Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-01-24
Thetold spell.
Texag Live stock Journal.


The cattle and sheepmen have
watched with much concern the bad
weather now prevailing. Much en-.
quiry has been made rom Every
source ut all productive OF information
and the mails have been theeX pected
bearers OF definite news. several
sheepmen were in town this week
and numer us letters from the ranches
have b-en received by the several
wool houses fr m their customers; the
general feeling being that iiJckmaeters
will fare much better than might
have NJ first been eXptc ted.
Tuwnes woodruff OF Woodruff
Broihers, Kinney county, has late au-
vices from his ranch 10 the effect that
while no rain has fallen there, IL has
| been cold; sheep are little drawn but
no deaths as vet.
Il II CARL OF Jones q CARL, DIM
NIT county, is just In from the ranch,
! and gives similar good Teporte.
! Col. anderson, OF Crockett reports
that the sleet did not extend 10 Del
| Rio, and says sheep are doing very
we'll where they are In any sort Of
shape
Chas II Nash has letter, received
on the 20th instant, from sam
Schwing, Preside county, saying
We are havi TX the coolest weather
OF the season considerable snow and
seet but as all kinds II stock sre In
good order, they could not have sui.
tered. My sheep are fat enough for
mntton.n
I. Enron C Co. entertain strong be-
lief that sheep losses are comparatively
light, and call attention 70 the posi-.
| q
local 10 a few Of the southern COUNTIES
Eugene Stntfel rays everything he
has thus far heard Is good with refer
enee to sheep. and his Il ck In Bandert
county he thinks Ia be all right.
d.. A Oppenheimer: AZ Gar as WI
can learn, sheep are doing fairly well
J and we feel quite confident As TO thcll
pulling through all right: Of course Ole
sheep will 90 ny the board.
Col. r. q. Frost takes "A hopeful view
OF The situation He esye: The sheer
. burin,ss il undergoing n revolution ID
Texas; dOck-masters are iinding II
: nec' ssary To fence in comparatively
small pastures and keep II cattle from
sheep Rruunfs; better care is being
taken ~ the dOcks, as should he tbs
! case, and those In the business are be
ing steadily driven 10 this; II will PSI
them IN the long run,
ED Kotula has received a letter from
customer who is heartily tired o
I the sheep business and anxious Il
get out Of 1t. While ID Is no
known, IL Is safe TO presume tina
the gentleman has "left undune man,
thinps he should have dOnen for hi
, shrep--so he ln-es money
: NJ II llif Il Bro have no information
differing materially ffOm that above
I, they also believe matters might b
= much worse than they Rrte
, II LesRner estimates The pOeslbl
loss by this cold spell at fifteen pc
cent, and such an estimate may b
fully justified In view OF the ligh
amount OF grass
Generally viewed, the lOss OF sheel
!. viii probably be much less in propoi
.. ton To cattle. ana the sheep owner
have cause therefore TO congratulate
i Msny sheep viii die aud not he word
u skinning, but IL will be found on ia
If vestigati0n that The men who brln
ont their focks IN best shape are tbOs
who have taken little stock in the pC
eiical fancy that 1.-The Lord tenper
= the wind 10 the anorn lamb Wit
y all due Tespe tn the sentiment, prppe
y preparali made by h'se iuteresle
J will 20 long waya toward temperiD
y the wind and help the shorn lamb to
g prolonged existence