Dad took these back in the day. SW
This is a hay stacker. A "sweep" would push bunches of hay which were tossed over a frame. A down-n-out kind of guy - often a wino - would stand in the frame and tramp the hay down - move it around to make a solid hay stack.
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Dad told me this scene was a camp for the cowpokes who were to ride out a large tract of timber and buttes and bring all the cattle in to a corrall where the calves were separated and sold.
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"The genuine article". Dad is on the right.
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Another shot of an old school hay stacker
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Branding. I can clearly recall the punget smells of burning hair. And a lunch of fried 'nads the next day!
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This is a "sweep" seen here pushing a bunch of prairie hay up to the stacker.
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The man indicated is one of my uncles in the Marines, 1940. I never met the man.
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Fixing fence out in the middle o' nowhere.
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After the hay was stacked, it was fed to cattle the following winter from horse-drawn sleds shown here. Did a bunch of that, I did!
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Dad is on the left here. Notice the sturdy fence around the house. This was to keep cattle from getting in & rubbing against the house. And the nags from eating the flowers. Cattle and horses ALWAYS itch!
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They had a few hands up there that just never missed. Guess they didn't like gettin dirty. :)
That and when pushing cattle up to the squeeze chute, stay close. You don't get kicked as hard that way. Don't ask me how I know. 