Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-02-27
After the storm.

4.
about the storm and its effects on wool
growers in Texas. There were
too many badly hurt men: too manv
badly used up flocks of sheep, and too
many fresh sores TO Justify us In re-
fering to the matter, except very
briefly.
But now that the 'blizzardp Is n
thing OF the past, that the sun has
again put in an appearance, and that
the said used up flocks are again hold
ing up their heads, and the said sores
are not quite so fresh and teuder,
we deem il not inappropriate to notice /
at more length, and more in |
detail the effects OF the storm, and the
main causes Of the heavy losses expe-
rienced.
1t is natural for men to wish as lit |
tie as possible said of their misfortunes.
A prosperous man, as rule, don't care
how many people know of his prosper
ity, nor how many make 1t the subject
OF remark. But the man WHO'S over
taken, in the journey of life, by mistor-
tune, shrinks from having his woes
paraded to the world, and discussed by
the world.
This is natural, hence it is that we
are not surprised that
Texas wool growers man.
ifest no little aversion to reporting the
full extent of their sufIerings. We
have within the past week had occa-
sion to talk these matters over with
wool growers from all parts of the
! state, and as rule they have said,
"we have lost and lost heavily, but we
prefer that no mention should be made
of the fact. 1t will do no good, and
we don { care to have our losses talked
off, Respecting the wishes, OF
| these gentlemen, we nave
carefully avoided any reference To them
and their losses by name, but still II isa
fact, which cannot be successfully con-
/ troverted, and which we may as well
own up to that the losses by the storm,
or directly attributable Ito the storm,
have been very heavy wherever the
late severe norther had a fair swing.
We lost ourselves, our neighbors
lost those near us, and those long
way from us, all lost, and the loss, as
rule was lust in proportion as the
Hooks had been cared for be fore
the storm or had been neglected
OF our own flocks, those that had been
well handled suffered least, those on
the other hand, that had been
so it was all over tie state.
Those hocks that started into th'
winter fat and healthy, and were pro
. vided with shelter and plenty OF ma,
or other good food, went through tho
storm with mparatively small loss
While those that started into the win
+ ter in thin order, or not free OF disease
! NJ ware unprovided will
y shelter and food, one o
both, as a rule, suffered heavily. IL
some instances the loss was enormous
+ reaching as high as from twenty-hv
+ to even fifty per cent, but a loss 9
ten per cent. among neglected an
I. poor sheen, was by no means unconl
: mon.
1t is IA painful duty imposed on US 7
mention these facts, and IT certain
t gives us no pleasure to discuss men
o but our duty is to mention them an
Z discuss them, that we may ueuu'
=. from them lesson that will be Valu
bile to those who look to us 10 adVi
= them.
Sometimes it is not quite plain
us what is the important lesson 10
gathered from a particular state
facts, but in this instance 1t lies on u
OF surface, and "a fool though he run m'
ng read.n Any child may see 1t ana u
ny derstand it, and we but repeat suosta
TALLY what thousands OF Texas wo
growers have repeated to themseiV
during the past three weeks when y
Is say that, in the future IN 1efas wo
At, lake befter care of those they do no
VI die.
he Heretofore we have most OF us
taA boon
/, TO speak, with desire to oV
rer and control sheep in large nui
asst hers and we know of hundreds
IS wool growers in the state who start
n few years since with but few shee,
and now own many thousands lof q
own them before the storm ana WI
int three weeks since, We're anxious
nd. own many thousands more.
aid Instead of being satisfied To hanu
only as many as they could hi
II die properly, they acted Oh
one idea and that idea v
to accumulate more she'
They apparently lost sight OF the !
~. that Texas was subject to storms n
IT, that sheen were subject to diseas
, nv and were liable to suffer from cold
lis. neglect.
for But the blizzard called halt, n
red opened their eyes to the fact t Ina, " :.
ne; tar does sometimes show his real Il
ars; in Texas; that sheep have feelings
lrs, others of Gods creatures, that u
led are subject to disease and will SUI
edi- from neglect, and that one thousi
lief good sheep we'll cared for will pay,
our ter than two thousand inferior sh'
Z u not cared for. .u
ntil If wool growers generally VIII o
nee recognize these facts as lessons tauI
The, them bv the storm, we VIII leei
the saving that "all is not evil that lo
Ia he evil T6Jds Wooi Gr0pcf'