outfit. They didnโt all arrive together, they just sorta drifted in, one at a time.
Tom hired them on in January to help with the calving, even though it was early. There wasnโt much riding to do, just go through the cattle each day looking for something that might be wrong. The cows werenโt supposed to start calving until the middle of February.
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