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Domestic News September 30, 1884

Cheyenne Transporter

Darlington, Canadian County, Oklahoma

What is this article about?

A participant in a conversation remarks that cowboys' work has intensified compared to eight or ten years ago, now including Sunday rounds, full roundups, haying, gathering hulls and weak cows, and feeding, marking changed times. The text ends with garbled content about not hearing whoops.

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"Cowboys don't have such a soft time as they did eight or ten years ago," remarked one of the party truly. "I remember when we sat around the camp fire after supper and didn't do a lick of work from four or six in the morning except chop a little wood to lay a fire to keep warm by. Now we go on the round Sunday, then the whole round up, then haying—something that the old time cowboy by ye days get of such the beef round-up, and gathering hulls and weak cows, and after all this even of feeding and I tell you times have changed. You don't hear the sound of the whoop- mn machlooton raorsaa the munn whte thtots oe is toloe togtetke a coltlob hus"

What sub-type of article is it?

Economic Agriculture

What keywords are associated?

Cowboys Changing Times Roundup Haying Cattle Herding

What entities or persons were involved?

One Of The Party

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One Of The Party

Event Details

A cowboy recounts how their profession has changed, with more demanding tasks now compared to easier times eight or ten years ago, including rounds, roundups, haying, gathering hulls and weak cows, and feeding.

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