The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1880-04-22
CACHE COUNTY.
80
LOGAN, April Is, 1880.
Editors Herald:

d OF the sCVerest ever known in tn
e valley. 10 the autumn preceding
o many who thought themselves able
foretell the seasous, predicted that
} would be unusually hard. Their nrt
: dIetIona have been fulfilled to III
4 great sorrow and loss of our citizens
D espec ally stock owners. Early i
= October SNOW commenced falling an
has continued, st varying. intervals
until tc-d~y, when there is tall c
!, about six inches. Though som
feared o long, very cod season, feI
, were prepared for one of such duva
! ton. The experience OF q numbe
: of previous years had made peopl
Indifferent. TIE dry GUNNER OF 1879
destroyed reliable raEges, and reduced
the hay crop, perhaps one-half. Al
cattle and horses had done well run.
ming at large other seasons, many
we're turned out and allowed 10 feed
where they could, until in December
when II was necessary 10 take and
feed them in the towns. This extra
drain on the scanty supply OF hay,
soon began to tell, and in some OF the
settlements, after January there vas
nothing bat straw to feed. The PEG
pie of Lewiston for several months.
were obliged TO haul straw from
Smithfeld, distance of sixteen miles.
Thousands OF tons Of this feed we're
thus taken, but the supply was in
Czslr NLLakG. d u ~ Cd
where a farmer owning twenty-eight
head of cattle, lost t@eDty seven of
them. Ia less severe degree this
wss the experience of the whole
valley. Straw many years Old, that
in other seasons would not be taken
at any price. WAS greedlly bought st
81 to So per load. Poor as this fodder
was, there vas none to be bought by
the end of February and early ia
March hundreds of cattle were taken
to the most promising ranges and left
to care Tor themselves. So anxious
were several that their stock might be
saved, they profered to give them to
anyone who would feed them until
spring. The owners of many herds
we're obliged TO feed chopped wheat
II the end Of the season to give the
stock strength enough ID walk to
where food could be secured. The
leaviest Losses reported are by two |
irms-One losing 200 out OF 1900 /
lead, and the Other-esiimated a. 400 |
out Of atoat the same number. In /
eyeIal instances it is known that
lerdcrs have been compelled to leave
heir animals out on the ranges to
perish, being unable t. get feed, and
he fnow SO deep thai all grass was
:oV6rcd. It IS quite probable that the
0ss through the valley will be not
ess than twenty or twenty-five per
ent. The hundreds Of cattle dying
n the ranges, have been the means
/ employing many boys securing
heir hides. No attention Seems to
ave been paid to ownership, dead
took being regarded ss common
Not q few cases are
eporled where n number of boys,
hiding al animal doan, would cit
ronnd waiting .of it to die. They
al no p t., and only waited until
ia7vation bad completed It's work, to
ob the emacisted frame of its cover
1g.
The hard winter must be productive
( some good, and may be able to
dvance the cause OF science. To
udents of compaIatiVe anatomy, our
at,le and horses offer superior ad-
antages for siudy-especially the {
apartments Of osteology and derma- {
,iogy. Ia an interesting state these {
mi demented skeletons wander I
round seeking what lhaE ~ do- I
lur. Compared with the manikins /
nployed in school, these creatures
e far superior, having nearly all /
eir advantages besides that OF volun s
ny motion.
Last winter was q season OF Three j
Lack Grow" stories. At one time a {
.mily was frozen in Logan Canon, c
ut they came to life ia Bear Lake. c
young lady walking from Logan to c
ewton, lost her way and was out In |
bitter cold night. Report said, that 8
9TH arms and legs had been ampu- I
ted, but fact revealed that only one '
two toes we're taken of. Rumor I
Id that cattle firm had lost $l5, 900 {
Orth of cattle, when one-third will ]
yer the amount. However our i
sses have been heavy enough and I
,cidents not scarce, 80 we must ac- 1
3pt the situation. I
The present year in some respects
as not started we'll for Us. There {
ave been three or four deaths from r
and quite a number of 6
we're bruises. At enc time many
Is gloomy over the loss of 30 many
title, but q week OF spring weather
I'd the effect of giving them new
lergy. The water supply this year !
i'll undoubtedly be good, and pro- !
,ects were never better for the
rmers. We have 10 grssshoppeIS-
1pe to escape late frosts-and with !
enty of water, can supply ali Utah
ith wheat and potatoes if necessary.
Though We have been forced to
icture q portion of the dark side in
nr experience, there Is still enough
Material wealth to enable our citizens
, move on to prosperity. The
manufacturing and mercantile insti-
atoms are doing well, aud with the
eople, lock for profitable season.
AMATEUR.
?. S. In writing part OF the above,
70 discover that we have displayed
reat ignorance. We apologize 10
ealher clerks and other such
dictionaries, and hope that they will
BON divulge the new formula for
earning the duration of seasons.
The heaviest snow of the winter fell !
n the 10Th and 18th ins.ants, just
7hen we thought old Boreas had re-
ired to his Arctic businesses. Alter
his, We will prepare for nine months
winter and hope to have supplies to
larry from autumn To spring, or
umuer, as It appears We will be
orCed TO new. 4.
Dust received, and for
sale at morrill, 81 EAeet-
Ieyss Stables, one car
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