Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1906-12-15


he bias lwn Scotch plnnrl. whose duty
o. 10 play che pipes whenever Mnc
ieis liko hearing them. The soiilota
have cncrnuchod 30 greatly on hlt
ranges. however. that 6 ls o question
with him and hts noighhof stock men
what thcy are 90 DO beirc many
years.
A. / said before O. Il hard ior ny
who have lived here an these past
years 90 accept This new condition az
n lnating one. This country throunh
here haa always been an open range.
In the eyes OF the old timers the
man who would think of trying 10
raise a crop solely by dry farming
vas a natural born idiot Yet here
is lot ~ men from eastern states
that come boldly cut here and 70 90
farming on practically the same lines
as they did go home And what o.
more they have made a go OF a. NJ
Is the old hdngo OF Fools rush .n
where angles fear 90 tread or have
we natives ant around here all these
years and neglected our onpouuni.
tles7 venture fo say that Mr. Nc
lnioeh in past years has paid ont
thousands ~ dollars fer Kansas corn
Co feed hig horses ana other animals.
and tbs scar right under hla nose
corn has ben grown hs these slender
foot" farmers that viii easily run 70
siaiy bushels 90 che acre.
That there VIII be- years that they
will NOT raise such crops no one
doubts Such succesalon Of dry
years as New Mexico had from 1909
10 1904 Will make come Of She dry
farmers hunt their holes. nnt when
! suggested thls 90 one of tho new
corners. he said that even in Ohio
and thOgo states the farmers had a
season 90 drought cyefy once In a
while Ia which they raised almost
nothing at an ana that he dld not
feel he MAS taking many mofa such
chances ln New MoEicn. than he did
back there Wpll there o. nothing
like having The courage OF one'e con.
vlctlops and surely We of New Mex.
leo can only wish these new people
the best ol good luck
This little Santa DC Central road
handles a world az sheep every year
and 3 saw "a novel way uf loading
them In these days OF car shortage
Esiancia g. the chief lcading point
and when the rued can not get regu-
laf sheer cars they use ordinary
gravel flats of which they have a
large number Around these cars
they build. h fence abCue ave feet
high much al they would hx them 10
hRudlo sugae hcots az Rocky Ford,
Colo. A. the bulk Of the sheep from
here go up 20 Colorad into the pea
feeding districts In the southwestern
corner OF that state they have a
short haul and the animals make the
trip very nlcely and are easily load.
ed--mdch more so than In the regular
double deck cars.
AZ Santa re met Mr. Sol Luna ono
OF the best informed sheep men IA
tho west and considered 10 DE- the
largest individual sheep owner IA
New Mexico. Mr. Luua'E holdings
are hard 10 estimate. hut he shipped
last year something loke $1,000
lambs and this year viii ship ne
many II not more. His family 81 one
0f the Oldest In New Mexico. and hi'
forefathers have been sheep owner,
right whoro he runs his sheep today
for over 200 years. Think OF this. you
people hack yOndor when you tan
of this southwestern country as d
new country" for AR Luua'a family
"a but ore OF Atty or more / could
name here ln New Mexico. who have
been shepherds and occupied the
same ranges and lived Ia practically
the same towns for more than tive
centuries past
! asked Mr. Luna as To the Condi
tloR 81 tho sheep throughout New
Mexico aud he assured me that II
had been much the best year thf
sheep men had ever known Lnsl
year spectators got Ia early and gol
the cream OF the rise Ia both limbs
and WOOL Almost every owner con
traried his crop early aud lived q
SOC e turned over by the sneculat0r.
90 eastern buyers M unheRrd of al
yancea. This year the majority o
them set their prices so high south
OF Albuquerque where the shecI
were much better grown Rnt
weighed much heavier that th'
middle man was almost Ollm
mated. hence the raiser got the lui
benefit Gf the value both for lambs
and wool he said that taking tA'
territory through the lamb crop had
been a large one. but that owing q
climatic conditions those on th'
ranges aid better than those IN ih,
northern part OF the territory Mr
Luna himself has bis lambs sold q,
weigh 6s pounds when loaded. but h,
thought the average would run aroun,
60 go or GO pounds Tho great bulb
Of the lambs have been sold Gloss
around sfF5. bat thousands ha,
brought $500 and as high as t5t5.
Mr Lama said that lhe average
/ fleece this year WAS about GA ur
pounds, which proves that our sheoi
arc being bred up. for 0nly few
yoare ago the average weight uf {
| New Mexico fleece was aruund ihrr'
pounds asked him if the rtpor
was lfue that sheep owners here Wef,
/ holding their lambs preparing 90 Gel
/ The crop oi wool next spring. and h'
replied that ln hla opinion practlca
/ 81 every lamb no New Mexico wal
sold 90 SO out 0f ihe territory fo
while the prices Cf wool are very no
imciiyo sllll sheep men knew iha
lambs ui Eve cents "a pound and M
winter 90 face were a pretty goo'
| thine 10 sell.
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