El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-03-06
CATTLEMEN SEE
THRIVING VALLEY
Visitors Are Given Sight
seeing Trips by Ros-
well People.


seeing Trips by Ros-
well People.
southwest has not. Now we include
Arizona New Mexico, Oklahoma. west
Texas and southern California, but
n when American industry and in
latent riches Of this vast territory
! there will still remain the mines OF
Z Durango. the ranges of Chihuahua,
: the farms of Sinaloa. and the limit
less resources of Lower California
$ In Hesperides' Midst.
S I'VE are the progenitors of a new
= and greater race. we are building one
Of the greatest empires Of all time,
j and we are establishing cities which
will be the glory of all posterity. We
which the Greeks dreamed, but never
found: we live in the FL Dorado.
which the Spaniards saw and found,
but did not know.
Sticks for Proper Victory.
But at presnt we have other and
greater things to DO, than the de-
| velopment of our own country. We
must pause in our work and throw
our whole souls into the great strug
gle which is to make II possible for
} all peoples and all lands to develop.
We must pledge ourselves to sacri-
fees and tolls now undreamed OF, In
order that our boys over there may
know that we are with them. and
that we will support them until vic
Il tory has crowned their efforts. and
this dreadful struggle is ended. We
NUT not for an instant contemplate
any peace but lasting one; anything
is better than a cringing peace, and
a peace to gain which. we shall have
sacrificed our boys in vain.
Says Crush Disturbers.
AT present in afflicted Europe
| fhara fS growing e1Hmenf. which
| there, is called the Bolsheviki. In
America it is called the L ". W. and
in Mexico. the Villista- It is an ele-
ment that must be crushed the world
| the earth. Only by teaching and en-
/ forcing both among ourselves. our
allies, and the enemy. the doctrine
of God and organized government
can this old world again return to its
paths of peace and Righteousness
Mai. Bujac's address was rich IN
| quotations. and he concluded by re-
| citing patriotic poem to the young
men who are off to the wars.
7 ". Tomlinson, secretary of the
American National Livestock associa-
ton. who was to have spoken yester-
day. arrived this morning and viii
speak tomorrow.
Soapweed. or yucca, which grows
wild on the deserts Of the southwest
and Mexico. can be used as drouth
feed for cattle to prevent starvation
and also as a way Of eliminating ex-
cessive feeding of cottonseed cake.
c. L Forsling, grazing examiner of
the United States forest service, told
the cattlemen- He said. in part:
"a few years ago the problem Of
range was a simple one. A stockman
who found that his herds were get
ting too large for his range, merely
moved them. generally west, until he
found a virgin range. untrodden and
Cd nnh 1rNr M
was necessary, and outside Of q little |
labor to develop the water supply, |
that was about all there was to the |
problem of new range But today, the |
question is altogether different. |
there is no range in the United States |
today. save inaccessible and undesir- |
able regions, that is not stocked to /
its full capacicy-there is no more
virgin range
1.-THE dry farmer and homesteader ]
has been an important factor in re- /
ducing available range Not only is /
there no more virgin range, but even
that territory once used as range by /
the cowman is rapidly being en-
croached upon by the small farmer
Meat production in the United /
States declined until it reached its
low point in 1913 Diminishing range, /
and decreased carrying capacity OF
availa bic ranges is responsible for /
this in large degree
Grazing on public lands, and also
on private ranges, has been unre-
and as a result Of this overstocking.
and unregulated grazing. the carry |
ing capacities Of the range OF the 4
United States is reduced by 25 per-
cent Other causes of this decrease
are III distributed watering places
and improper handling Of stock.
The recognition of these facts has 1
brought out the necessity for up
- =
have restored them to their original |
carrying capacity, to maintain them
to that capacity
Speaks of StOekmen's Losses.
''Old conditions did not warrant
the stockman in making extra ex-
penditures to improve the grade Of
his stock or to increase the yield /
of calves or lambs. Neither range Il
nor stock was valued as highly then.
as il is now. Losses in Arizona, over
a period Of several years are S.3 per-
cent, for calves, "A percent for year
Hngs and 6.4 percent for cattle above
two years In New Mexico, losses
were I0.6 percent for calves Sc per-
cent for yearlings. and SIS percent for
older stock The average annual calf
crop for Arizona is 81 percent, and
Sc percent in New Mexico. These
figures are compiled by the depart
ment of agriculture from information
furnished by stockmen over 1914 and
1915. and are reliable.
Much Improvement Possible.
These figures show that much i'm
provement is possible in both beef
and cattle production Range and
cattle values have so increased that
percent of a herd without return in
calves, and at the same time lose six
percent Of what calves are yielded
Conditions are better in some parts
Of the country than these figures
have shown. and should be bettered
here in the southwest
The grade of cattle raised is a
large factor in the coWmans profits.
There are still many herds in the
southwest that need improving in this
respect. The better the grade OF cat
tie used, the better the price the pro-
ducr will get for his beef stock.
Increases Range Capacity.
Ten years ago, the national forest
administration started to evolve sys-
TEN OF management that would re-
store the deteriorated ranges. One
result was the increase in carrying
capacity of the ranges of 30 percent
between 1907 and 1916. We are still
engaged in studying conditions to
still more improve the national
ranges. The Santa Rita forest re-
serve in southern Arizona, and the
tornado range reserve in New Mex
leo have been set apart for the study
of these problems. tornado is as
arid as any area in the southwest, and
last year had only 3.44 inches
Of rainfall where the average
is only eight inches This extreme