Generally it is or should be a case of give-and-take.
But my gentleman was not satisfied and expressed his dissatisfaction in not very polite language.

So to satisfy him I agreed to put them through the chute and "tooth" them, the teeth being an infallible test (or at least the accepted test) of an animal's age.

To my surprise this man, the confident, trusted manager of long years' experience, could not tell a yearling from a "two" or a "two" from a "three," but sat on the fence and cussed, and allowed his foreman to do the classing for him.
The Texas Cattlemen's Annual Convention was a most important event in our lives.

It was held sometimes in El Paso, sometimes in San Antonio, but oftenest in Fort Worth, and was attended by ranchmen from all over the State, as well as by many from New Mexico, and by buyers from Wyoming, Montana, Nebraska, Kansas and elsewhere.

Being held early in spring the sales then made generally set the prices for the year.