The Clifton clarion., 1888-04-04
Success in stock sEaising.

succeeds.;like- success" and cer-
 tain 1t Is that success in any un-
 dertaking.inspires confidence not
 only in the operator or persons
 mostsinterested, but also in all of
 his associates and acquaintances,
 thereby making easy, or paving
 the way for. other accomplish
 ments. But 1t is equally true that
 no great heights of ambition are
 attained, no noteworthy accumula
 ton of wealth secured, without
 tie exercise, at times, of certain
 degrees of fortitude, and the ex-
 hibition occasionally, of nerve and
 courage sufficient to meet damag-
 ing reverses with becoming fortl-
 tude, and even sustain serious loss
 with unfiinchIng spirit. In all in-
 dustries and enterprises these
 qualifications are necessary to the
 first success that make greater re-
 suits possible, and in no branch of
 business are the facts more fully
 demonstrated than ranging live
 stock on the Western plain The
 man without experience in the calling, with little but his hopes
 of profit and less knowledge of the
 country than either, will do we'll
 to keep out of venture that, as
 much as any other at least, re- quire 10 be conducted strictly
 upon business principles to be remunerative. So, too, the indi- vidual who expected the pastures
 always to be green, the storm tempered to his own convenience and health and high prices to be ever attendant upon his herds, and at the first reverse Of fortune fled the country with curses upon 1t and exaggerated stories of his suferings, would have done better if he had never the acquaintance of a region and pursuit so dis similar to his lasts and qualifica- tions. But to the real stockmen, the men who first recognized the natural advantages of the range country, and in addition to the common war of the elements ire quently dared greater risks by pushing them into comparatively unknown places and holding them amid savage men and beasts, men whom no danger daunted nor no i'll fortune dismayed, to these men the busipess has proven profitable, and although at times widespread 1 disaster has overtaken them 1 through a combination of evils, -their faith is yet abiding, and 1 they. are making every prepara- tion to retrieve their misfortune with in energy and courage that | must bring a gratifying reward. l Tie ruin experienced in the busi- l ness last year would have been in a great measure averted if it had l been confined to reasonable bound 1 aries, and there had not been that universal rush to participate iu | the prosperity that had previously | attended the range industry | True, the clements apparently | combined to make the season un- usually severe trough in the summer, scarcity of feed and long | continued snow and cold in the | winter-but for all this the loss would not have been so overpower ing had better judgment been ex- ercised in the placing of herds, so that there need have been no crowding but room allowed to meet the exigencies of the situa- ton. But in the rush to obtain "stock ranches" the most import ant part, range" was lost sight of, as well as tho privileges of many already and after the expert ence of such winter as last, the demoralIzation that followed is scarcely to be wondered at How ever. out of the wreck of the range structure there yet remain many substantial pillars of the edifice, reliable stockmen of nerve and ex- perience. farsighted enough to ap- prehend the disasters they have passed through, and with faith sufficient to renewed energy Tn re- building their shattered fortunes, believing that the lesson in the past will Tn part compensate for their losses if the mistake of over crowding and lack of preparations be avoided in the future. Such men will rapidly restock their ranches and the coming season will no doubt find the range busi- ness on more substantial basis than ever before, shorn of all