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All night long two men rode around them and any cow which tried to escape was promptly turned back into the herd by the watchful riders . The next day this bunch was called the `` day herd '' and three herders looked after them all day long . They were allowed to graze over a piece of open range where the herders could watch them and see that none of them escaped . At noon they were driven into a great prairie lake to water . That evening another large bunch of cows and calves were brought out to the day herd and turned into it so that they made quite a respectable herd that night . At the end of ten days ' work they had over the required number to make up the `` trail herd , '' and the wagon boss announced one evening that he would send them into the main ranch on the following day to start for the long trail trip to Arizona . The blue-roan calf had by this time become a seasoned traveler , and found little difficulty in taking care of himself in the herd .