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Out our way, herders are still necessary, even in supposedly familiar country. Big Mike's herd is on the same Tiger Ridge pasture land for years, and every year they move from summer pasture to winter pasture and back again. The reason is obvious - after a few months of grazing, the grass gets grazed down and, especially in the summer, the runoff and spring rains that filled the reservoir in the upper pasture have ceased and the water level is low. They have to move to the winter pasture down below where the grass is still lush and the streams are still full. That's why Big Mike sends Charl...