Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1905-11-04
.SHEEPMEN CLEAR
THREE MILLIONS
Lambs at So Per Head Soon
Count Into Bic
Money.
NATbTICS TELL VOLUMES

.
The movement uf New Maxlco
Aprlng lambs t0 feeding pens OF ne
states has begun In earnest Prom
every part of The territory comoa
stories Of large sales aud large shin
ments, and a great scarcity ~ cars.
Apparently, the railroads cannot any.
whore near supply the demand tor
cars, although rallrond men claim that
every hh Of equipment they have Ia
In service
Hon. solomon Luna held several
thousand lambs IN the nolshborhnod
1f EstanCia severai days waiting FOR
cars that could not BE- furnished by
the Rock leland However. these
sheep are being loaded today. Mr..
Luna left last nisht Tor MaRdalena.
whore he % holding iamhe enough tO
load four tfalga, and ln this Instance.
also. cars are tardy In arriving.
one train Of thlrty-One cars OF sheen
left the local stock yards yesterday
after the owners had waited many
days for cars 70 carry them. Thoae
sheep were sold 10 the irm of Rogors
A Payne. feeders and are being ship.
ped Ia Oklahoma and Colorado. They
were sold BY llfeld Dsoa.. and tho
Charles Chadwick sheep Commission
company, The sheep sold by Mr..
Luna wero purchased by Cologado
feeders.
What u Means 10 New Mexico.
but what is most interesting. IN
what this great migration u hheep
meanA TO the people Of New Mexico.
The shipping season continues from
October / 20 February, and during
NhIa Time L.. ..sfs...s.I 49,
than l.000O0O sheep win be shipped
10 northern bayera Harry v. Leo. clerk
Of the New Mexico sheep sanitary
board. says tkat this number may
reach i0o0Jvo, OF possibly a little
more Since the inauguration of the
sheep dipping and quarantine laws.
the facilities Tor handling the move
ment 81 sheep 10 and from tho terri
tory ~ greatly augmented. An sheep
shipped must nfst be Inspected. and
The reports of the inspectors furnish
reliable atatistirs October reports
have not been received here YET "a
the Office Of The sheep sanitary hoard.
hht MT Lee says that be has . 4ur-
ahco that the season - opening with
large ahipmeniA.
And the price being received w
lNt HhNfN mon ~ NtiN HAilnhNfiufNs
Tho bost spring lambs are bringing
Z y cents per pound. aud on an aver
age. early born lambs are bringing
from 1915 20 gai9 per head
TO ascertain just what this years
sale 0l sheep Will bring into the ter.
rltOry IN cash. multiply 900, 600 By
he above figures and the result will
be more than $4,000 l000.
sales EquHi Increase.
Judging from statistics furnished
ly the census bureau, this years sales
Tor shipment out OF the territory will
almost equal the increase OF the years
1901 and 1909 which rs given ~ L.
'2s.5lf. From these statistics, aRl,Sa
he Increase ~ the last year has
been abnormal. Il ls quite evident that
he high price and the great demand
Or sheep, which exists at present,
Will ao0n decrease the number Of
Iheep IN New Mexico
Ia the year 1860 there we're a.sf2,-
l32 sheep Ia New Mexico. acc0rdlnE
% the government census, and In
1N2, this number had Increased 10
l,eO2 sf7, The past two years have
ieen comparatively coed years for
amha. and In accordance 10 the above
Itabstios as 10 gains. the number ln
New Mexico at present must be some.
ghere between the ave and sis mil.
lon mark.