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total word count includes words in the running text and headings only.Numerals and words in chapter titles,captions,labels,diagrams,charts,graphs,sidebars,and extra features are not included.  \nRanches inthSouthwest  \nby Cynthia Swain  \nScott Foresman  \nis an imprint of  \nGlenview,Illinois·Boston,Massachusetts·Chandler,ArizonaUpper Saddle River,New Jersey  \n# Photographs\n\nEvery effort has been made to secure permission and provide appropriate credit forphotographic material.The publisher deeply regrets any omission and pledges tocorrect errors called to its attention in subsequent editions.  \nUnless otherwise acknowledged,all photographs are the property of PearsonEducation,Inc.  \nPhoto locators denoted as follows:Top(T),Center (C),Bottom(B),Left(L),Right(R),Background(Bkgd)  \nCover Jakub Cejpek/Shutterstock;1 Paul O'Neil/East Valley Tribune/OAssociated Press;4 Jay OBrien/Fotolia;5 OPhotoshot Holdings Ltd/Alamy Images;6 Cultural HeritageImages/Universal Images 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PearsonEducation,Inc.,or its affiliates.  \n111213 VOFL 17161514  \n# TABLE OF CONTENTS\n\nCHAPTER 1  \nSouthwestern Ranches  \nCHAPTER 2  \nDude Ranches andWorking Ranches  \nCHAPTER 3  \nLife on a RanchGlossary  \n4  \n7  \n11  \n16  \nChapter 1 Southwestern Ranches  \nThey sit high in the saddle on well-trained ranchhorses.Who are they?Cowboys or cowgirls?Dudes?A dude is someone who grew up in the city but  \nvacations on a ranch.Or are they helping ranchers dotheir work?Any of these is possible in the AmericanSouthwest.  \nDude ranch guests take on cowboy duties.  \n4  \nOvergrazing damages the land.  \nCowboys and cattle have been important to theranches of the Southwest since the 1800s.Cattle  \nprovide the beef for the meat industry.But grazing,orputting cattle out to feed,causes problems.Cattle eatplants and make waterways dirty.They destroy plantgrowth.This endangers,or threatens,plant speciesand the animals that feed on them.As a result,the U.S.government may force ranchers to graze their cattlein different areas more often.This would cut down onovergrazing,which causes soil to be washed away.  \nSome ranches have failed because of theseenvironmental factors.But many ranchers have  \nchanged their ranches.Some have taken on a new wayof life,such as on a dude ranch.Other ranchers havekept their way of life by running a working ranch.  \nTHE HORSE ADDS  \nTO LIFE ON THE RANCHES...NORIHWESI AIRLINESyTO THE HEART OF THE REAL DUDERANCHCOUNTRy  \nHorseback riding,as advertisedin the 1940s,is one of the mainactivities on a dude ranch.  \n# Chapter 2 Dude Ranches andWorking Ranches\n\nMore than fifty years ago,some ranches began totake in guests.Today,dudes come from many parts ofthe world.These people are more used to urban,orcity,life than to ranch life.  \nDude ranches spend more time on guests than oncattle.They give horseback rides and lessons.Guestsmay also le","cbCaihOn1YosZJJd","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaihOn1YosZJJd","pdf",3738438,"English","# 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