. History of Texas; Fort Worth and the Texas northwest edition. hes. At that time the Texas Live Stock s44 F( >RT \\( >K AND THE TEXAS NORTHWEST Journal, the authentic and recognized exponent of the livestockindustry, inaugurated a campaign for the broadening and developmentof the flocks. It established a paper called the Wool Grower, andenthusiastically advocated the raising of sheep, portraying, in themost glowing terms, the possible advantages and profits to followsheep raising. It attracted wide-spread attention throughout theentire country, and, because of the usual equable climate,
. History of Texas; Fort Worth and the Texas northwest edition. hes. At that time the Texas Live Stock s44 F( >RT \\( >K AND THE TEXAS NORTHWEST Journal, the authentic and recognized exponent of the livestockindustry, inaugurated a campaign for the broadening and developmentof the flocks. It established a paper called the Wool Grower, andenthusiastically advocated the raising of sheep, portraying, in themost glowing terms, the possible advantages and profits to followsheep raising. It attracted wide-spread attention throughout theentire country, and, because of the usual equable climate, sheep raisersin the northern and eastern states came to Texas and invested largeamounts of money in sheep, and the cattlemen themselves addedflocks to their herds. In 1809 there were something like 9,000,000sheep enumerated bv the assessors in the state, and the number ofsheep and the amount of wool clipping reached fabulous sums. Much adverse legislation on the part of the national governmentadmitted wool from Australia and the South American countries free. Sheep of duty, practically destroying the industry, so that the returns forP>20 show that there were only 1,640,610 sheep on the assessment rollfor the entire state. There were many ludicrous and oft times pathetic incidents connected with the industry, in which persons, unacquainted with thepeculiarities of the Texas climate, suffered great losses. One instancewill suffice to show the extent of the misfortunes attending some ofthe activities of the tenderfoot. A sheep grower from the State of Vermont purchased a large tract• >i land in Erath County and imported a large flock of tine sheep.\sked it he had made provision for the protection of his sheep, hereplied that it was entirely unnecessary, as he had raised sheep inVermont and that he knew the Texas climate to lie SO much milderthat sheds and sheep folds were unnecessary. Me COuld not lie con- vinced that In- was in error; but one night a Montana blizzard str
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