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<br />A defeated or wounded stallion was an easy prey for the
<br />wolves and coyotes who followed the herd. The gestation per-
<br />iod of the horse is longer than the bovine, thus nature planned
<br />the stallion to remain the entire year with the herd as protector.
<br />The horse like the deer is one of nature's masterpieces.
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<br />The bison was king of the western plains. Tradition has it
<br />that immense herds covered the plains to the horizon and even
<br />stopped the trains, The bison hide was thick, tough and covered
<br />with a protecting double coat of hair that forms a mane on the
<br />shoulders and head. He had a hump of surplus food, and while
<br />not a true buffalo, would not mire in quicksand and mud like
<br />the horse and his bovine associates. Unless the herd was de-,
<br />moralized, the bulls isolated themselves to insure the calves came
<br />in favorable season, One outstanding characteristic was his abil-
<br />ity to pivot so he never presented a broadside to his enemy, an
<br />ability not shared by the other bovines. His most outstanding
<br />ability, however, was his instinct to place his protected head
<br />near the ground and march directly into the teeth of the bliz-
<br />zard wind that swept the plains too often in winter. Thus he
<br />shortened the time duration of, the storm, all other' bovine drift-
<br />ing with the wind if caught on the wind-swept plains lengthen
<br />the time duration of the blizzard to the exhaustion limit. This
<br />habit and instinct of the bison, king of the range, to meet trouble
<br />more than half way and patiently struggle through until the
<br />storm is over is indeed worthy of note and imitation.
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<br />As man came on the scene he found the area in harmony,
<br />the land covered with vegetation, balanced life filling the lakes
<br />and rivers to overflowing, balanced, thriving, developing animal
<br />species living on a mat of grass and herbage, living on soil that
<br />was continually building up in quality; a complete picture of
<br />development, balance and abundance for all.
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<br />With the reader's help we have tried to draw this ancient
<br />picture so that it will contrast with the picture that man with
<br />his greed has recently produced against nature's plans. It might
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