Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-10-14
SHEEP MEN To Be
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At LEGION SMOKER
Senator viii Meet Wool Crow
erS on Saturday, Announces
List of Questions To Be Dis
CuSSed AT Conference,

Visiting wool growers will be the
guests of the Chamber Of Commerce
at the American Legion smoker next
Saturday night Already ten have
written for reservations from Roswell
and will be in Albuquerque for the
meetings of the American Legion as
well as the wool growers conference
which takes place on Saturday. The
Roswell sheep men are: w. S. Pra-
ger, Frank Billings, Arthur Il. In
gals, Joe Clemens, Harry Thorne,
Wade Corn Jaffa Miller, Il. c. Wors-
wick, Prayer Miller and w. II. John
SON
Senator w. S. Culberson, of the
tariff commission, will arrive in Albu-
querque on the 18th, and the wool
growers conference will be held on
Saturday, the 18th. Questions vital to
the wool and sheep industry in New
Mexico will be discussed such as the
following, which were given out by
Senator Culberson:
Are sheep owners of your locality
reducing the size Of their folcks?
Are there more small flocks than
formerly?
Have you changed your methods of
flock management in the past six
years? If So describe the changes
Did the establishment Of free wool
in 1913 affect the breeds of sheep in
your flock? Was there any change
in the relative emphasis you placed on
mutton and wool?
What kind of rams were you using
before 1916?
Did you change after that date?
What kind are you using now?
Do you expect to change next year?
Has the quality of the wool clip in
your section improved in the last
five years?
DO you grade your wool?
If not, to what extent does the OPP
position of wool buyers deter you
from doing so?
Has the Australian system of wool
grading been tried in your locality?
If so, with what success?
Did the government grading of wool
in 1918 give you information which
has helped you during the past year
Have cooperative wool sales been
tried in your locality? If so, with
what success?
What have been the effects on
sheep raising in your region of the
Enlarged and Stock Grazing Home
stead acts?
Wltt management of the public
lands would give the most aid to the
sheep industry?
Would such management of the
public lands retard the development
of the state by keeping out settlers?
Are there irrigated ranches in your
section which have flocks?
If so, describe briefly the flock
management-kind of forage used,
etc,
is a combination of sheep raising
with cattle or other live stock raising
successful in your section?
What do you consider the com
parative profitabeness of sheep and
cattle raising?
If you consider one more profitable
than the other give reasons why it Is
So
Which would be worth more to you
s cents more per pound for your wool
clip, or 2 cents per pound increase
(average for the Year, in the price Of
market lambs?
To what market do you ship your
lambs?
Will it, in your opinion, pay the
sheep men to lay more emphasis on
breeding for mutton qualities?
/ Which have been the two most
profitable years since 1910 for the
wool growers in your section?
Which were the two worst years?
Which was the more profitable
year 1918 or 1919?
Do you expect the price Of land to
keep on rising?
If the price of land keeps on going
up, is there any way the sheep man
can adapt himself to the situation and
remain in business?
the tariff commission has made a
detailed study of cost of production
of wool and it will not be necessary,
therefore, to go into this subject. In
the conference the commission desires
discussion of present general condi-
tons and tendencies from the grow
er'S standpoint