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Story by Ross Hecox

Photography by David Stoecklein

Ride along with cowboys Lonnie Barg and Randy Lundergreen, as they feed cattle from a sleigh at Idaho\\\'s Picabo Livestock Co.

During the winter, Jack and Jill pull a sled loaded with hay every morning at Picabo Livestock in Idaho.

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Lonnie Barg, Picabo Livestock foreman, has been working with teams for the past 15 years.

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“I don’t think there’s any better work in the winter than bucking bales,” Barg says.

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“It’s good honest work. You hand load all those bales, and it keeps you in good shape.”

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Barg (left) and Randy Lundergreen load about 75 bales on the sleigh, then haul it to cattle in the meadow pasture.

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The team of Belgian horses handle 5,000 pounds of hay with ease.

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Hay grown in the summer feeds Picabo Livestock’s mother cows and stocker calves through the winter.

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Picabo Livestock feeds about 2,500 cows and calves each winter.

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Even at a young age, ranch dogs take their jobs seriously.

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With feeding done, Lundergreen and Barg return to headquarters to begin their workday.

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