Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1907-01-22
OUTLOOK GOOD
FOR LIVE STOCK
.H.C Abbott Tellsof
Conditions in Col
fax County.
IN nnnMIllrllT nAunIIhHAlI
IS PROMINENT RANCHMAN
Land Tributary to Springer
Can Be Easily Irrigat-
ed.

80 faf the winter has been a
pretty good one for live stock. Novem-
ber was a rather severe month on cat
tie and sheep, but the weather condi
tions in December could not have been
more perfect 50 far as the ranchers
are concerned. The excessive moist
ure from rain and snow recently has
hurt the grass to some extent but the
prospects are for a favorable spring
for both live stock and agricultural
interests"
So says Hon. Horace c. Abbott of
Springer, who is member of the
House of Representative of the
Thirty-seventh Legislative Assembly
from the First district comprising
ColfaX County He is extensively en-
gagged in the ranch and live stock
business. being connected with the
firm of Floersheim and Abbott. which
has ranges in northern New Mexico
and southern Colorado, The head
quarters ranch is on the Rio Jartas,
about sixteen miles southeast OF
Springer,
Nj Abbott has engaged apartments
at the Palace Hotel during the session
of the Legislature His wife and
their six-year-old daughter are with
him and will remain until the legis-
latiye solons finish their deliberations
in March Little Miss Abbott will at
tend the local public schools in the
meantime. She was enrolled Yesterday
as a pupil in the primary
grade of the Third Ward school.
Live Stock Market Encouraging.
Prices Of cattle have improved
very much in the past ninety days,
Mr.. Abbott stated when pressed for
an interview concerning the live
stock situation. In fact, good feed
ing steers are from ten 10 twenty per
cent higher at the present time than
they were a year ago and plenty of
,uyers are after them.
Just now there are no sales of
sheep to speak Of Owners are all
satisfied with the present condition of
the market There never was time
when breeding lambs We're held as
high as at present. The purchaser
who is waiting for a slump in sheep
to get in on the low price will have
to wait long time The consump-
ton of muttons and lambs more than
offsets the increase.
Car Scarcity Blessing in Disguise
Shipments of sheep from Springer
during the year 1906 We're about the
same as in 1905. There would have
been more cattle shipped last year
than the year previous had it not
been for a shortage in cars, How
ever, those who were DELAYED in Sc
curing cars early in the season were
doubly rewarded by the good prices
they received later on.
Much Of the land in Cofax Coun,
ty that was formerly used only for
grazing purposes is icing converte
into farms and good crops are rai &c |
in certain sections withou, irrigation.
Our company is preparing to cope
with this change which is coming over
the Territory. We have ten thousand
acres leased OH the Maxwell Land
Grant for winter grazing resides our
pastures in southeastern ColfaX CoUn-
ty.
"The farmers In the vicinity of
Springer will be asked to plant sugar
beets during the coming season for
the sugar factories in Colorado. The
indications are that between one and
two hundred acres will be put in
sugar beets this year around Spring.
er. There is little doubt that they can
be grown as profitably there as in
Colorado as the soil seems well adapt
ed for the purpose.
There is considerable good land
tributary to Springer that can be ir-
rigated from the Red, Rayado and
Cimarron Rivers. All we need is to
build reservoir to store the water
and bitches to distribute ii over the
land. There is no better soil any
where in the Territory. A private ir-
rigation project is now underway
which will irrigate about ten thou
sand acres of land near Springer.
County Developing Fast
"Colfax County is no doubt devel-
oping faster than any other county in
New Mexico We look forward to ev-
en- crater improvement in this direc-
tion the coming year Ration is grow
ing at surprising rate and will soon
be one of the commercial centers of
he Territory"
Mr. Abbott declined to discuss the
legislative situation. His name had
been mentioned in connection with
the speakership of the House of Rep
resentatives but he did not exert any
efforts to secure that DOSitiOn