Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-08-03
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What shape Is your stock inr.
fnis has been great year for stock.
There has been plenty OF water. plenty Of
crop has been the largest on record and the
average increase has been 06 per cent That
Is. out Of every hundred lambs born ninety
hve have been saveu, and the number OF
lambs to hundred ewes has averaged
more than one hundred. They weigh much
more at this time of year than they have
In ordinary years. A lamb which in ordi-
nary years would weigh from twenty-five
TO thirty pounds now weighs from forty to
forty-five. This is to be attributed to the
excellent food on the ranges, the good sup
ply OF water and the favorable weather.
Weil-posted sheepmen estimate the number
OF sheep and lambs In the territory at this
time to be In the neighborhood Of more
than 6.OOOO0O. If this estimate Is correct
1t puts New Mexico at the head of the list
OF sheep-owning and sheep-growing COM
monwealths in the United States / know
OF number of sales OF lambs for October
delivery at four and fraction cents a
pound-that is, a lamb that will weigh sew
enty pounds at the date Of delivery will
bring about 81. when last year at this time
ewes hale and hearty sold at from 1925 to
$500 Today the sheep owner who wealth
cred last years hard times and who had
10000 ewes has those 10000 in good condi-
ton and probably 10000 lambs. which later
will bring him more per head than his ewes
were worth per head last fall
The wool clip has been remarkably
heaVy, and the f1eeces. owing to the abun-
dance OF feed and water this spring and
early summer. have been the finest. longest
and cleanest ever produced in the terri
tory number of large sales have been
made to my knowledge at an average Of Il
cents per pound In the raw, while secured
woods have been disposed of by several
large sheep owners at an average Of from
62 cents to GA cents a pound.
Great Agricultural Commonwealth.
THE native citizen of Mexican or Span-
lsh descent is natural and successful
sheep herder. He has the patience, the
even temper and the good nature required.
II his sheep are healthy and strong and IL
he has plenty to eat is paid fair wages Is
well treated by his employer he is the ideal
sheep herder of the globe. BY nature he
Is frugal and of a contented disposition. He
loves the wide plains, the boundless mesas,
and under the blue New Mexican sky he
is always at home He knows his foot Is on
his native heath. He is making a good liv-
ing. sends plenty of money to his family at
home, does not mind the time he is out
with his sheep, Is satisfied with his wages
and lot, and hence is a happy and con-
tented man.
Il consider New Mexico to be a great
agricultural commonwealth exclaimed the
governor, enthusiastically when / take
ports and the twelve thirteen thousand
small farms occupied and cultivated by her
people in the many river and mountain val
leys and canyons of the territory. Cattle
so far this year have done remarkably we'll,
and at this time are in excellent condition.
Prices realized by cattle raisers are the
best in many years. and much shipping of
two. three and four-year- to feeding
farms in California, Kansas, Nebraska Mis-
souri, and Iowa is now going on. Indeed.
one Of the main railroads in the territory
has been unable to supply the demand for
stock cars and in several instances just
recently large shipments have had to be
diverted from that road to rival lines. 1t
is estimated from reliable information that
the number OF neat cattle in New Mexico
today amounts to between 100000 and
], 100000.
THE Angora goat industry has also
done well. High prices have been obtained
for monair so far this spring, and the
quality Is superior to any heretofore pro-
duced Angora goats are increasing in
numbers. and so far have been raised with
success in Sierra, Lincoln, Grant, Dona
Ana and Otero counties.
Horses which for some years have been
q drug the market now being gath
cred the ranges and are being shipped
to California, Texas and Missouri, and are
bringing increased prices"