Are there any farmers from west texas in here..If so how many acres?

some would say it is impolite to ask about acreage...kind of like asking someone how much money they make per year or how much money they have in their bank account

or how many cows someone has

Showing my age here, but just check out whether they have one pant leg tucked in the top of their boots, or two!
























If you don't know my reference, you missed WT in the 50's-70's

a little before my time...can you elaborate?

from a late 70's point of view
the inside seam only tucked into both boots was a REAL cowboy


the light in the loafer people tucked either the outside seam only or both into their boots. like this guy


unless they had real knee high old timey boots






you know. . . .
the internet is scary sometime
there's a whole little world out there, and guys that are "devoted" to cowboy boots have their own
website

what is that leather strap around the lower calf of those boots in the sketch?

its a bull riding or bronc riding thing,
like tying your shoe laces extra tight

see examples
http://www.usrodeosupply.com/Rodeo-Connections/Straps_3

That strap keeps you from pulling your boots off when spurring a bareback bronc or riding a bull. That picture is of a bareback rider's boots (the rowels on his spurs aren't what you would use for bulls). Saddle bronc riders never do that in case their boot manages to go through the stirrup. Back when I rode bareback at A&M, the saddle bronc guys used to wear their boots a little loose with thin dress socks underneath, maybe even put a little baby powder on their socks for insurance.