Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1906-09-29
INTERESTING PAPER READ
BY DR.. R. A. RAMSAY


and being conservative in their re-.
E quests. Your territorial sheep ssui-
! tary board. composed OF mon directly
engaged IN the industry, have given
their work the closest attention. and
have shown q disposition 10 cooperate
with the burea0 work On the oradica-
I ton of sheep Baablcs in me territory.
( They being loyal 90 the trust imposed
I M them and are deserving OF CONF
mendaiiun for there efforts. but they
/ could have done moro and could have
been recognised 20 a greater extent By
The bureau bad they been supported
and sustained by a wool grswers' AZ.
fuciatiou representative of nnarly en-
those engaged in the Industry Ia the
| territory
Now this principle will apply 10 tho
bureau OF animal Industry or any OH
/ cr largo concern with which you Wish
to do business. They would always
prefer 30 hear from q representative
organization OF the whole industry IN
the state or territory rather than from
/ i've or seven men appointed as \ sanis
tary board DO not wish 20 dctract
from or discourage the work OF the
sheep sanitary board On this territory
or In any other territory or state, for
| Ga nearly all cases such boards have
been willing 20 cooperate Ia the work
and 90 proved very useful adjuncts TO
the bureau IN the eradication Of dis.
eases of livestock but, / do say where
] such a stale or Territorial board On
/ sustained IN their actions BY an a.
ISOLATION OF those Interested Ia the
class OF livestock which the board rop.
rosents their work is much more ef-
fectuui not only vita the government
and railroads but with the people
themselves with whom an EFFORT has
been made 20 enforce state or torriior.
/ ial regulations. 30 say yet organized
| both In county and territorial anao.
Citations. that the county associations
present thOir case to the territorial as.
eoCiaiione, and that On turn. m needs
be-. 90 the national association, and
your petition will no doubt receive
the most earnest consideration BY
those to whom it Is presented.
This same endorsement by an as
ISOLATION, representative OF those COM
posing the association. will apply not
only 10 a state or territorial board but
also 10 any representative OF the bu.
roau making a request on behalf OF
fNNN ANNNM|HN HNANWMNM - .. NMNNN NNUMN
OF field work. be representing n poti.
ton on behalf ~ the sheep Industry.
such petition would be- much more
likely 20 be fayornbly considered and
granted n sustained and endorsed by
the New Mexico Wool Growers as.
ISOLATION. In the same wsy should you
require additional legislation or ap.
preparation from the territory a reso-
NHaH a
have much more weight with the gov
ernor and tho territorial legislature
than would a petition signed by IN.
dividual sheep owners. The expert.
onCo OF wool growers associations Of
hrlgona, Wyoming, Idaho and other
1iafos viii no doubt cOnhrm the facts
I have mentioned in their dealings
with the federal government.
Now n word az % what the bureau
has done Tor tho sheep industry OF
New Mexico IN the eradication OF
sheep acAb1. what we Intend 90 do.
and Wha. We want you TO do. Two
years ago and general dipping of an
sheep IN thia territory was attempted
under bureau supervision and accord
lng 10 80 regulations, but on account
oi the excessive rains and foods as
that time lt was not as succcsaful as
anticipated. Then not being able 10
follow this work up ln the same way
me next year. for lack OF necessary
appropriation, what had been done
was 90 come extent SET aside Since
then Il has been deemed advisable 20
attempt buroau dipping only IA such
counties or portion Of the territory as
we could properly handle leaving the
balance OF the counties TO be- clipped
under the supervision OF men az.
pointed and paid by your sanitary
board. which work has been a great
protection 10 the sheep owners Ia NJ.
lowing them 20 ship sheep out OF the
territory under federal inspection as
the result OF such dipping.
We hope, however, Ia 1907 20 again
ioauguraie a general dipping Of an
sheep In the territory under bureau
supervision, and Il Il hoped with the
aid az the shoop sanitary board aud
your Wool Growers association 60
continue such work more successfully
than Ia the past. The time has come
when such action Ia necessary iH or
der that other states where your
sheep and lambs are led and finished,
and made ready for slaughter. may
not quarantine against your sheep
coming into their state. The territory
OF Arizona Is nearly free from guch
gcab. 80 also are the states OF Coiora-
do, Nebraska Kansas. Wyoming, as
well as Titan and Idaho 30 q 81 lm-
poriant that the disease be oradicatod
from h0cks OF New Mexico at as early
date OF possible so that other states
that receive your sheep may be pro.
tecied after them doing the amount of
work they have done Ia order To-
eradicate the sCnh ir0m their OWn
ilocka. While this work IL important
90 tho bureau and other states q Is az
FAR greater importance 90 the sheep
growers of Now Mexico. Tue iosa 20
you BY continual dipping. loss Of wool,
lnaH ol flesh, aH well aH the loss OF
sheep and lambs, d. as was stated 40
you hy Gov. Hagorman Ia hia address
90 this association the other day,
something enormous. running into
hundreds OF thousands OF dollars uf
loss every year.
Tho total eradication OF sheep acab
has been demonstrated as "a poasibil-
lty ia other states and there is no
good reason Why q cannot bo done IN
New Mexico -Four years ago the
state OF Wyoming could show "a much
sheep acab 90 the square mile az New
Mexico can at present. but by dlllEant
work 90 the part of the bureau along
with loyal cooperation from the state
sheep sanitary board aud the state
wool growers nsRnclaflOn anl glad
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