Albuquerque evening citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1905-11-02
SHEEPMEN CLEAR
THREE MILLIONS
Lambs at So Per Head Soon
Count Into Biz
Money.
STATISTICS TELL VOLUMES

The movement of New Mexico
spring lambs to feeding pens of the
states has begun in earnest. From
every part of the territory comes
stories of large sales and large ship
ments, and a great scarcity of cars.
Apparently, the railroads cannot any.
where near supply the demand for
cars, although railroad men claim that
every bit of equipment they have is
In service.
Hon. Solomon Luna held several
thousand lambs in the n~eighborhood
of Estancia several days waiting for
ears that could not be furnished by
the Rock Island. However, these
sheep are being loaded today. Mr..
Luna left last night for Magdalena,
where he is holding lambs enough to
load four trains, and in this instance,
also, cars are tardy in arriving.
One train of thirty-one cars of sheep
left the local stock yards yesterday,
after the owners had waited many
days for cars to carry them. These
sheep were sold to the firm of Rogers
& Payne, feeders, and are being ship
ped to Oklahoma and Colorado. They
were sold by Ilfeld Bros, and the
Charles Chadwick Sheep Commission
company. The sheep sold by Mr..
Luna were purchased by Colorado
feeders.
What il Means to New Mexico.
But what is most interesting, is
what this great migration of sheep
means to the people of New Mexico.
The shipping season continues from
October / to February, and during
this time it is estimated that more
than 100000 sheep will be shipped
to northern buyers. Harry F. Lee, clerk
of the New Mexico sheep sanitary
board, says that this number may
reach 1000 900, or possibly a little
more. Since the Inauguration of the
sheep dipping and quarantine laws,
the facilities for handling the move
ment of sheep to and from the terri
tory is greatly augmented. All sheep
shipped must first be inspected, and
the reports of the inspectors furnish
reliable statistics. October reports
have not been received here yet at
the Office of the sheep sanitary board,
but MI. Lee says that he has assur-
ance that the season is opening with
unusually large shipments.
And the price being received by
the sheep men is very satisfactory.
The best spring lambs are bringing
AZ cents per pound, and on an aver
age, early born lambs are bringing
from $2.75 to 1913 per head.
To ascertain just what this years
sale of sheep will bring into the ter
ritory in cash, multiply 1000, 900 by
the above figures and the result will
be more than $4,000, 900.
Sales Equal Increase.
Judging from statistics furnished
by the census bureau, this years sales
for shipment out of the territory will
almost equal the increase of the years
1901 and 1902, which is given at L.
52S, 514. From these statistics, unless
the increase of the last year has
been abnormal, it is quite evident that
the high price and the great demand
for sheep, which exists at present,
will soon decrease the number OF
sheep in New Mexico.
In the year 1900 there were 3,242,-
332 sheep in New Mexico, according
to the government census, and in
1902, this number had increased to
4,902,547 The past two years have
been comparatively good years for
lambs, and in accordance to the above
statistics as to gains, the number in
New Mexico at present must be some
where between the five and six mil
lion mark.