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FEATURES NEW MEXICO STOCKMAN Write or call: P.O. Box 7127 Albuquerque, New Mexico 87194 Fax: 505/998-6236 505/243-9515 E-mail: caren@aaalivestock.com Official publication of: n

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The Carousels of the Dairy Industry

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The Grass Is Greener For Backgrounders

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Ranchers Roundtables Highlight Research, Practical Information

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N.M. Cattle Growers’ Association President’s Letter

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News Update

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N.M. Federal Lands Council News

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N.M. CowBelles Jingle Jangle

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Cowboy Heroes

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New Mexico Livestock Board Update

by Rex Wilson, President

by Mike Casabonne

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NMBC Bullhorn

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N.M. Old Times & Old Timers

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To The Point

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Missions Accomplished

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Calendar of Events

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Market Place

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Seedstock Guide

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Ad Index

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As I have spent the last several years working up the leadership ladder of the NMCGA, I never cease to be amazed at the wide variety of issues that touch our industry and the work that must be done to protect our very way of life.

There honestly isn’t a single day that goes by that the NMCGA isn’t working for you, be it staff or leadership or concerned members.

Having a steak (this word is mis-spelled in many other venues) in the industry doesn’t necessarily mean that you have livestock or even that you own property. Nor does it mean that you eat regularly. There are lots of folks out there, maybe even most folks, who do not know, and do not care where their food comes from. They have never been hungry.

What it does mean is that you share the values, principles and concerns that ranch families exemplify. You care about the future of our nation, our land, our water and our wildlife.

As we keep an eye on the workings of our sister organizations in the state and the region, I can say without a doubt that NMCGA dues go further on your behalf than anywhere else. NMCGA dues are only a minimum of $75, with “true dues” of $.60 a head. Check with your neighbors across state lines and see what they are paying. In most places it is double.

Are you aware that the NMCGA office operates with only two full time staffers? We are fortunate that we have volunteers who are willing to put time in at the office and on the road in staff capacities. And, we are truly blessed that every year we find a few young people who are as passionate about the future of the industry as we are who are willing to serve as interns at the office.

Issues management and advocacy are just a part of what your dues pay for. This publication arrives in your mailbox 12 times a year and, at least for the time being, health and property insurance programs are available.

Then there are the “good times.” Past President Bill King and I spent time not too long ago reminiscing about all the fun we have had at Cattle Growers’ meetings since we were youngsters. As adults, we have to pay more attention to the serious stuff. But watching the halls at NMCGA meetings where old friends gather to catch up sharing joys and sorrows is heart-warming.

I honestly cannot remember a time in my life that didn’t include Cattle Growers’, clear back to the Western Sky’s Hotel. Shirley Goodloe taught me to dance at a Cattle Growers’ Convention and Cary Culbertson (Myle’s brother) taught me how to swim at a summer meeting in Clovis.

This is just skimming the top of the value of NMCGA to each of you every day. My goal is to increase membership by 400 during the coming months. If you aren’t already a member, I hope I can count you in. If you are a member, get someone to join. We could double our membership if every member recruited just one new one.

Join up and then plan on joining us at the upcoming regional meetings and Mid-Year Convention!

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by MATTHEW BROWN / ASSOCIATED PRESS / SEATTLE TIMES federal appeals court in mid March rejected a lawsuit from conservation groups that want to block wolf hunts that have killed more than 500 of the predators across the Northern Rockies in recent months.

The ruling from a three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said Congress had the right to intervene when it stripped protections from wolves last spring.

Lawmakers stepped in after court rulings kept wolves on the endangered list for years after they reached recovery goals.

Wildlife advocates claimed in their lawsuit that Congress violated the separation of powers by interfering with the courts.

But in an opinion authored by Judge Mary Schroeder, the court said Congress was within its rights, and that lawmakers had appropriately amended the Endangered Species Act to deal with Northern Rockies wolves.

That amendment marked the first time Congress has forcibly removed a species’ endangered status. It was tacked onto a federal budget bill by Idaho Republican Rep. Mike Simpson and Montana Democratic Sen. Jon Tester.

“This case has made it clear that those who persist in trying to manage wildlife through the courts, in spite of all scientific evidence that this species has recovered, no longer have a defensible position,” Simpson said.

Michael Robinson with the Center for Biological Diversity, one of the groups that sued to restore protections, said a Supreme Court appeal was possible but no decision had been made.

“We’re very disappointed and very saddened,” Robinson said.

“Hundreds of wolves have been hunted and trapped and snared, and they are essential to their ecosystem.”

He called the congressional budget bill rider that lifted protections “undemocratic” and said that it set a precedent for future political meddling with imperiled wildlife.

Wolves once thrived across North America but were exterminated across most of the continental U.S. by the 1930s, through government sponsored poisoning and bounty programs.

They were put on the endangered list in 1974. Over the last two decades, state and federal agencies have spent more than $100 million on wolf restoration programs across the country.

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slightly from 2010, although Wyoming and Idaho saw slight declines.

There are more than 4,500 of the animals in the upper Great Lakes and a struggling population of several dozen wolves in the Desert Southwest.

Wolf hunting is allowed in Montana and Idaho and could resume in Wyoming this fall. States in the Great Lakes also are considering hunts.

In parts of Montana, ranchers and local officials frustrated with continuing attacks on livestock have proposed bounties for hunters that kill wolves. Montana wildlife officials said they will consider ways to expand hunting after 166 wolves were killed this season, short of the state’s 220-

wolf quota.

Idaho allows trapping. Its 10-month wolf season runs until June and has claimed 353 wolves so far.

Prior lawsuits resulted first in the animals’ reintroduction to the Northern Rockies and then later kept them on the endangered list for a decade after the species reached recovery goal of 300 wolves in three states.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is monitoring the hunts. But agency officials have said they have no plans to intervene because the states have pledged to manage wolves responsibly.

Federal officials have pledged to step in to restore endangered species protections if wolf numbers drop to less than 100 anin mals in either Montana or Idaho.

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Lucas says a Farm Bill is possible this year, if . . . he chairman of the House Agriculture Committee sees an opportunity to move multi-year farm legislation through the House by mid-summer that provides an equitable safety net for ag producers and does not make conservation compliance a prerequisite to purchasing federally-subsidized crop insurance.

Oklahoma Republican Frank Lucas said that while he doesn’t know exactly how much money his committee will have to cut from farm, conservation and nutrition programs that account for the bulk of farm bill spending, he suspects the amount will be larger than the $23 billion recommended by Capitol Hill ag leaders last fall during the failed super committee process. “My friends on the left don’t want to spend any money on rural America and my friends on the right just don’t want to spend any money on anybody for ANY reason!� he exclaimed, underscoring how difficult it will be to secure 218 votes for a farm bill on the House floor.

Some of Lucas’ “friends on the right� are freshman members of Congress who sit on the ag panel and would like to make “some dramatic� reductions in nutrition spending, he said.

The Chairman indicated he’d begin working on a one-year extension of the 2008 Farm Bill this summer, on a parallel track, if it became apparent that enacting new legislation wasn’t possible. “I want a farm bill� this year, he declared, but “I just don’t know whether the environment I’m working in up here – budget, the political mix, the presidential campaigns – I don’t know whether the circumstances are going to let me have one. “But Debbie, Pat, Collin and I are going to move heaven and earth, if we can, to get it done,� he said, referring to Senate Ag Chair Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich, ranking member Pat Roberts, R-Kansas, and the ranking member on his committee, Rep. Collin Peterson, D-Minn.

He urged environmental groups to drop their demand that farmers be required to adopt soil and water stewardship practices in order to collect crop insurance indemnities. “I would ask my friends who are very enthusiastic about the environmental perspective to work with us this time; we only have a limited amount of money. We’ve got to continue to make production agriculture work in this country.� On other ag policy issues, Lucas said it was too early to make a prediction about whether the next farm bill would contain a Livestock Title. n

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Federal Court Restricts Antibiotic Use in Livestock he Food & Drug Administration (FDA) has been ordered by a federal court to require livestock growers to stop using certain antibiotics amid concerns that they are contributing to the development of superbugs.

Under the ruling, the FDA must require manufacturers of two popular classes of antibiotics, penicillins and tetracyclines, to prove that the use of their drugs in livestock doesn’t contribute to the development of drug-resistant bacteria and that the drugs are safe for human consumption.

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In his decision, U.S. Magistrate Judge Theodore Katz chastised the FDA for their inaction.

“For over thirty years, the FDA has taken the position that the widespread use of certain antibiotics in livestock for purposes other than disease treatment poses a threat to human health . . . the FDA never held hearings or took any further action on the proposed withdrawals. In the intervening years, the scientific evidence of the risks to human health from the widespread use of antibiotics in livestock has grown, and there is no evidence that the FDA has changed its position that such uses are not shown to be safe,” he wrote.

An FDA spokesperson said it’s too early for the agency to announce its next move.

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Lands News he political season is upon us with most of the national news dominated by coverage of the Republican primaries. There has been a lot of ink and airtime expended trying to explain primary voters’ seemingly conflicting goals of nominating a candidate who can win in November and who is also fiscally and socially conservative enough to save the economy while restoring faith in the constitutional principles that made this country great. If our country is to prosper, or even to survive long-term, voters will have to make the right choice. If we believe in our system we have to believe they will.

But when you see some of the things our elected representatives enact into law you sometimes wonder.

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portation Bill. The Restore Act sends penalty money from the Gulf oil spill to the states affected by it and also funds the Land and Water Conservation Fund. The LWCF is a scheme to use taxpayer dollars to buy private land, conservation easements and other private property to increase the federal government’s holdings in the name of conservation. Initially the money will come from oil spill penalties but the program will be funded until 2022 without further congressional approval. The cost to taxpayers? $2.8 billion over the next 10 years. At a time when the country is facing historic deficits and debt.

The bill passed with a Democratic majority that also included several Republicans presumably as a compromise to send some of the penalty money to Gulf

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states. This is the kind of stuff that makes compromise a dirty word. LWCF funding has been a priority of the Obama administration in their effort to appease the environmental left. New Mexico’s two Senators, of course, voted for the measure.

The House incredibly has already passed a similar version of this thing so it’s possible it could be enacted without debate in the House. The only chance to stop it would be for the House to amend the Transportation Bill forcing a House-Senate conference on the result.

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culties dealing with the Forest Service and other federal agencies. “Repeated attempts to secure local government participation and meaningful input into the NFMA, NEPA, ESA and other planning processes have been met with extreme resistance by federal agencies.” Howard also cited several examples where the agencies have ignored local public opinion in favor of restricting access to federal land. The March 13 edition of Frank’s blog, “The Westerner” has a link to the full text of Howard’s testimony.

Utah Representative Bob Bishop chairs the subcommittee. He and Senator Orin Hatch have both pledged their support to the Utah state legislature’s effort to assume control of federal land. Utah has been a frequent victim of job-killing restrictions on federal land use and on the leading edge of state’s rights activism to correct the situation. The Sagebrush Rebellion sentiment has been awakened by this administration’s attacks on federal land use and access. There are more state and federal legislators across the West who are openly talking about assuming author-

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inflated oil and gas prices. The President claims he has increased oil and gas production since he was elected. It’s true production has increased but it has been more in spite of his policies than because of them. Multiple sources have released data to show that the increase in oil production comes from federal land permits that were approved during the Bush administration and state and private lands that Obama had nothing to do with.

In March the President created a press event in Carlsbad with an oil patch tour to show how he is really trying to bring down gas prices. Local oil and gas producers are cashing in on the current market but they tell a different story about this administration’s energy policy.

For federal and state land ranchers, energy production hurts on both ends. If there is production on a grazing permit, the rancher can’t collect for grazing capacity lost to well locations, pipelines and roads. But we all depend on gasoline and diesel powered vehicles. Fuel is usually one of the biggest expenses in a ranch budget not to mention the added cost of

freight on feed and livestock due to higher fuel prices. But in an economy that depends on reliable, affordable energy, we are usually all better off with more, not less. And our politicians shouldn’t try to con us into paying higher prices for renewable energy or fossil fuels.

At the same time, taxpayer dollars have been wasted on numerous green energy initiatives that have either failed in the marketplace at great cost to the company like the GM Volt electric car or have ended in taxpayer funded bankruptcy like Solyndra. Not to mention the huge subsidies to renewable energy production and mandates for its use no matter the cost. How much more of this can we afford?

The House Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands held an Oversight Field Hearing in Elko, Nevada March 12. The purpose of the hearing was to examine the “Explosion of Federal Regulations Threatening Jobs and Economic Survival in the West.” Nevada Republican Mark Amodei requested the hearing because of criticism of the Forest Service’s Travel Management Plans. Howard Hutchinson testified on behalf of the Coalition of Arizona/New Mexico Counties. Howard described some of the diffi-

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to take certain steps to minimize impacts to the lizards and chickens. In return, the agencies agree not to add further restrictions if the species are listed. A decision on the lizard is expected sometime this summer.

In other ESA news, a new map released as part of the 5-year review of wolf reintroduction shows Mexican wolf habitat extending across southern New Mexico and just across the border into West Texas.

Although this is not a map of the current Blue Range Recovery area it is still an indication of where the FWS believes wolves should be. Meanwhile FWS personnel tracked radio collared wolves near homes around Jackson, Wyoming for a month before they decided they should remove them. Why would anyone believe the FWS is more concerned with wolves than the safety of the families living around Jackson?

Again there has been some moisture around the state. Not enough in most places but still more than last winter. Forecasters say the La NiĂąa event is moderating but it will be well into the summer before we see a return to normal rainfall. We will take what we can get and pray for more.

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ity over federal land in their states. When western states were granted statehood, the federal government pledged to dispose of the federal land within their borders. Of course that promise has not been kept.

Utah wants to give the feds a chance to do what’s right and keep their word for a change.

No one wants clean air, water and abundant wildlife more than those of us who live here and interact with our environment every day. But local residents and their locally elected representatives should be the ones to decide how our local resources are managed, not some federal judge or titled Washington agency administrator we didn’t elect and don’t even know. Utah’s legislators pledge to support state sovereignty. New Mexico’s two Senators vote for the Land and Water Conservation Fund.

New Mexico Commissioner of Public Lands, Ray Powell, Jr., has signed an agreement with federal agencies concerning habitat for the prairie chicken and dunes sagebrush lizard. As part of the agreement, landowners and energy developers agree

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enough. One county official said, “. . . our tree density in some areas is running anywhere from 12,200 trees per acre to 2,200 trees per acre. And it is supposed to be, according to the Department of the Interior, 70 trees per acre.”

Combine what’s happening in Montana, Utah, Wyoming and Arizona with what occurred on the Lincoln and Gila forests in New Mexico this year, and you can see there is much concern and dissatisfaction with the federal land management agencies. It is reminiscent, if not worse, than what we saw during the Carter Administration.

So what is the response to this from our illustrious leaders in Congress? Why now would be a good time to increase the amount of federal land they say!

As I wrap this up Congress has just announced they’ve reached agreement on a combined appropriations bill to fund the government for the rest of the year. I’ve taken a quick look at the bill and here are the budgets for land acquisition for some of the agencies: BLM – $22.3 million Forest Service – $52.6 million USFWS – $54.7 million Park Service – $102 million Since we are not experiencing any budget problems and these agencies are doing such a great job of management Congress deems it wise to expand the federal estate.

Why else would they give them more money? I guess we should be pleased they don’t receive the full amount authorized, but it’s clear the property-grabbing virus is still alive in D.C. I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas and a joyous holiday season. If you did, I’m sure it was on private property.

Until next time, be a nuisance to the devil and don’t forget to check that cinch.

Frank DuBois was the NM Secretary of Agriculture from 1988 to 2003, is the author of a blog: The Westerner (www.thewesterner.blogspot.com) and is the founder of The DuBois Rodeo Scholarship (http://www.nmsu.edu/~duboisrodeo/).

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warmed, the calves are growing and it’s time to get out and enjoy. Spring brings branding, vaccinating, fence mending, water line repairs and more, but the days with strong winds make it miserable to be out doing what needs to be done.

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DATES TO REMEMBER May 21-23 – ANCW Region V & VI in Hawaii June – Beef Promotion Month Beef for Father’s Day June 24-26 – NMCB Mid-Year & Board Meeting & Beef Ambassador Contest, in Ruidoso at Inn of the Mountain Gods July 25-28 – Cattle Industry Summer Convention & ANCW Meeting in Denver, Co. August – State Fair Manpower $ and Insurance due to State Treasurer heat and worries about fire danger, keeping up with water for livestock and wildlife, and the list goes on.What I’m trying to say is we can always find something to complain about. Let’s spend this year being thankful for what we have and where we live. We can all enjoy the beautiful sunsets, mountains, variety of things to do, our families and loved ones.

As we focus on the positives rather than the negatives in our lives we’ll find that those around us are much more receptive to our message. We need to be sure that we keep our message positive when we promote our beef story. Promote the positives of our way of life. Let others know that in addition to the delicious and nutritious benefits of eating beef, cattle make other wonderful contributions to the world we live in. Grazing helps control wildfire by reducing the amount of material that can fuel these fires. Cattle provide fertilizer and their hoof action aerates the ground to allow the moisture in, helping natural grasses grow. When cattle move from pasture to pasture while grazing they act like the mower for your lawn, making the grass grow back faster and the root system stronger. These roots hold the soil in place when the heavy rains come.

Remind those you talk to about the benefits that come from cattle by-products. Things like crayons, glue, soaps, asphalt, tires, boots, gloves and sports equipment. All these and more use cattle fats, proteins, and hide. If we keep enforcing the positives of beef, soon we will be on the offense rather than the defense.

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be nothing to argue about. We have the facts on our side. Let’s get that support by being part of the solution, not part of the problem.

If, like me, you are old enough to remember the lyrics: “You’ve got to accentuate the positive, eliminate the negative, latch on to the affirmative, and don’t mess with Mister in-between.” I hope you will all join me in accentuating the positives of cattle grazing and beef.

Most of all remember: “The Best Stewards of the land are Farmers And Ranchers!”

– Beverly Butler, NMCB President The Jan. 21, 2012 meeting of the Berrendo CowBelles was held at the Little Valley Bar and Grill, in Dexter. The President Genora Canon called the meeting to order at 12:00 noon. There were six members present. The minutes of the December meeting were read and approved as read. Correspondence: A Thank You note was read for our “Add-ons” at our County Fair. Treasurer’s Report: Carmen Barbe’s report was read, approved and will be filed.

Unfinished Business: Genora Canon opened the discussion on the NMCB Workshop we will be hosting March 19. It was decided to hold the Workshop at the Little Valley Bar and Grill in Dexter. The registration fee will be $20 due by March 12, 2012. Genora had samples of decorations that her daughter Jessie and granddaughter in-law Shelby Moore are working on and everyone liked them. It was decided to have Genora Canon look into motel prices for rooms for the State Officers and make the reservations. New Business: Lillian Graham presented Past President Betty Solt and Georgia Perry with Berrendo CowBelles of the Year plagues. Meeting adjourned 12:35 p.m. Submitted by Genora Moore The March 1st meeting of the Otero CowBelles was at the Sunset Run Restaurant. The membership to date is now 54 members counting one new member who joined during the meeting, Cathe Prather.

Mary Sanchez, who is a voting member of Mesilla Valley, paid dues to our local. On the agenda was an in depth discussion about our fund raiser for this year and about something to hand out at different events that will show our logo and information about what we do as CowBelles.

One suggestion was to hold a cooking class for the many people that would like-to

learn how to cook a beef brisket. We were honored to have Denise Guerra come to give us an update in voting procedures in our area. Denise is chief deputy in the County Clerk’s office and she gave us a list of all of the voting places and of the upcoming elections that will concern us.

Roma Duncan is collecting items to send to the troops, she said that they especially would like to have talcum powder, beef jerky, teas, cocoa mix, pouches of tuna, dried fruit, nuts hard candy and gum. The female soldiers requested nail polish and other girly items. Roma is doing a super job of this and has heard from several of

the GIs expressing their appreciation for her efforts. The All American Beef Battalion will see some of our members on the serving line. We are looking forward to the informative district workshops and seeing old friends and meeting new ones. The treasurer was directed to give President Rupe a gift certificate to Staples as gift for serving Otero CowBelles as president in 2011. Submitted by: Barbara Wagner, secretary The March meeting of Chamiza CowBelles was called to order by President Glocontinued on page 22

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Information of this meeting was passed out to those interested in attending. Tommie had several newspaper clippings for the scrapbook which were given to Jane.

Gloria announced several community forum meetings were to be held regarding

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There are basically four types of rotary milking parlors: The turnstile, the Herringbone rotary, the Grant-Gulleson and the carousel. Two major advantages of the carousel style-milking parlor are a constant flow of cows and ease of operation.

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Dairy owners feared that the costs of implementing the rule would force them out of business. Environmentalists, meanwhile, tried to hold on to the restrictions created in the original rulemaking process.

“To be honest, everybody got a piece of what they wanted,” said Dan Lorimier of the Sierra Club’s Rio Grande chapter.

The amended rule still requires dairies to install monitoring wells. It also requires new dairies and those that have had leaking impoundments to install synthetic liners. Existing dairies where waste reservoirs haven’t contaminated groundwater are allowed to operate without installing new impoundments. There are also increased public notice requirements for new dairies.

Changes were also made to allow for more flexibility when it comes to using flow meters to measure the wastewater discharged from milking parlors and wash areas. The key requirements are the monitoring wells and synthetic liners, said Michael Jensen of Amigos Bravos.

The agreement reached by the dairy industry, so-called environmental groups and the Environment Department was held as an example of what cooperation can do before a hearing of the House Energy, Minerals & Natural Resources Committee during the 2012 Legislature.

This is just one “up” in the up and down working climate of the dairy industry. New Mexico dairies were just beginning to gain level ground after the drop in milk prices in recent years, with some profits when the market began to drop back to breakeven and below pricing in early 2012.

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In 2012, CWT has assisted member cooperatives in making export sales of Cheddar, Monterey Jack and Gouda cheese totaling 37.0 million pounds and butter totaling 32.2 million pounds to 19 countries on four continents. On a butterfat basis, the milk equivalent of these exports is 1.044 billion pounds. Those CWTassisted exports will utilize the equivalent of nearly 60 percent of the 1.780 billion pounds of increased milk production through February 2012.

Assisting CWT members through the Export Assistance program positively impacts producer milk prices in the shortterm by reducing inventories that overhang the market and depress cheese and butter prices. In the long-term, CWT’s Export Assistance program helps member cooperatives gain and maintain market share, thus expanding the demand for U.S. dairy products and the farm milk that produces them.

CWT will pay export bonuses to the bidders only when delivery of the product is verified by the submission of the required documentation.

Then there is the subject of raw milk.

Raw milk has not been pasteurized, or heated to kill bacteria. A recent Center For Disease Control (CDC) study says raw milk products accounted for 36 percent of individuals sickened in milk-related disease outbreaks between 1993 and 2006. That’s a large percentage considering that only an estimated 1 percent of milk drinkers consume raw milk.

In all, 4,413 people were sickened in dairy-borne outbreaks although that is just a small fraction of the 48 million peo-

ple the CDC estimates are sickened by food each year. “No matter how you line it up, there is more risk with the raw product,� said Michele Jay-Russell, a UC Davis food safety expert not involved in the study.

CDC epidemiologist Adam Langer, lead author of the study, noted that research does not support any special health benefits of raw milk.

California is one of 12 states that allow raw milk sales at retail stores, while 20 states, including New Mexico, prohibit sales outright. Other states permit raw milk with varying restrictions. Federal law prohibits selling raw milk across state lines. Raw milk is a $9 million business in California, according to Mark McAfee, owner of the Fresno-based Organic Pastures Dairy Company one of only two state-licensed raw milk suppliers, reports Helen Shen, San Jose Mercury News, Monterey County Herald.

With a new Farm Bill under consideration, there are additional challenges and opportunities facing the industry, among them a government-mandated supply management proposal to provide a producer safety net. That proposal is meeting opposition from the wide spectrum of the dairy industry.

On the home front, New Mexico dairies along with all of agriculture, are concerned with moves in the courts to mandate workers’ compensation coverage for agriculture, which is currently exempt under state law. “We believe that our workers should receive health care for on-the-job injuries,� said Walter Bradley, Dairy Farmers of America. “We just don’t believe the current workers comp system in New Mexico can do that cost effectively and our producers are addressing the issue through other insurance programs.

With more than 7 billion pounds of milk produced each year, New Mexico is among the nation’s top 10 states for milk and cheese production. More than 4,000 jobs stem directly from the industry. In 2010 the industry regained first place as the cash commodity with receipts exceeding $1.23 billion, according to the New Mexico Department of Agriculture’s 2010 Agricultural Statistics report. The dairy industry and the beef cattle industry have traded spots at the top of the state’s cash receipts in agricultural production for the n past several years.

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Madie (Reeves) Teel, 89, Hope, passed away on March 9, 2012 in Roswell. Madie was born January 11, 1923, in Alamogordo, the daughter of William Austin Reeves and Eula Woodson Reeves. She spent her early life at the family home in Elk. On February 12, 1941, she married George Olin Teel in Elk. She was a homemaker, wife and mother. She was a member of Hope United Methodist Church and was honored there for her longtime commitment and service. She served as president of Women’s Society of Christian Service and held various other offices. Her favorite thing was participating in the annual Methodist Bazaar. She was also a member of Yucca Cowbells, Wool Growers Inc, Cattle Growers’ Association, the AQ Chapter of PEO, and enjoyed playing bridge. Survivors include daughters Karen Allen (husband, John), Las Cruces, and Elnabeth Grau (husband, Wesley), Grady; six grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; and sisters Eva Hendricks and Thelma Harwell both of Roswell; sister-in-law Kay Hart; and numerous nieces, nephews and friends including caregivers Branka Barrett and Jan Elisabeth.

William Dixon “Bill� Brockman, 83, passed away on March 19, 2012, at his home on the Tramperos Ranch southwest of Clayton. He was born September 1, 1928, in Roy, the eldest son of William D. “Mark� Brockman and Lucile (Pursell) Brockman. His grandparents came to New Mexico in 1909 to homestead near Mills.

Bill attended school at Mills until the school was consolidated with the Roy school. After graduation from Roy in 1946, he drove a truck, moved houses and served a tour of duty in Okinawa. When he returned to civilian life, he met his future bride, Violet Atchley while completing his Civil Engineering degree at New Mexico A&M, now New Mexico State University.

The couple moved to the ranch temporarily to help his father-in-law and never left.

In 1960, Bill and Violet moved to the Tramperos Ranch, which was their home for the next 52 years. Bill’s Civil Engineering skills were used to develop the ranch.

He designed a series of dams on the Tramperos Creek and built fields and a water system to irrigate the ranch and water the cattle. He and his father-in-law, Forrest Atchley, worked closely to develop the ranch into a well diversified farming, feeding and cattle operation. He was an active member of the New Mexico Farm & Live-

stock Bureau on the state and county level, serving on the State Board of Directors for many years. His work in agriculture was also his hobby. Bill is survived by his wife, Violet, three daughters, Cheri Goodan (husband Jon), Des Moines; Carol Wilson (husband Rex), Ancho; and Allison Tcherneshoff (husband) Bob, Miera; two sons,

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well as five sisters-in-law, 21 grandchildren, two great-grandchildren, and numerous nieces and nephews.

Ralph Ray Dunlap, 85, Lincoln, passed away on March 17, 2012 in Las Cruces. He was born on February 5, 1927 to E. T. and Beulah Dunlap in Melrose. He married Rosalie Chaulk Dunlap in Lordsburg February 9, 1947. Survived by Rosalie his wife of 65 years, son Wayne Dunlap and daughter Lois Coleman (husband, David); five grandchildren, two great-grandchildren, one brother Kenneth Dunlap (wife, Carol), Willcox, Arizona. Ralph served in the Army Air Corp from 1944 to 1946. He was stationed near Kyoto after the atomic bomb was dropped. Ralph received his Masters degree in AG Ed from New Mexico State University in 1966. Ralph and Rosalie lived for most of their life in Lincoln County.

Ralph was active in many things but loved to give credit to those he worked with. He served as Extension Agent for Lincoln County from 1950 to 1982. He then spent two years overseas as a sheep adviser in Tunisia. He was elected Lincoln County Commissioner, President of the Lincoln County Fair Board of Directors, President of the New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Foundation Board, Masons and many other county and state committees. Ralph was active on the Lincoln Water District Board, the Last Escape of Billy the Kid Pageant, the Lincoln Preservation Board and many other boards and committees. He was well known by many members of 4-H, ranchers, farmers, apple growers and the wool growers in Lincoln County and across the state.

He enjoyed woodworking, spinning and weaving wool in his later years. He was instrumental in starting Sheep to Shawl at the New Mexico State Fair as a way to raise awareness of the properties of wool. He won many distinguished awards but the most prized were all the friends he made through the years. The wealth of knowledge Ralph had at his fingertips will be sorely missed by his friends and those who want to know how things were done in Lincoln in the “old days”.

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The grass IS greener for backgrounders COURTESY of CERTIFIED ANGUS BEEF inch up that seatbelt. This cattle market madness is only going to get more dramatic.

You may think you’ve been on a rollercoaster ride, but Derrell Peel, Oklahoma State University (OSU) ag economist, shared data at a recent field day that could wow the most seasoned thrill seeker.

“We have record level prices pretty much anywhere you look in this industry and they’re going to get higher,” Peel said, addressing nearly 75 stocker operators earlier this month.

The “Backgrounding for Quality” seminar at White Brothers Cattle Co., near Chickasha, Okla., was co-sponsored by OSU, Pfizer Animal Health and Certified Angus Beef LLC (CAB).

Peel said being a market analyst used to be much easier. “Beef demand wasn’t changing much, international trade wasn’t all that important and corn was always $2 a bushel, so all you had to do was figure out the cattle inventory and you had a pretty good bet on what was going to happen in cattle markets.”

Not anymore.

“What’s driving prices today is not something that’s happened overnight,” he said. The industry has liquidated cattle 14 of the last 16 years. In January, USDA numbers showed fewer than 91 million head of U.S. cattle, the lowest inventory since 1952.

That makes supply a key driver, not just in 2012, but for the next four to six years, he said.

Replacement heifer retention has increased since 2009. “But it hasn’t translated into net growth in the herd because we’ve had very large cow slaughter,” he said.

Drought drove that last year and still remains a wild card moving forward.

Perhaps surprisingly, these lower animal numbers have not shown up in the form of significantly smaller beef production, until now. (See chart.)

“You’re eating your way into smaller inventories,” Peel said, noting that liquidation means more harvested animals. “That supports production in the short run, but

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at some point you simply can’t maintain that. We have reached that point.”

Beef production was already declining during the last quarter of 2011, and the 2012 projection cuts that an additional 3 percent to 4 percent.

“We certainly have more concerns about what that’s going to do on the demand side,” he said, noting fears about how high prices can go before that turns away consumers.

“We’re at record-level prices and they’re only going to go higher,” Peel said. As heifers are retained, supplies will get tighter, putting a squeeze on through 2013 and maybe even 2014.

“That’s going to be very important from a beef demand standpoint in terms of how [consumers] will be able to respond with this additional pressure we’ll see on prices,” he said.

USDA Choice boxed beef has never traded above $2 per pound (lb.), but in recent months it’s gotten close (see chart).

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“For the last three years, we’ve had a pretty weak Choice-Select spread,” Peel said. “This year it’s returning to a bit more normal spread.”

Hamburger purchases are partially to blame, as consumers have shifted away from pricier steaks, or middle meats, to end meats.

“For the most part they didn’t stop eating beef,” he said.

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profits when input prices are also on the same sky-high track.

“Most of the beef industry we know and think about was built on cheap feed, cheap

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Or any time soon, he added, thanks to increased competition.

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That’s why the beef industry is better poised to deal with record-high corn prices.

“I don’t see a big future for stocker chickens,” he joked. “There are some folks promoting pasture poultry, and all that does is make the coyotes smile.”

For 40 years, the industry built up the idea of cheap gains on grain.

“Now it’s not the cheapest game in town so we need to think about how to do things differently,” Peel said. That, combined with high demand for forage, equals unparalleled opportunity for backgrounders.

“Pretty much anything you have to sell today sells pretty well,” he said. Marketing has gotten easier. Quality management is now the primary concern.

“You need to spend more of your attention than ever before on managing production,” he said. “Manage health, manage nutrition and manage cost to benefit from n this market environment we’re in.”

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Ranchers’ Roundtables Highlight Research, Practical Information

by CALLIE GNATKOWSKI GIBSON ike livestock, people prefer and perform better in a stress-free environment. A new series of informal educational seminars — Ranchers’ Roundtables — developed and hosted by New Mexico State University’s (NMSU’s) Corona Range and Livestock Research Center (CRLRC) use a casual atmosphere to get information to producers.

The Ranchers’ Roundtables, which started in January, were organized by Shad Cox, CRLRC Ranch Superintendent, and Eric Scholljegerdes, NMSU ruminant nutritionist. “In the phone calls we both field, we are able to have good interactions and get good information to producers,” Cox said. “We wanted to try to duplicate that in a little larger setting, keeping the personal interaction and giving producers the chance to learn from our college experts, extension personnel, and other industry professionals.”

“It’s a great chance for participants — both ranchers and panelists — to get to know each other,” he continued. “We think we get just as much from talking to the participants as they can get from us.

We learn what is on their minds and what some of their concerns and problems are, which can help us direct our programs and research.”

Eleven Ranchers’ Roundtables are planned for 2012, every month except for June, when the Ranch holds its annual field day and half day of college. Topics so far this year have included herd health and vaccinations, reproduction and heifer development and spring nutrition and poisonous plants. April’s program will focus on wildlife habitat and enhancement, and the May program will be on computer and internet programs. “We try to stay ahead of the management calendar by about two months,” Cox said.

By bringing in diverse experts and focusing on a variety of topics, Cox hopes to be able to reach a little different audience each month. He says that so far, about one-third of attendees at each Roundtable have been new. “We also hope that some of the roundtable discussions will evolve into more specialized topics, maybe even a weekend class, if there is interest,” he said.

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“I can’t say enough good about the format of the roundtables,” said Pete Gnatkowski, Lincoln County Extension Agent. “People feel comfortable participating and asking questions, and it’s a very effective learning environment. Shad and Eric deserve a lot of credit for putting these programs together.”

The Ranchers’ Roundtables are also an opportunity to showcase the CRLRC’s new outreach center, the Southwest Center for Rangeland Sustainability, which was completed in August. “We want people to utilize the facility,” Cox said. “We have grand plans, and hope to increase activity at the center.”

Headquartered just east of Corona, the CRLRC is in a good location to reach the rural residents of central New Mexico. The ranch includes parts of northern Lincoln County and southeastern Torrance County, and is just a few miles from Guadalupe, De Baca and Chaves Counties.

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operate the ranch to accommodate numerous ongoing research projects in addition to regular ranch activities.

The CRLRC operates as a working ranch and is expected to support itself economically, which makes it unique among NMSU’s research stations, said Gnatkowski, who also serves on the facility’s advisory committee. “Shad and Richard work well together, and do a great job balancing the ranch work with the facility’s other missions. Both the ranch and new building are very good venues for producer education.”

For more information, contact Shad Cox at 575/849-1015, shadcox@nmsu.edu, or visit www.corona.nmsu.edu. You can also join the CRLRC on Facebook at n www.facebook.com/NMSUcorona.

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he Arviso clan from the Crowntough. He and his brothers even used piont, New Mexico area has a long to ride “Billy� goats and rams around and interesting history. For the corrals just for fun. Those corrals example, Jesus Arviso, whose family were the earliest “arenas� for what was came from Spain and then settled in to later become “a legend� of Native Sonora, Mexico, was once traded for a American Rodeo. horse.

Paul was about fourteen when the In the mid-1800s, young Jesus’s family moved closer to town. He was family was raided by a band of then entered into a boarding school Apaches; he was taken. Years later the for the first time, making him quite Apache who had Jesus traded him to a old for a first grader. But even though Navajo man for a beautiful black stalhe did not spend many years in school, lion. Jesus finished growing up as a he was well educated in livestock and Navajo and eventually married into the common sense department. In his Paul Arviso with some of his many trophy saddles. the tribe. As a result of his unique later years, he continually speaks at experiences, he now spoke fluent Spanish, stockmen. His grandfather Jesus had done meetings and community events to inspire Apache and Navajo. Those talents came in well serving as an interpreter and was and motivate young people. He emphahandy, as he became a key translator, and rewarded with much livestock. Paul’s dad sizes the importance of education.“I didn’t important figure, in treaty negotiations was a great stockman and also had been a have the opportunity for a formal educabetween the U.S. Government and the horseracing jockey. Out with the herd tion, but you do, so go after it. Education is Indians during the 1860s. Two generations from his earliest memories, this was where valuable and will go a long way,� he later, his grandson, Paul W. Arviso Sr. was young Paul learned about stock. Riding advises. instrumental in popularizing the sport of burros and mules while chasing cattle, It was also 1934 when he discovered goats and several thousand head of sheep, rodeo. rodeo on the Navajo reservation.

Paul was born many miles west of made him a superb stockman. Living out The group commonly given credit as Crownpoint during 1920 into a family of on the range as they did, he also grew up having the first organized rodeos on the reservation was called the “Rough Riders Rodeo Club Association.� Paul was one of its earliest members. Paul and other members of the club set up bucking chutes, holding corrals and a timed event chute.

Then families would come from miles around in wagons and cars, forming a semi-circle to be used as the arena fence.

Those old-time rodeos were more than just competitions; they were a celebration, bringing members of the Navajo nation New Book (and eventually other tribes as well) Coming together. It was during this time Paul Soon! developed a life-long love of rodeo.

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and Four-corners region at one time or another. He was a regular All Around Cowboy winner as he competed successfully in most every event including bareback, saddle bronc, bull riding, wild horse racing, wild cow milking, team tying, steer wrestling, calf roping and even an event known as the original chicken pull. For those who have never heard of “the original chicken pull,” it involves uncanny horsemanship skills and daring. To start with, a chicken was buried in the soft sand of the arena with just his head and neck exposed. Riders came down the arena at a full gallop, leaned over and plucked the chicken out of the ground. The fastest time won, and, as you can imagine, it was a big hit with the crowd.

As another testament to his all around skills, Paul was both header and heeler in the team tying (later team roping) event andboth a“dogger”and hazer in steer wrestling. Sometimes he also worked in the capacity of judge, flagger and even rodeo clown! He did it all when it came to rodeo. Paul says, “Rodeo is more than just a sport, it’s a way of life.”

In 1942, Paul was drafted into the U.S. Army and did his duty during World War II. While stationed in Burma, India, a group of guys got together and staged a rodeo as a form of entertainment.

Paul entered the bareback and saddle bronc riding . . . they Paul Arviso riding local rough stock “back in the day.” used pack mules for the rodeo stock. He wound up winning He was actually asked to be the first first in both events. His prize money was a President of the AIRCA, but declined in box of cigars in one event and a case of favor of letting someone with a little more beer in the other. Paul laughs and says, education take on those duties. He wanted “After the show, we really had a party.” only the best for the association and selfBack home, over the next several years, lessly put any thoughts of personal gain rodeo gained in popularity on the reserva- aside. Paul’s nephew Roy Spencer honortion. Then in 1958, a group of guys decided ably served as President. to form an official association – the All During those early years, men such as Indian Rodeo Cowboys Association Paul and his long-time friend, Sonny Jim, (AIRCA). Paul served as the first vice president.

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(another well-known name in Native American Rodeo) were the ones who showed the world that an Indian could also be a cowboy . . . and a good one at that.

These were the group of men who paved the way for today’s Native American Rodeo Cowboys to become what they have.

In a magazine interview for the 4th of July & PRCA Rodeo Celebration at Window Rock, Arizona, Paul once said, “I’m always praying for them to get somebody up there in Las Vegas some of these days.�

It was always his dream for the younger generation to compete successfully in the Pro-Rodeo circuit and represent the Indian Nations.

Paul did not realize it at the time, but along the way, he became a hero to a whole new generation of guys. Many-time Indian National Finals Rodeo qualifier and champion, Lucius Sells, once told the Navajo Times, “I’d like to mention my (grandfather) from Crownpoint, Paul Arviso Sr. Being around him when he was roping . . . it’s a talent I got. It’s just a gift from God that he gave to me. I guess they would say it’s in the blood.�

Just like most of those old-time rodeo cowboys from that generation, Paul was tough. Back in the day, he hauled his horse in the bed of his truck, then later on, in a self-made one-horse trailer. Also, back then most of the roads across the Reservation were not paved, so if it was raining, you were likely to get stuck in the mud on the way to rodeos, then spend several hours digging out. At the rodeo, Paul and his family often camped in tents or outside on the ground, but they had a ton of fun.

As he grew older, Paul moved on to competing in “the old-timer’s rodeo association� where he continued his winning ways, adding events like breakaway, ribbon roping and his all-time favorite, steer riding, to his resume. He has fond memories of competing with many men who have “now gone home� – Paul’s words for what most call death.

Paul taught his own kids (nine of them) and many other youth the basics of horsemanship and how to care for a horse. One of his own favorite competition horses was named “Rawley.� That horse was an allaround champion as well, being used in many different events during a rodeo. Paul said, “Respect the horse. Take care of your horses and they will take care of you.�

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In 2003, the Navajo Nation Fair and Rodeo honored Paul by bestowing the title of “Legendary Cowboy� on him. He received a beautiful custom saddle and a plaque for that. Now in his 90s, Paul still enjoys the sport of rodeo as a spectator and is constantly amazed at the talent of the younger generation. He is, in part, responsible for that talent as he served as mentor, inspiration and role model to many of today’s rodeo cowboys.

On April 5, 2012, Paul turns ninetytwo! Also, in 2012, he has been nominated for acceptance into the Pro-Rodeo Hall of Fame. Many friends and family are pushing for his acceptance and anxiously await the October results.

Along with his many memories of competing with some of the all-time great Native cowboys, Paul is especially proud of the fact that the younger generation is now stepping it up a bit and competing “. . . up there in Las Vegas.�

Men like Derrick Begay, Erich Rogers and Spud Jones who now qualify for the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo have the likes of Paul W. Arviso Sr. to thank for exciting the reservation about rodeo and paving the way by letting the world know that the Indian can also be one heck of a cowboy! n

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Five New Mexico veterinarians are currently participating in the VMLRP, which is a major help to the livestock industry, said Dave Fly, DVM, New Mexico State Veterinarian. “Coming out of vet school, students have a heavy debt load. Going into a rural area and large animal practice can make their financial situation even more difficult, and this program helps ease some of that burden.”

Primarily large animal livestock veterinarians qualify for the VMLRP, although ten percent is reserved for public health veterinarians. “You have to want to do this kind of work,” Fly noted. “It takes long hours, more physical labor, and your income is not as high as in urban areas.

This program helps us to keep these veterinarians in New Mexico, and allows them to live and work in lesser-served areas of the state and maintain a decent standard of living.”

Carlsbad area veterinarian Sammie Uhrig received a VMLRP award in 2011.

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She services an area of potentially 10,000 square mile, with the next closest veterinarians located in Artesia, Hobbs and El Paso.

Although Uhrig’s monthly student loan burden will not go away immediately, she says the end is in sight. “With the payments I make and the payments from the VMLRP, the entire burden will soon be paid off and I will be able to breathe a huge sigh of relief. The program sounds intimidating, and the application process is a pretty rigorous, but the thing to keep in mind is the long-term reward.”

To remain in the program, at least 80 percent of Uhrig’s practice, or 32 hours a week, must be dedicated to animals involved in food production, including ranch horses. “I will continue to receive funding as long as I meet the requirements,” she said. “They are very clear, it’s not a grant, it’s a financial award, but you do have to earn it.”

Megin Nichols, Assistant State Public Health Veterinarian with the New Mexico Department of Health, investigates outbreaks of foodborne illness and outbreaks of zoonotic disease – those that can be transmitted from animals to people like plague, tularemia and hanta virus – in all 33 counties in New Mexico. She also received a VMLRP award in 2011.

The VMLRP helps make it possible for veterinarians with an interest in large animal or public health work to pursue those careers, she explained. “It supports new graduates’ and veterinarians’ ability to support the livestock industry.”

“The average income for veterinarians in New Mexico is lower than in other states, and in areas like public health and large animal practice, it’s even lower,” she continued. “The VMLRP provides debt relief, and by reducing stress, allows veterinarians to really invest themselves in their work.”

An undergraduate animal science discussion of soremouth in sheep, and its potential transmission to humans, first interested Nichols in the public health aspects of veterinary medicine. “That really opened my eyes to the roles of zoonotic disease, and how significant of an impact they could have on the population.”

Each year, New Mexico works with the USDA to identify underserved areas of the state, then veterinarians apply to USDA for the need-based program. Interested applicants should contact the office of the state n veterinarian at 505/841-6161.

Trumps Trump the Antis US SPORTSMEN’S ALLIANCE ave you noted the growing trend in America? Citizens who go legally hunting and find success are finding themselves in the crosshairs of the animal rights lobby including groups such as PETA, Humane Society of the United States (HSUS), or other “public opinion police� groups. You have to ask yourself “when did someone put PETA or HSUS in charge of what you do on vacation?� Read on.

When TV personality Donald Trump’s sons, Donald Trump, Jr. and Eric Trump, went hunting in Africa, they found success.

Included among their memory makers were photos of them with a killed elephant and crocodile. They also reportedly killed a kudu and a waterbuck. It’s important to note that none of these species are endangered, and when taken by hunters the local residents obtain an instant source of food and a major economic boost. Hunting actually ensures that villagers value animals such as elephants which often do terrible damage to crops. Donald Trump, Jr. stated that the animals provided needed food in many Africa villages.

When videos of the successful hunters appeared on YouTube, it seems that PETA

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Even more bizarre is that one article that reported on the Trump brothers’ hunt switched gears and began reporting on rhino poaching and international black market trafficking of rhino horns. The Trumps did not hunt rhinos. This was a blatant attempt to confuse the public and reflects very poor journalism standards.

Again, this begs the question, of what concern is it to PETA what you do on your own vacation? These were just private citizens on vacation, legally hunting.

A similar firestorm erupted last year when Go Daddy CEO Bob Parsons also went hunting in Africa and legally killed an elephant.

And more recently when California Fish and Game Commission president Daniel Richards legally and successfully went mountain lion hunting in Idaho, HSUS tried numerous sensationalized efforts to have him removed from his position. The HSUS move and demands were highly suspect after numerous reports surfaced that HSUS had in fact given money to California’s Fish and Game Department in an effort to develop close ties there.

Appearing at a public hearing to speak in favor of removing Richards were HSUS,

Audubon, Sierra Club, and other groups.

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t about 10:30 on the evening of July 11, 1899, a gang of bandits made up of Sam Ketchum*, Harvey Logan and Elza Lay stopped the Colorado and Southern passenger train near two cinder cones called Twin Mountain, about five miles south of Folsum in Union County, New Mexico. Train number 1 was on its regular run from Denver to Fort Worth.

The thieves blew the safe in the express car and made good their escape. The railroad claimed the thieves got nothing, but other accounts at the time reported that the thieves made off with about $70,000.

Logan and Lay were both regular members of Butch Cassidy’s Wild Bunch, but Cassidy himself did not participate in the Twin Mountain robbery.

W. H. Reno, a special agent for the railroad, accompanied by Sheriff Ed Farr of Huerfano County, Colorado, soon arrived in Cimarron, New Mexico. On Sunday, July 16, officers learned that three men who fit the descriptions of the robbers had been seen entering Turkey Canyon, about eight miles north of Cimarron. Reno and Farr organized a posse that included Henry N. Love, and Perfecto Cordova of Springer, F. H. Smith of New York (who went along for “the fun of it”), and others.** At about 5:15 that afternoon, the posse came upon the outlaw camp.

Bullets began flying at once. Lay was hit first but remained able to return fire.

Ketchum, hit in the arm, was put out of action. Logan laid down a withering fire.

He had the advantage of using smokeless gunpowder which made it difficult for the lawmen to see where the bullets were coming from. Sheriff Farr took a bullet in the wrist. He calmly bandaged the wound with his handkerchief and continued the fight. Smith was hit in the calf of his leg and Farr was hit again, this time in the chest. He fell on top of Smith. “I’m done for,” he said, and died. Love was badly wounded in the thigh. Firing died down, then. It was nearly 6:00 p.m. and beginning to rain. The posse remained in Turkey Canyon throughout the rainy night as all three outlaws managed to escape.*** Sam Ketchum, his upper arm badly shattered by a bullet, made it to the Ute

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Ketchum told cowboys there he’d been shot in a hunting accident. They had not heard of the gun battle and believed him. A ranch hand in Cimarron for supplies the next day learned of the gunfight and told authorities that a wounded man had appeared at the ranch. W. H. Reno and others arrested Ketchum later that day without incident. Transferred to the Territorial Prison at Santa Fe, Ketchum’s arm was amputated, but that didn’t save him. He died of blood poisoning on July 24, 1899.

Logan and Lay rode all night and all the next day putting as much distance between themselves and Turkey Canyon as possible. Large posses searched the mountains for the outlaws, but they were severely hampered by almost continuous rain. One source says Logan left Lay with a man named Red Weaver who nursed the outlaw back to health. Another source says Logan paid a young Hispanic family a large sum of money to minister to Lay’s wounds.

Whichever it was, Lay recovered and joined Logan at the Virgil Lusk Ranch, near Eddy (now Carlsbad), in mid August.

Lusk managed to get word to Eddy County Sheriff Cicero Stewart that the outlaws were at his place. The sheriff and two deputies, J. D. Cantrell and Rufus Thomas, hurried to the ranch. In a brief gunfight, Lusk, Thomas and Lay were all wounded and Lay was captured. Under the name McGinnis, Lay was convicted of second-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison for killing Sheriff Farr. On July 1, 1905, Governor Miguel A. Otero commuted the sentence to ten years. Elza Lay was released on January 10, 1906.

Harvey Logan, also known as Kid Curry, was considered one of the most violent members of the Wild Bunch. He was never prosecuted for the murder of Sheriff Farr although he was arrested in Knoxville, Tennessee in 1901. He escaped from jail there and made his way back to the West. Logan committed suicide in July 1903, near Glenwood Springs, Colorado, after a train robbery near Parachute, continued on page 45

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SOURCES: Howard Bryan, “The Black Jack Gangs: The Ketchum Brothers,” Robbers, Rogues and Ruffians, True Tales of the Wild West Charles Kelly, The Outlaw Trail, A History of Butch Cassidy and His Wild Bunch Bill O’Neal, Encyclopedia of Western Gunfighters, (This source incorrectly identifies Tom “Black Jack” Ketchum as a participant in the Twin Mountain train robbery of July 11, 1899. Tom Ketchum, alone, attempted to rob the same train on August 16, 1899.

Miguel A. Otero, My Nine Years As Governor of the Territory of New Mexico, 1897-1906 Santa Fe New Mexican, July 12, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21 & 25; August 16, 1899 Dan L. Thrapp, Encyclopedia of Frontier Biography (Excerpted from New Mexico’s Finest: Peace Officers Killed in the Line of Duty, 1847-2010 by Don Bullis)

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Posseman Henry Love died of his wound. The rifle bullet struck Love in the upper leg and drove the blade of his pocketknife into his flesh. He had used his knife to treat cattle sick with blackleg — a form of anthrax — and the contaminated knife blade infected the cowboy with the disease and caused his death four days later at Springer. * Sam Ketchum, about 45, was the older brother of Tom Ketchum who was one of several New Mexico outlaws who used the name “Black Jack.” ** Different sources include different posse members. One source says Deputy U. S. Marshal Wilson Elliott was a part of the posse, and in fact led it. Two other sources fail to list Elliott as a posse member. Two sources list Miguel Lopez and a Captain Thacker as posse members, while a third omits them. One source says the posse was seven men strong, another says eight. The first news reports named six possemen. Some writers seem to confuse the posse which fought in Turkey Canyon with posses which took up pursuit of the bandits afterwards. *** There arose a dispute after the battle as to who did what. U. S. Marshal Creighton Foraker claimed that deputy marshal Elliott was in charge at Turkey Canyon. Other reports said that Sheriff Farr had discretionary authority, and W. H Reno claimed he was personally in charge.

The dispute got so acrimonious that Foraker claimed that Reno deserted the posse when the first shots were fired.

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few weeks ago the, before “pink slime” became beef’s black eye of the month, I woke up to a morning news report on recent results of two long-term studies that indicated that if an individual eats meat every day, that person has a 13 percent greater risk of dying. If that meat is in the form of two (2) slices of bacon AND one hot dog, the risk increases to 21 percent. I had to shake myself to make sure that I wasn’t in the middle of a dumb dream.

Since when did any of us escape a 100 percent certainty that we are ALL going to die?

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I was pleased that at the end of the report, the male news anchor noted that people could say what they want — just don’t get between him and steak. The doctor said her teen-age son was of the same opinion.

Whatever happened to recycle, reuse, reduce?

Then comes the slightly messier issue of “pink slime.” I, like most of the rest of civilized world, had no idea what “pink slime” was or is when the term first hit the media. Like other things designed to create hysteria and distrust, there is an accurate definition of the substance being discussed. It is lean, finely textured beef that

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once was discarded in the process of making hamburger, more accurately known as ground beef.

Discover Magazine recently published an article that looks at both sides of the conversation and ultimately concludes that the ruckus came from the media, and the lean, finely textured beef (aka pink slime) controversy is nothing to be scared about. Here’s an excerpt from the piece: “What’s more interesting to me — and what hasn’t been covered especially well in the slime stories — is that foods that are ammonia-processed are remarkably widespread. Among them are breads, pastries, cheeses, chocolates, breakfast cereals, sports drinks, fruits, vegetables . . . in other words, if we’re going to worry about chemical processing, beef products need to stand in line.

“Even the consumer-advocacy group Center for Science in the Public Interest isn’t particularly alarmed about pink slime, noting rather depressingly that a lot worse things go into the daily diet. The center does plan to investigate whether the super-processed beef bits are less nutritious than regular beef.

You can read the full article at: http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/crux/2 012/03/23/it-came-from-the-media-whatprompted-the-ruckus-about-pink-slimeand-is-it-unhealthy/ However, even Discover points to “transparency” as an issue. Why does the label indicate that there is lean, finely textured beef? The American Meat Institute had the best answer to that one I have heard. The label says the product is beef, finely textured beef is beef.

The real issue is that people have too much time on their hands, especially all those 24-hour television news network and bloggers. If people were working for a living they might just be happy with having safe, abundant food to buy. I don’t venture out many places that people don’t ask me why the price of beef is so high. That isn’t a short story either. But the shortest answer is supply and demand.

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supply end of that equation. Isn’t using every possible piece of a product the right, responsible and just thing to do — especially in today’s “green” economy? If you buy into the whole carbon footprint thing, isn’t this the right thing to do?

But New Mexico Tops Them All

But the national spinners on these issues don’t hold a candle to the fairy tales that sometimes appear in the New Mexico media. But often times they have a little help with mis-information, dis-information or less than half the story.

After Michelle spent the better part of two days sitting in New Mexico Federal District Court, we were more than just a little disappointed to see this headline in the Albuquerque Journal: Judge Finds Discrimination. Then you consider who was quoted in the story and it all makes sense.

Let’s begin with the WHOLE story.

With little fanfare, a group of Arizona, Colorado, Wyoming, and Washington outfitters, along with one New Mexico outfitter, filed a federal suit that could have virtually eliminated or at least rendered useless the “draw” for wildlife hunts in New Mexico for 2012 and perhaps into the future. The suit (which can be found at www.nmagriculture.org ) filed by Bowles & Crow, an Albuquerque firm, challenged New Mexico state law, specifically the changes that were made during the 2011 Legislature in Senate Bill 196 (SB 196).

The proponents of the measure originally intended to eliminate the small draw pool negotiated by guides and outfitters as well as land owners and others in the 1990s. That pool was provided in exchange for guides and outfitters to be regulated by the New Mexico Department of Game & Fish (NMDGF).

SB 196 was the first step in a move by those camo-clad enviros, the New Mexico Wildlife Federation and bow hunters to gain access to all lands, private and otherwise, for “public” hunters to pursue wildlife wherever it is present. The first step was to eliminate guides and outfitters.

Like many pieces of legislation, SB 196 was heavily negotiated, with the guides and outfitters as well as rural communities fighting for their very livelihood. The bill ended up as a compromise with a lot of language that was not supported by many and nobody now wants to take credit for. It certainly didn’t originate from the New Mexico Council of Guides & Outfitters and was opposed by outfitters in general.

SB 196 was couched as a measure that would provide more hunting in New Mex-

ico for New Mexicans. Some of that “only for me” is what is being challenged in this suit under the U.S. Commerce Clause and the Privileges & Immunities Clause of the US Constitution. The language that Judge Christine Armijo found to be unconstitutional was modeled after New Mexico’s preference given to resident contractors.

The provision allows for New Mexico residents to receive extra points when contracting bids are scored.

The hunting bill went further than that. It put several requirements in the definition of a New Mexico outfitter including the fact that a “New Mexico outfitter” had to pay property taxes or rent real property within the state, pay gross receipts tax and pay at least one other tax administered by the taxation and revenue department in each of the three years immediately preceding applying for an outfitting license, had either leased property for ten years or purchased property greater than $50,000 in New Mexico and employs at least 80 percent of their total personnel of the business who are New Mexico residents.

The law additionally requires that all antlerless elk hunts pursuant to this section shall be exclusively used for New Mexico residents and that hunts on all state wildlife management areas shall be allocated exclusively to New Mexico residents.

As an aside, these are pretty anti statements for a state that claims to be open for business and tourism.

While there are many things that are troubling in the lawsuit, one is the fact that although SB 196 was passed and signed by the Governor in early 2011 and

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took the force of law in July 2011, the case was not filed until February 2012 — with a motion for a temporary restraining order and injunctive relief. If granted, these motions could have stopped the draw slated for just days after the hearing.

After more than four hours of testimony and two hours of summation, Judge Armijo “granted a very narrowly tailored preliminary injunction requested by a group of about a dozen outfitters who live in Arizona, Wyoming and Washington and bring clients to New Mexico on hunts for elk, bighorn and Barbary sheep, antelope and other species. Armijo said only individuals and not corporations are entitled to the relief,” according to Journal writer Scott Sandlin.

While technically correct, the “Discrimination” headline seems to be just a hair overblown when compared with actual outcome of the hearing and a pretty direct stab at the NMDGF, who were comcontinued on page 48

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pletely pawns in the entire situation. In Mr. Sandlin’s defense, reporters at large papers don’t usually get the luxury of writing their own headlines.

On the other hand, Mr. Sandlin’s story included only comments from the out-ofstate outfitters attorney, and, of course, the N.M. Wildlife Federation. The group’s director said he was pleased with the ruling because it maintains the new quota law. He said the real problem is having a special set of licenses for outfitted hunters.

“New Mexico is the only state that gives such preferential treatment to some hunters. The special licenses are a subsidy for the outfitting industry that allows wellheeled hunters to go to the head of the line,” he said.

My first response is that we live in New Mexico because it is unique. If you don’t like it here, there are lots of other places to be.

The proper response is that of the attorney representing the Department. “In the real world, he said, 97 percent of all licenses go to hunters who don’t hire outfitters.”

YES! Irene, NM Senate District 39 DOES go nearly to Roswell.

Now that I have your attention, we want to remind you that New Mexico has gone through redistricting and there are lots of changes in store for the 2013 New Mexico Legislature. Many, many of us will have new representation in both the State House and Senate.

There are eight (8) State Senators who have stepped down as well as a big shuffle in the House between those stepping down and those giving up their seats to run for a

different office. There will be many “new” faces, and we need to be sure that our faces are not new to them.

Please go to www.nmagriculture.org for a break down for the both the house and senate by district. Please take the time to learn about yours and at least two (2) others. “Learning” means getting to know the candidates, selecting who you want to help get elected and then get to work!

Work can be writing checks, knocking on doors, hosting fundraisers, make phone calls, putting up signs, writing letters of support to friends and neighbors . . . maybe even call radio talk shows.

Why should you work in districts other than your own? Because there are more legislators from urban areas as there are from rural areas. Places that we once thought of as rural like Tucumcari and Farmington aren’t necessarily as “rural” as we thought they were. We to be sure that folks understand our importance to our land, our community, our state, and our nation and the world.

If we don’t have legislators from Albuquerque, Santa Fe, Rio Rancho and Las Cruces who know and care about us, we are in for a very rough future.

The good news is that there are several NMCGA members who have put themselves on the line and are running for office. Look those folks up and offer them a hand. They will be voting for you whether you show up or not.

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April 2012 10 / Three Mile Hill Ranch Yearling Angus Bull Sale, Animas, NM 21 / 30th Annual NMS Cattle & Horse Sale, Las Cruces, NM 14 / Texas Shorthorn Association State Sale, Eastland, TX 14 / Red Doc Farms Red Hot Bull Sale, Belen, NM 18 - 20 / NM Rural Economic Forum, Las Vegas, NM 24 / NMCGA Regional Meeting & BQA Training, Capitan or Grants, NM 25 / NMCGA Regional Meeting & BQA Training, T or C, NM 26 / NMCGA Regional Meeting & BQA Training, Capitan or Grants, NM

May 2012 6 / NM 4-H Foundation Sporting Clays Shoot, Whittington Center, Raton, NM 6 / Northeast New Mexico Livestock Association - NMCGA NE Regional Meeting, Roy, NM 15 -16 / Indian Livestock Days / Rt 66 Casino west of Albuquerque, NM 21 - 24 / ANCW 2012 Joint Region V & VI Meeting, Kohala Coast, HI

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July 2012 21 / NM Junior Livestock Foundation “Evening Out West” Albuquerque Marriott Pyramid, Albuquerque, NM 26 - 26 / Arizona Cattle Growers’ Convention, Prescott, AZ To post your events in the Livestock Market Digest Calendar, please email date and location to caren@aaalivestock.com. Deadline is the 15th of the month previous, mailing date is the 8th of the month.

BRAND BOOK COVER ART The New Mexico Livestock Board will be holding a design contest for the cover of the 2012 Brand Book.

The overall winner will have their drawing on the cover of the book. The runner-up will be on the inside cover.

RULES: • You must be between the ages of 6 & 12 • The design must represent the New Mexico branding tradition. This drawing may pertain to cattle or sheep.

Contest • Submit a photo of yourself with your drawing deadline has (This photo will not be returned) been moved to • Submit original hand drawn artwork on 8.5x11 May 15th white paper. (Drawing can include horses but should focus on cattle and sheep branding.)

There will be three age categories: 6-8, 9-10, & 11-12. A 1st and 2nd place winner for each age category will be named in addition to an overall cover winner and runner-up. The 1st place winner of each group will have their drawing printed in the inside pages of the Brand Book. A photo of the winners will also be printed inside. Each winner will receive a 2012 Brand Book. The drawings will be judged by the NMLB Board Members.

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hen I drove that moving van into the Vermejo headquarters, I was as excited as when I was twelve and found that new Amonett saddle under the Christmas tree. As that new saddle was all a young puncher craved, thirteen years later I craved new range. I had to drive right by the saddle house to the casa Bill John had said would be mine. I looked over in the horse corral and there was a cowboy with a big sombrero shoeing a horse tied up short at a big post. I stopped and decided I best meet this hombre. I opened the gate and we shook hands. His name was Ron Beers and we were friends from then on. We buried him under a Piñon tree at Cimarron Cemetery thirty-four years later. Ronny and I roped lots of Vermejo stock together. Most was in the line of duty and some . . . our horses needed the practice. The first couple of days at Vermejo I was shoeing up the six horses Bill John roped out for me . . . Badger, Friday, Jesse James, Silver, Cowboy, and Pinetop. We were two or three days shoeing up, getting acquainted and doing chores to get ready for the fall works. Vermejo had lots of camps, winter and summer. The summer camps in the Sangre De Cristo (Blood of Christ) mountain range were the Number One, La Cueva and State Line, which was on the Colorado and New Mexico border.

The lower crew that operated out of Cimarron, had high country with (summer) camps named Clayton Cabins, Ring and, Ponil.

The Vermejo was the heart of the Maxwell land grant, which was originally the Miranda-Beaubien grant. Don Carlos Beaubien probably owned half-interest in the grant, although Charles Bent had acquired an interest, possibly from both Beaubien and Miranda at one time and for an unknown consideration. Narcisse Beaubien, son of Charles and Paulita Beaubien was to look after the interests of

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the family. He was killed, along with Charles Bent, in the Pueblo Rebellion in Taos, NM in January, 1847. Lucien Maxwell was a mountain man and had married the daughter of Carlos Beaubien. So the management and eventually ownership fell to him. The grant was 1,714,764 acres or in cowboy terms 2,600 sections. The west side was the top of theSangre de Cristo Range; the north side, the Colorado line from the Sangre De Cristo’s east to Fishers Peak, just south of Trinidad Colorado. The east side went from Fishers Peak, south to Springer, New Mexico, then west to the mountains to make the south side. Many times I have rimmed out on top of a high point on the Vermejo outfit, and gazed to the horizons trying to picture owning that range.

To add little more history, the brand WS came to that range around 1899 when French and partners bought the Vermejo and adjoining ranges. They shipped train loads of cattle from their range in the Gila River country north of Silver City using the railroad from Socorro to Springer. In the year 1900 the ranch was acquired by William H. Bartlett from Chicago and he hired a cowman named Adams to run the outfit. They branded the A6 connected, owned 480,000 acres, had a large crew of cowpunchers and of course, ran a wagon for branding and shipping. Vermejo Park gets its name from the Vermejo Mountain Range. I was told that Vermejo (Bermejo in the Spanish/English dictionary) means vermilion, which is a reddish tint. In the late afternoon the Vermejos turn a reddish purple. Vermejo Creek starts just above the Colorado line and fifteen miles or so after it enters New Mexico. The canyon becomes about two miles wide, stays that way for a couple miles then narrows down.

So in all those hundreds of square miles of canyons and timber, The Park is the perfect place for the headquarters. As you

enter The Park from the east, to your right are the rock mansions that Bartlett built at the bottom of a high cliff, along with the ranch office and lodge for hunters. To the south are the school house and other houses. Most of The Park is a hay field and the farm crew cuts and bales thousands of bales of grass hay. This hay fed all the saddle horses in the winter, both at The Park and the winter cow camps. All the bulls on the north half were wintered at The Park and required lots of hay. At the west end is the “cow headquarters” with barns, corrals, cookhouse, bunkhouse, shops and several houses for the cowboys.

In the 1930s Doug and Mary (Pickford) Fairbanks, Cecil B. DeMille and others owned the ranch. It was referred to as the Hollywood Club. There were also other log houses and corrals north of Merrick Lake that the Hollywood bunch used when they really wanted to rough it. In the early fifties W. J. Gourley, a Ft. Worth Texas businessman acquired the Vermejo. He established two elk pastures to restock the ranch as all elk had been hunted out. One was at the bottom of Bernal Trail and the other down by the Ring Camp. He bought elk in Wyoming and put them in the elk pastures which were a couple sections in size. As the elk increased in numbers they were released out into the ranch. In 1973, Pennzoil Corporation bought the ranch.

They took possession on September 10, 1973, the day I went to work at Vermejo.

What a big and great cow outfit! Bill John Wooley was the cowboy boss, and a great one. We became good friends over the years. He was raised east of Springer, around Farley. As most range-raised boys, he saw no reason to exist unless it was as a cowpuncher. For more information on Bill John, please read my story in the November, 2010 New Mexico Stockman. continued on page 51

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The camp men, Jim Taylor, who held down La Cueva camp, and LeandroMartinez, of Number One camp, had been drifting pairs into the Costilla Vega. That vega was 9,000 feet elevation, a valley laying between the Costilla and Vermejo ranges. It was fenced off, had lots of grass and Number One creek ran right through the middle of it. Bill John, Ronny, Tom and I were gathering country on the east slopes of the Costillas, throwing into the Castle Rock traps. Every few days, we’d load up and go to the high country and help bring a herd over the top into the Elk pasture.

The mornings were frosty, with red and gold oak brush and the bugling elk. Working with good hands made it a good fall works. The headquarters bunch had just helped bring a group of pairs over the trail and left them at the Elk pasture. A couple of mornings later as we saddled our mounts, Bill told Tom, Ronny, and I to load up and go to the Elk Pasture and drift that herd towards Castle Rock. It had snowed a couple of inches the night before and was cold as we unloaded, tightened our cinches, and hit a trot to the back side. We

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NEW MEXICO RANCHES Just 35 mile SE of Santa Fe 4,530 Deeded Acres 4,835 State Lease Acres Treed and Open Country Five Shallow Wells Great Access – Paved NUMEROUS SCENIC VIEWS Great Mule Deer Hunting 25 mile SE of Mountainair Joins Gran Quivira Monument 3,300 all Deeded Acres Small Residence Good Well and Pipeline System

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O’NEILL O’NELLAND, I L L AND, L LLC LC Kokopelli R anch, SSocorro ocorro Kokopelli Ranch, County, NM. NM. 8,733.00 8,733.00 +/+/- ddeeded eeded County, acres, 9,934.94 9,934.94 +/+/- state state lease lease acres, aacres. cres. 308 308 aacres cres iirrigated rrigated aacres. cres.

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Miami M ountain V iew 8800 +/+/Miami Mountain View deeded aacres cres w /80 water water shares shares & deeded w/80 hhouse. ouse. $$687,000.

687,000.

M iami 4400 +/+/- ddeeded eeded acres, acres, aweaweMiami some hhome, ome, total total remodel, remodel, aweawesome some views views $$395,000.

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some views. views. $$395,000.

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M iami W OW, B ig hhome ome iinn Miami WOW, Big Santa FFee Style Style great great fo or family family on on 3 Santa for aacres. cres. $$328,000.

328,000.

240 +/+/- ddeeded eeded acres acres Maxwell 240 Maxwell 200 w ater sshares hares & hhome, ome, very very 200 water pprivate. rivate. $315,000. $315,000.

9.5 +/+/- ddeeded eeded aacres, cres, Maxwell 119.5 Maxwell water, outbuildings, outbuildings, ggreat reat hhorse orse water, sset et uup. p. $$269,000.

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French T ract 40.00 40.00 +/+/- ddeeded eeded French Tract aacres, cres, w ater, water water m eter. Build Build ttoo water, meter. ssuit. uit. $$95,000.

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Call for Price CHARLES BENNETT United Country / Vista Nueva, Inc. (575) 356-5616 • www.vista-nueva.com

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After distributing all of this information via our email list, we have had several calls telling us that District 39 does not extend to the south central part of the state. Yes it does. District 39 extends from the edge of Las Vegas to Carrizozo. It is new, but it is true!

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RANCHES FOR SALE LAS ANIMAS COUNTY, COLORADO RANCH: or less, located east of TTrrinidad, Colorado. This ranch has been under the same family ownership for over 100 years and this is the first time the

property has ever been offered for sale. The terrain is diverse, ranging from scenic live water creek bottoms and gently rolling prairie lands to elevated timbered mesa side slopes. The ranch has an abundance of live water and other water sources. Good populations of antelope are found in the plains country, with mule deer, turkey and elk common in the more protected areas of the ranch. Bear and lion are also sighted on occasion. This scenic and productive ranch is realistically offered at $425 per acre.

canyon-like terrain. Juniper and piñion are found in the rougher portions of the ranch, principally along ridge lines and steep mesa side slopes.

Mature Cottonwood trees are common in the major canyon creek bottom drainages. Colorful sandstone rock outcrops add to the beauty of the rugged canyon country. The property is watered by wells and numerous springs located in header canyons and creek bottom areas.

Headquarter improvements include a two-story ranch home, outbuildings and shipping pens. The sportsman will appreciate the quality of the mule deer and elk are also becoming fairly common. Other game includes Big Horn Mountain Sheep, turkey and an occasional lion or bear. This ranch is reasonably offered at $475 per deeded acre.

NORTHEASTERN NNEW NORTHEASTERN EW M MEXICO EXICO RRANCH: ANCH: 30,010 total acres comprised of 18,000 deeded acres and 12,010 acres of New Mexico State Lease.

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BBACA ACA CCOUNTY, OUNTY, CCOLO OLORRADO ADO & CCIMARRON IMARRON CCOUNTY, OUNTY, OOKLA KLAHHOMA OMA RRANCH: ANCH: 20,790 deeded acres, more or less plus 962 acres of state lease. This ranch is located in extreme southeast Colorado, with a small portion of the south end of the ranch extending into the Western Oklahoma Panhandle. Approximately one-third of the ranch is gently rolling to hilly over 100 years and this is the first time the property has been offered for sale. The terrain on 75% - 80% of the ranch is rolling grama grass prairies, with the remainder of the ranch being rugged canyon ridges/rim rocks descending to deep canyon bottoms. The canyon country has scenic exposed rock outcroppings with moderate to sometimes dense canopies of juniper, sumac, oak, piñion and scattered Ponderosa pine. The canyon areas offered good cover for wildlife and afford excellent winter protection for livestock. The property is watered by live springs and creeks, earthen tanks, seasonaal natural lakes and water wells. This long term operating offered at $450 per deeded acre and the substantial New Mexico Lease will transfer Deesscrcrriiippttii to the purchaser. bbrroocchhuurrees aav vvee OFFERED EXCLUSIVELY BY:

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RIO MIMBRES FARM DEMING, NM 461 total acres with 5 irrigation wells; 3 natural gas & 2 wells electric submersible, 383 acres in drip irrigation, 35 acres are flood irrigated.

Located 14+/- miles east of Deming, NM on HWY 549.

MATHERS REALTY, INC. 2223 E. Missouri, Las Cruces, NM 88001 575/522-4224 Office â&#x20AC;˘ 575/522-7105 Fax â&#x20AC;˘ 575/640-9395 Cell

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TUCUMCARI FEEDYARD, LLC 4 Miles NE of Tucumcari Exit 333 from I-40

New 4,800 Head Capacity

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* Preconditioning * Cattle Procurement * Bull & Heifer Development

* Cattle Bought & Sold * Dan Estrada, Manager Office: 575/461-9736 P.O. Box 912, Tucumcari, NM 88401 email: tucumcarifeedyard@hotmail.com

We have two locations to serve you!

230 S. Alameda, Las Cruces, NM 575-541-0058 & 108 E. Maple, Deming, NM 575-544-7754

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The Area’s Largest PJ Trailers Dealer

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575-736-7778 1015 S. 1st, Artesia, NM

Authorized Big Tex Dealer

Road Force® TC Trecker® Silver Sport® MotorTrac®

Southeast New Mexico’s Only Authorized Wells Fargo娃 Dealer

Gooseneck Flat Beds Dump Trailers Car Haulers Utility Trailers Pipe Trailers Hydraulic Tilt Beds Deckovers Pickup Beds

A Lazy 6 Angus Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19, 57 Aero Tech Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25 Ag New Mexico FCS ACA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 American Galloway Breeders Association . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58 American Water Surveyors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Arizona Ranch Real Estate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61 Artesia Trailer Sales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .68 Ken Babcock Sales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56 Bar G Feedyard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13 Bar M Real Estate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61, 64 Tommy Barnes Auctioneer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55 BJM Sales & Service, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56 Border Tank Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28 Bradley 3 Ranch LTD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59 Brand/Virginia Cates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55 Brand/Richard Howard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56 C

C & M Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57 C Bar Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57 Casey Beefmasters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58 Cates Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58 Cattle Guards/Priddy Construction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45 Cattleman’s Livestock Commission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20 Caviness Packing Co Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16 Don Chalmers Ford . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30 Clayton Cattle Feeders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47 Clovis Livestock Markets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15 Coba Select Sires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58 Conniff Cattle Co LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59 Cox Ranch Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59 D

Financing Available

D Squared Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30 D.J. Reveal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55 Dairy Farmers of America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26 Dairy Producers of N.M. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24 Desert Scales & Weighing Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56 Domenici Law Firm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26 E

Elgin Breeding Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57 Emmons Ultrasound Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56 Express UU Bar Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70 F

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S SEPTIC EPTIC TANKS TANKS / C CISTERN ISTERN TANKS TANK WATER STORAGE TANKS 1,000 Gallon Septic Tank $75000 2.500 Gallon Water Tank $75000

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Genex/Candy Trujillo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56 Giant Rubber Water Tanks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27 Goemmer Land & Livestock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58 Grau Charolais . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57 Tom Growney Equipment Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55, 71 H

Harrison Quarter Horses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56 Headquarters West Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63 Henard Ranches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44 Hi-Pro Feeds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 Hooper Cattle Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17 Hubbell Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11, 44 Hudson Livestock Supplements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 Hutchison Western . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 J

Caalllll for ffoor Moorre Diiscscoouunntt Prriciceess!

480 6th Street, Las Cruces, NM 88005

Farm Credit of New Mexico . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8 Farmway Feed Mill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18 FBFS / Monte Anderson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25 FBFS / Larry Marshall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29 Five States Livestock Auction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32 Flying W Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58 Freeman Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57 Fury Farms Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23

JaCin Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59 Joe’s Boot Shop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31, 51 K

Kaddatz Auctioneering & Farm Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55 Kail Ranches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58 Kern Land . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60 King Hereford Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 L

L & H Mfg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44 Lazy D Red Angus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57 Lazy Way Bar Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57 Lea County Ranch Rodeo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14 Lee, Lee & Puckitt / Kevin Reed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64

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Westall Ranches, LLC

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Ray and Karen Westall, Owners Tate Pruett, Ranch Manager

Major Ranch Realty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64 Manchester Mfg Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56 Manford Cattle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56 Mathers Realty Inc/ Keith Brown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .66 McGinley Red Angus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59 Merrick’s Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28 Mesa Feed Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33 Mesa Tractor, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28, 55 Michelet Homestead Realty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60 Chas S. Middleton & Son . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64, 65 Monfette Construction Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29, 55 Mountainair Heritage Meat Processors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22 Murney Associates / Paul McGillard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .66

Registered Brangus Bulls & Heifers

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New Mexico Cattle Growers Insurance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43 New Mexico Property Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64 New Mexico Wool Growers, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48 NM Purina Dealers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72 NMSU Animal & Range Sciences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37, 39 NMSU College Rodeo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 No-Bull Enterprises LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29 Nutrena Feeds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54

Brinks & Robbs Blood Lines

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Jim Olson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34 O’Neill Land LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62 P

Paco Feed Yard, LTD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35 Phase-A-Matic Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24 Phillips Diesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55 PolyDome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 Pratt Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58 R

Ramah Ranch For Sale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62 Ranch Land Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61 Redd Ranches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 Riley & Knight Appraisal, LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64 Rim Fire Stock Dogs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37 Tom Robb & Sons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56 Robertson Livestock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55 Roswell Livestock Auction Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12 Running Arrow Farm LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57

Tate Pruett P. O. Box 995 Capitan, NM 88316 Cell: 575/365-6356 Home: 575/653-4842

Ray & Karen Westall 1305 Doepp Dr. Carlsbad, NM 88220 Cell: 575/361-2070 Ranch: 575/653-4443

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Salazar Ranches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59 Sandia Trailer Sales & Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55 Santa Rita Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59 Schrimsher Real Estate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61 Scott Land . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64 Sierra Irrigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .68 Singleton Ranches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59 Southwest Ag Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23, 69 Southwest Red Angus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57 Stockmens’ Realty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .66 Joe Stubblefield & Associates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .66 Swihart Sales Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55

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Terrell Land & Livestock Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63 Texas Shorthorn Association . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56 The Ranches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52 Tire Water Troughs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19 Tucumcari Feedyard LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67

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United Country Vista Nueva, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62 USA Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59

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Wendland Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58 West Star Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59 Westall Ranches LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69 Western Heritage Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67 Western Legacy Alliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46 Westlake Cattle Growers LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21 Westway Feed Products LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67 Williams Windmill Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27, 55 WW - Paul Scales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39

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Yavapai Bottle Gas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24, 55 R. L. York Custom Leather . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26 Z

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1100 Troy King Rd Farmington, NM 87401 505-326-1101

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2400 Bender Hobbs, NM 88241 575-392-6923

Tom Growney Equipment, Inc

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