The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1918-12-28
OF THE LOCO
WEED; VITAL SUBJECT UP AT
NATIONAL CATTLEMEN'S MEET
!. V. Medley, Member of Executive Board of New
Mexico Cattle and Horse Growers Association
Prepares a Report on the Question for Submis-
sion at the Convention at Denver.

any practical method that may be sug-
gostcd.
"1n concluding this report. I wish
again to call attention To- the method
which | have tried. and while II may
seem like u lot OF mouey to, spend. !
feel that II would be we'll spent. for.
to my mind, there rs no doubt as TO IL
pcrmanency And II tone ON u large
scale. I am sure that the loco could
be chopped out Tor n much smaller
figure than that paid by my father
and Others who were. ] believe, among
tho pioneers In this experiment. The
loco viii not be found SO thickly dis
irihuted in many places, IN fact. TIE
! pasture | mentioned In this report
contained more Of the loco TO the acre
than any pldc. | nave ever seen.
should thia mothOd that | ave men
toned be taken up IL would require
20 he chopped out perhaps three times,
} hut the first cutting would be the
heaviest as IL would get all the old
deep rooted plants, and the suhse-
qucnt would he to remove the
small ones that would come up from
seeds. That would nica that there
would be some work following per-
haps two or three wet seasons
There Is also another nuisance ana
an expensive one. that we who use
the national forests have 10 contend
with. and. like the loco. II comes AZ
ter q wet season. I am referring now
20 the plnion nut Enthcrer. \ very
great part Of the Daul National For
est ~ covered with the pinion tree,
which. after each unusually wet sca-
son. bear u heavy crop Of pinion nuts.
which ripcn In the autumn. After the
nuts have fallen upon the round Inc
pack rd.s gather them and store them
Il. H.. a..aas NYHH nHNHN. aNas 4 NnNNH
some Of you. no doubt. are wondering
whore I am going to prove aud con-
meet my case. hut patience. friends, J
am coming to 81 Next. the poorer
class Of Muxicuns get together All the
old STAYED brokc-doWu ponies they
have ana come 10 the pinion country
to gather NUT and tattcn their ponies
free. They come from every point OF
the compas and stay until the last
pack rat has been robbed of his win
ter supply Of provisions u We who
lay for the grazing privileges have bee
come almost distracted. h forest
service dosig 1utes them a. campers
and can do nothing to help us. These
nut pickers come about October and
stay untll about January l and some
times later. depending upon whether
the nuts last
During the last piniou season Oh
my small allotment Of five lN twelve
miles. there were from early October
TO late December. not less than iao
horses belonging TO these nut plckcrs
who pay no permit fee. There should
be some way to overcome this imposi-
ton on the BONA fidc users of the FOR
est. and I am going to ask this asso-
cation to help get these two proposi'
tipns heforc the department OF aert-
culture and To urge immediat" actor
upon the determination OF the loct
weed. us there is every Indication o'
"A big growth his oming spring
which. u Il II not handled. VIII result
in some heavy losses in the Sou;hwc.'
whore the stockman has already sui
fered about all he can stand from
drouth. Sow a few Of the cattlemci
OF Vie drought areas have had To s.
; out Of business ~ q sacrifice. ! have
In mind 1ne herd, the major portion
Of. which sold for SEA per head 70
fine graded Hereford COWS.
Il believe in organized effort. ant
the American National association q
, the strongest ~ all cattlemen's 81
r cations For that reason. come q
YOU aud 7 believe that all of the stock
!, men an over the West and southwcs
are Interested In what make for bet
! ter conditions for the stock lndns,r'
p and most % YOU are familiar with tn
losses from loco. Therefore you wi
readily understand why ! am urstn
3 quick action.
"Respectfully submitted.
(SigncdD e.. V. MEDLEY"