The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1921-08-07
livestock and
Growers

Luna county caftlemen experienced
losses during fully both from too little
rain ana too much of n. After losing
many read Of cattic from drouth
stockmcn north OF Dcmina In the
neighborhood OF Florida. Cooks Peak
and Fort cummins are reported 10
have lost several hundred head when
heavy rains flooded draws and ar
royas. Cattle weakened by tho drouth
had gathered In these draws for smell
ter from the storm and were unable
10 stem the floods. The Walter n.
Jones estate. the Hyatt outfit. j. a.
Kerr and the Albert findauer ranch
were reported ms the heaviest losers.
Tho rains, however. have been general
over Grant, Luna and HidaiRo ooun-
ties and that district has finally been
reclaimed after a disastrous drouth.
J. o. Curtis. OF Amarillo. Texas,
owner OF the Diamond Tail ranch,
In Roosevelt county. has recently sent
To that ranch a number OF fine reg
isicred bulls. OF these 20 mead were
purchased from v. ID. boa a Sons OF
Clnud. Texas. and In this number In
n herd bull said to be one Of the fin
est ever brought into the state. Ten
head OF yearling bulls were purchaa-
cd from W. r. Bennett OF Amarillo.
for use on the Diamond Tail ranch
which Curtis has owned for fifteen
years. during which time he has used
nothing but registered Hereford bulls.
The willard Record reports that
Howard PAYNE has restocked his
range neal that place with 1900 head
OF cattle purchased In Lincoln and
socorro counties.
More rain has fallen IN CoifaN
county during tho past eight weeks
ported, and as n result ranger In
that county are IN prime condition.
The Williams ranch near Artosia
shipped 400 head Of big steers to KAN
sas city last week.
An extensive campaign FOR the ppr-
posc OF acquaintlng the public with
/ the mohair industry and the uses to
which mohair products may be put
IL being planned by the Mohair
Growers association. made up large
~ OF goat raisers In New Mexico and
Texas.
The general public has no idea
81 the quality and purposes NJ mo-
hair as II In now produced" said II.
T.. TAYLOR, New Mexico president OF
the association. "a large variety Of
articles hat tn" average person
would call silk are made from mo-
hair. such ns the Persian rug which
are made In this country. plush for
Pullman seats. shnwlH. wigs for the
utricnl purposes and even santa Claus
whlskcrA"
Mohair goat raising Is a profitable
business The animals are eXcep-
tonaily hardy. They subsist on un-
I ~ .H.uan aHI HHHHANNH NmN
on q range ~ mountainsiue whcre
other annals would starve 10 death
Except In cnHes whore mohair is to
hc used In the muKing o. nnp snnwls.
Wigs. ctc.. the goats require lite at
tcntinn. Usunlly ono Mexican, en-
ployed Rt small wages. looks after a
large herd
The animals are shoarcd every nino
months and each time the yield II
large. They generally arc shcared
In the spring. which permits them to
grow q new crop Of wool through
the summer and tall and be- amply
protected Tor the next winter.
Where special attention N given
the growing N mohnir the greater
care II given the goats They are
washed regularly during the period
Of growth Of the wool. Otter IT re-
uuircs several months to get a growth
I NfMNNNNN. EANffNfNANNNfH u ~
TO elm the animal four or five times
before the wool ia glossy enough. In
washing the animal II II snaped care
fully. then dipped into n vat Of clear
water and rinscd. Thc wool i NOT
rubbed with the hands or by other
means except when the soaI u APP
pied After th" sonpiug process IN"
animal Is caught by tho back OF u
mock and the tail nud churncd up
and down In the water Each time
no L. lifted up the action of the wat
on on The sonpv wool straightcnF II u
md unfnnulcs H. When all the SOAP
h rinsod out the goat b. put down
fn shak, it.alf like q dog and dry
Tho wool then appears p"ritctN l'"n
and in it's curly natural state. There
,ly,,ys ig "A ready demand fur this
rir,n wool and the high price which
ID commands well rrpays The owners
fnr tho trouble 81 keeping the EuntA
.i,nn and for the additional smear
lnps that are necessary
NnrrnNimntc'v 200 million dollars
worth of silks are imported INTO inc
| United states oarh year. according I"
NJ Taylor u h. The aim "i ih' NO
hair Growers Hssnoihll"n' IN lIy WIS
ms of H. educational campaign. 10
hiring about the substitution 81 nom"
grown mohair products FOR this m
ported SILK.
In tn saturday morning npproNin-
1t,Iy 10000 hr nds had been regis
tered at the uffiDrN ut the Sew MEX
leo cattle sanitary board In thi- CITY
In compliance with the law nj IN" last
Legislature. recurring the rc-rccord-
ing uf brands. The brands had not
| been ~rc-rc,urdcd since 1919, when
| the last state brand book was issued.
| Thou4tnds of brands are likely tu he
| discontinued because they have be-
come inactive ur through failure Of
their owners to comply with the law
requiring rr-rocurding. II b. expect
ed that l new brand record Will he
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