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TABLE OF CONTENTS NEW MEXICO STOCKMAN Write or call: P.O. Box 7127 Albuquerque, New Mexico 87194 Fax: 505/998-6236 505/243-9515 E-mail: caren@aaalivestock.com Official publication of: ■

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EDITORIAL & ADVERTISING Publisher: Caren Cowan Publisher Emeritus: Chuck Stocks Office Manager: Marguerite Vensel Advertising Reps.: Chris Martinez, Melinda Martinez Contributing Editors: Carol Wilson Callie Gnatkowski-Gibson, William S. Previtti, Lee Pitts Photographer: Dee Bridgers

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High Input Cost, Federally Fixed Pricing... The Plight of Today’s Dairy Industry by Callie Gnatkowski Gibson

New Mexico History Museum

Cowboys Real & Impagined

“Horse Whisperer” Curt Pate At New Mexico Indian Livestock Days

Why Would I Entangle Myself in Another Agreement with the Government? by Doug Burger, Roswell Bureau of Land Management

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N.M. Cattle Growers’ Association President’s Letter

News Update

N.M. CowBelles Jingle Jangle

by José Varela Lopéz, President Elect

by Frank DuBois

N.M. Federal Lands Council News

Seedstock Guide

Real Estate Guide

Market Place

NMBC Bullhorn

Scatterin’ The Drive

New Mexico Livestock Board Update

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On the Edge of Common Sense

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Dear Fellow Members & Industry Supporters, he promise of spring, but also the end of the 60-day legislative session. On March 16th at noon, in accordance with the state constitution, lawmakers had completed their final actions in a flurry of activity. I was in the Senate gallery when Senate majority floor leader Michael Sanchez received word from the House of Representatives that declared the session “sine die”. I took a few moments to reflect on the preceding two months spent at the roundhouse in Santa Fe, and whether New Mexico Cattle Growers’ Association as an entity representing our industry and the diverse interests of our members, had been effective in our efforts to maintain our viability as the state’s oldest resource based family business. I came to the conclusion that we had been quite successful, both in terms of the bills we were actively engaged in promoting, and those that we were forced to oppose. I did come to the realization though, and many of you already knew this, that with each passing year it becomes more difficult to engage the more urban legislators in explaining how some of their legislative initiatives are harmful to rural land based people. It is heartening to know, however, that many of the veteran legislators still recognize our input to the economy and traditional values of this state. I also enjoyed having those initial interactions with many of the freshman legislators who were all interested in understanding issues that were sometimes unfamiliar to them. Of all the bills introduced this session, tallying 1,656 overall, fewer than 300 made it to the Governor’s desk for consideration. Governor Martinez has until April 5th to sign and veto bills. Anything not acted upon in that time period will be deemed a pocket veto. To see all the bills that passed both houses and are on the Governor’s desk please go to http://www.nmlegis.gov/lcs/legreports.aspx Of the bills that didn’t make it through the process, the animal cruelty bills were the hardest to oppose, since none of us wants or tolerates cruelty to animals. However, it appears that there is a general lack of understanding or knowledge regarding the vast differences between animal welfare and animal rights. Without question, we need to redouble our efforts to make sure everyone understands the two concepts are radically different. I was fortunate to have worked with a great team of folks, like Caren, Michelle, Zach and Joe Culbertson on a daily basis, as well as Nikki Hooser, Alfredo Roybal and Ernie Torrez who helped out frequently. I am also grateful to our dedicated bill readers who kept us focused on the legislation that was relevant to our industry efforts, allowing us to be more effective and efficient. I also realize that we received a whole lot of help from those of you who weren’t able to join us in Santa Fe, but helped out immensely when there was a need to reach out to your legislators directly on the many issues we were confronted with. Again, thank you for being there. Finally, I wanted to extend a special thanks to Michelle Frost for sticking with the team for her last rodeo, before moving to greener pastures on the east coast. We all wish her well. It has been an honor and a privilege to have served the membership or our great organization in Santa Fe during the last two years and I sincerely appreciate your confidence. Let us continue to pray for our families, friends and the much needed rain we all yearn for to replenish our grasses, stocktanks and hearts.

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High Input Cost, Federally Fixed Pricing & Lawsuits . . . The Plight of Today’s Dairy Industry by CALLIE GNATKOWSKI-GIBSON lthough times are tough – with an ongoing drought and ever-increasing feed costs not making things any easier – the $2.6 billion dairy industry is a

strong force in New Mexico and a big part of the state’s rural economy. Producers’ love of their livestock and way of life is what keeps them in the business, through good times and bad. “As dairy producers, just like anyone else in the ag business, we do it because we love it, it is a way of life,” said Luke Woelber, president of Dairy Producers of New Mexico (DPNM). “We do what we do not only to provide for ourselves but

for others, and there is a certain satisfaction in that. We affect so many peoples’ lives, and they don’t even know it.” Five years ago, there were 173 dairies in New Mexico, with an average herd size of 2000. Today, 142 dairies remain in business in the state, and their average herd size is 2,200, according to Walter Bradley with Dairy Farmers of America (DFA). In 2012, nine New Mexico dairies went out of business, and in 2013, three more have shut their doors. High Feed & Fuel

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milk is determined by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) using a complicated formula that was put in place years ago. “Producers here in the Southwest are getting hit harder than anywhere else in the nation. DPNM has been trying for some time to start the process of amending the federal milk marketing order to address the inequities in the system, and we’re now working with DFA and USDA to get that going.” The dairy industry is strictly regulated on both a state and federal level, and environmental compliance is a big part of the business. Dairy operators carefully monitor their groundwater protection, water quality and waste disposal, as well as their herd health and milk production – both to keep the operation profitable and to meet the various regulations.

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Despite this fact, since September of 2011 temporary nuisance lawsuits have been filed against eleven New Mexico dairies by out of state lawyers. The plaintiffs’ lead trial lawyers are Richard Middleton (Middleton Law Firm, Georgia) and Charles Speer (Speer Law Firm, Missouri) who in 2009 formed the “Center to Close and Expose Animal Factories.” These cases could be precedent-setting, since nuisance law has not been developed in New Mexico. The goal of the lawsuits seems to be to impose stricter environmental standards, and attorneys have stated that they intend to shut the dairies down. These attorneys have filed similar lawsuits in other states against other confined animal agriculture operations, like pork and poultry, at a huge cost to those involved. “They are starting out with dairies in New Mexico,” Bradley said. “Their claims against the operations involved, like flies, odor, dust and the sounds of equipment, are just part of normal agricultural operations.” Initially, the industry thought that New Mexico’s Right to Farm law protected against this type of lawsuit, but expert lawyers hired to defend against the lawsuits found big gaps in that law, Bradley explained. Right to Farm was put in place to protect the agricultural industry, and has for many years, but needs an update to preserve its original intent.

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this session. “The bottom line is, we were limiting attorneys’ ability to sue, and the trial attorneys did not like it and have a strong influence at the legislature,” Bradley explained. “We will go back in and work on educating legislators and legislative leadership on this issue, and work on the bill for next year. The dairy industry is

“Something has to be done if dairy is to remain a viable industry in this state. And if it doesn’t, these lawsuits could spread to other types of agriculture in the state, like ranching and farming – anything could be considered a nuisance.” ity is not creating an adverse affect to public health and safety, it could still be sued,” Bradley noted. It was a common-sense amendment to beef up the current law, Idsinga agreed. “If a facility is abiding by all federal, state and local laws and regulations, it would be protected.” Despite support from the agricultural industry, the legislation did not get passed

a large part of our economy and employs thousands of people, and we hope that legislators want to help protect that.” “The whole situation is disappointing,” Woelber said. “It’s sad that dairies can be sued just for doing business, and we’re very disappointed that the legislature couldn’t get something done during this continued on page 17

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60-day session to protect one of the largest industries in the state.” “Legislators don’t seem to understand the urgency of the issue, and what the ramifications could be if this kind of thing continues,” he continued. “Something has to be done if dairy is to remain a viable industry in this state. And if it doesn’t, these lawsuits could spread to other types of agriculture in the state, like ranching and farming – anything could be considered a nuisance.” On the national level, the industry is focusing on the Farm Bill, and the $17 billion that must be cut from farm programs, Bradley said. One concern is the Dairy Security Act, an industry-funded insurance program for the diary industry, which kicks in when the margin between feed costs and the milk price is at $6. “It is budget conscience and a benefit to the industry, so we’ll continue to push for the program.” While the Farm Bill also includes price support programs for the dairy industry, they don’t benefit New Mexico’s dairies, so aren’t a big issue. “Those programs don’t

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Hello Ladies, ell, spring is here and I hope it brings lots of showers to everyone all over the state, better yet just all over. We had a little bit of snow, every flake of snow or drop of rain counts. Having completed the district workshops, we saw lots of country, traveled 995 miles and few cattle. We had a good trip and the ladies shared great information for those in attendance. We have ladies who are passionate about beef. They are anxious to tell their story, and we should all appreciate each one for what they do for our industry and organization. Now, for you who were able attended these workshops I challenge each one of you to take this knowledge that was so graciously given to you, go forth and promote our great product beef. Take what you know, tell your story be it at local level, state fair or the Pumpkin Patch. It makes no difference where, just go to tell your story; you will be rewarded in a positive manner; just do it. Please give four hours at the State Fair or the Pumpkin Patch for the state CowBelle organization – when you figure there are 8,760 hours in a year that is not much. Promoting beef is not just educating others, but remember they also educate us on what we need to know about our product to talk to others.

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DATES TO REMEMBER April 15 – Pat Nowlin Scholarship Applications due to Anne Ferguson 25-27 – Region Vl Meeting – St. George, Utah May 1-3 – (WALK) Women in Agriculture, Las Cruces 3-5 – Region lV Meeting – Amarillo, Texas June-1 – Beef Ambassador Entry Deadline 15-17 – Summer Meeting, Albuquerque Embassy Suites, New Mexico CowBelle Mid-Year & Board of Directors Meeting, Beef Ambassador Contest

r u o Y m i Cl a P lace in ou r Histo ry onor New Mexico’s cowboys, cowgirls and great ranching families, and celebrate our state’s rich ranching history with an honor or memorial gift to the New Mexico State History Museum/ Palace of the Governors.

Through March 16, 2014, the museum tells an indelible story rooted in New Mexico. Cowboys Real & Imagined encompasses Spanish vaqueros, cattle drivers, outlaws, rodeo stars, Oliver Loving, Tom Mix, Fern Sawyer, and more. The exhibition includes artifacts, artwork and photographs celebrating the lives and times of the men and women who’ve fed our economy and our imaginations. Now you can claim a part of this history by honoring your favorite cowboy, cowgirl or ranching family with a gift of $100, $250 or $500 to the New Mexico History Museum.

Gifts will be acknowledged in upcoming issues of the New Mexico Stockman magazine. Together, we will paint a rich and detailed picture of the real men and women who created the legends and stories of the American West. To be included, please send your check to the Museum of New Mexico Foundation, P.O. Box 2065, Santa Fe, NM 87504. Please provide the full name and address of those you wish to honor as well as your name and address so we may acknowledge your contribution. You may also choose to honor cowboys or cowgirls who are deceased through a memorial tribute gift. We urge you to visit Cowboys Real & Imagined at your New Mexico History Museum in Santa Fe today. Please visit www.nmhistorymuseum.org for hours and directions. Thank you for your generous support and for sharing your personal history of cowboys and cowgirls in this great state!

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We know we have a challenge, if you are in the ranching business you must realize, there will always be a challenge when dealing with nature that is part of the ranching business. Part of being in agriculture is living with what is given to us, be it drought, high cost of feed or politics we have to deal with what is doled out to us. We are resilient and innovative to many challenges. We are not used to a real easy life. Quote from Linda Davis,” If you’ve lived it as long as I have, you learn to cope with it and be positive about it.” What an awesome woman, so gracious to spread her knowledge and wisdom with the younger generation. She is a legacy; we need to thank her for what she has contributed to the beef industry and appreciate what she has done in the state of New Mexico. Thank you, Mrs. Linda. We must stay positive; we need to keep our younger generation in the agriculture business. Another quote is from Cord McCoy, a PBR boy from Oklahoma. He says, “Fear Stops You. Courage keeps you

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going.” That is a good example of what younger people can do for all of us, we need a boost, and we need to stay positive. Take advice from the younger generation that is what our future depends on. I look and compare Linda and Cord, from different generations, but with the same goals. Keep positive, keep going, challenges need to be met, you can learn and you must keep moving forward no matter what the challenge. No matter what your goal is, strive for it, go forward and don’t let the chain be broken. – Sharon King, New Mexico CowBelle President The February meeting of the Luna County Borderbelles was held at Ranchers Grill on February 18, 2013. The group lost two Borderbelles on February 3, 2013 – Mary Ethyl Miller and Anita May. Sympathy cards have been sent and a $25 donation to the Pat Nowlin Scholarship fund will be sent as well. The Borderbelles will hold a drawing for a firearm for their scholarship fundraiser this year. The tickets will be $5 each and five for $20. The Borderbelles joined with Luna County 4-H and Luna County Farm and Livestock Bureau to emphasize the small amount food plays in citizen’s annual budget by celebrating food freedom day. They purchased beef to go along with a food drive by the county 4-H and other commodities purchased by Farm Bureau to donate to the Healing House, the local shelter for victims of domestic violence. The average family meets their annual food budget by the third week in February and that is compared to tax freedom day which occur about the first week of May. This nation’s tremendous, safe, economical food supply is truly a blessing. Borderbelles will again sponsor a buckle to be awarded to the youngest Steer Exhibitor at the Southwestern New Mexico State Fair. From the January meeting: Kim Allen reported the buckle was won by Maison Treadwell at the Southwestern New Mexico State Fair as the youngest steer showman. Installation of Officers: President – Beverly Butler, Vice President and Treasurer – MariAnne Treadwell, and Secretary and Reporter – Tamara Hurt. Borderbelles along with help from the City of Deming decorated the Windmill in the center of town with Christmas Lights. Respectfully submitted, Tamara Hurt, Reporter The meeting of the Chamiza CowBelles

was called to order on March 7, 2013 by President, Gloria Petersen, at the Elephant Butte Inn, with eight members in attendance. Regarding the scholarship application discussed at last meeting; Gloria revised, Anita reviewed and scholarship was submitted to the high school. The stipulation regarding usage of the scholarship within five years or eight semesters, whichever comes first, was omitted from the document submitted to the high school; but there is a reminder notation which accompanies the scholarship itself and the usage information will be included in this reminder. The group received invi-

tations to the upcoming District I meeting to be held in Lindrith. The district meeting in Carrizozo is closer in distance, and four members will attend the meeting hosted by the Canyon Cowbelles and the local will pay gas expenses. Cathy suggested the door prize be a cookbook and coffee mugs. Gloria announced Bonnie would again print beef raffle tickets which the group wants to do and voted to print them right away. The Women in Agriculture Leadership Conference is coming up in May in continued on page 22

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With 10 members present, Lariat CowBelles met March 13, at the Rabbit Ears Café. Minutes from the February meeting were read by Mary Coffman and approved. Treasurer’s Report was given by Mary Bleiker. A thank you note was received from the family of Verda Lawrence. Notes were received from the Pat Nowlin Memorial Scholarship Fund for memorials received in the names of Anna Brown and Verda Lawrence. Legislative alerts are being sent out via email to Lariat members to keep them updated on bill currently in legislation that affects the beef industry and agriculture. Pat Nowlin Scholarship Fund applications are due at the April 10th meeting. A Valentine’s Day card money collection was made with the money to be given to the family of Cindy Burns. The 5 States committees sign-up sheet was circulated. Kathryn Malcolm-Callis presented a video by the Beef Council with Fita Witte promoting CowBelles and the Beef Cook-Off that on CASA-TV from Albuquerque. The Union County Health Fair will take place on April 24. Members were encouraged to volunteer for two hour shifts. The WALC conference will be held May 1-3. Room reservations are due by April 8 for the special rate. The Region IV meeting will take place in Amarillo on May

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Las Cruces. Crystal Diamond encouraged all to attend this conference: 1) because the location is close; and 2) because it is informative, informal and lots of fun. The conference’s main events will be held on Thursday, May 2, which if attending just one day that is the day. If anyone knows of a young woman aged 15 to 20, there are funds available to pay her entire expenses. Also, there may be funds available to assist with gas or registration for any CowBelles wanting to attend. Nominees are needed for the Diamond in the Rough award. So far, only one nominee’s name has been received. Daisy suggested the CowBelles have a Mass said in memory of Liza Greer’s brother who passed away recently. However, there was additional discussion of ways to acknowledge future situations such as this. Any further action was tabled until a future meeting. Until then, we were all asked to think of ways to honor the deceased, including possibly making a donation to the cancer assistance program in the deceased person’s name. Gloria encouraged all of us to read, Read, READ our Stockman magazine. Submitted by Cathy Pierce

2-4. Deadline for registration is April 15 and is $50. The guest speaker was Angela Safranek of the U. S. Forest Service, who discussed native grasses and drought management. She explained the lifecycle of grass. She explained management of range grasses and the Kiowa Grasslands. Preparation for drought should include a change in stocking plan to preserve grasses. During drought watch the depth of soil moisture, residual vegetation and at what point in the growing season is the grass at. We are in ‘exceptional’ drought which occurs every 50 to 100 years. Once the drought breaks the best thing to do is leave the grass sufficient time to recover. The next regular meeting of Lariat CowBelles will be, April 10, at the Rabbit Ears Café. Respectfully submitted, Marianne Rose Reporter, Lariat CowBelles The Chuckwagon CowBelles met at Rutillio’s Restaurant in Los Lunas on March 12, 2013 with 19 members and one guest present. Russell Sullivan gave a presentation on real estate appraising. After his talk he fielded questions from the group. Bec Campbell then spoke on behalf of the banking side of appraisals. She said

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counts taken on those planning to attend the WALC meeting and the District Workshop. Ruth announced that Margie McKeen’s Ranch Days are scheduled for April 23 and 24 in Glenwood. Toni than gave an update on the horse slaughterhouse. She also mentioned water rights and the fact that there is a lot of “double-dipping” going on after agricultural rights are sold off of a piece of land and residential development begins. There was discussion about this. Respectfully submitted by Babbi Baker New Mexico CowBelles: Thank you to all who have submitted their news to “Jingle Jangle”. Please send minutes and/or newsletters to: Jingle Jangle, Janet Witte, 1860 Foxboro Ct., Las Cruces, NM 88007 or email: janetwitte@msn.com by the 14th of every month.

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droughts and snowstorms. Today, real cowboys sit uneasily in the saddle (or on the seat of an ATV, occasionally dubbed “a Japanese cutting horse”). Climate change has altered the range and dealt cattle-ranching a potential kill card. Even as popular culture delivers new-andimproved versions of a fanciful life on the range, Cowboys Real and Imagined asks a bare-boned question: Will the people who tamed that range survive? Using artifacts and photographs from its wide-ranging collections, along with loans from more than 100 people and museums, Cowboys Real and Imagined (April 14, 2013, through March 16, 2014) blends a chronological history of Southwestern cowboys with the rise of a manufactured mystique as at home on city streets as it is in a stockyard. Augmented by archival footage, oral histories, musical performances, and a programming series that includes showings of classic Western movies filmed in New Mexico, the exhibition anchors the cowboy story in the Land of Enchantment, a place that helped give birth to the real thing and, due to geographical and eco-

nomical factors, held onto it longer than most other states. “One of the reasons the cowboy myth has been so pervasive and long-lasting is because anybody could become a cowboy of sorts,” said guest curator B. Byron Price, director of the Charles M. Russell Center for the Study of Art of the American West at the University of Oklahoma and director of the University of Oklahoma Press. “It isn’t always what you wear, who you are, or what your attitude is. The exhibit asks: Who is a real cowboy?” In its search for an answer, Price said, the exhibit discovers that cowboy “is a verb, an adjective, a noun, an adverb.” Despite a career devoted to exploring the story of the cowboy, Price said he was amazed at what he found in the museum’s Palace of the Governors Photo Archives, including a small cache of glass-plate negatives. Made by Ella Wormser, the wife of a Jewish merchant, they may be the only visual evidence of trail drives making the transition toward rail transport. “I went crazy when I found (those),” he said. “She was the wife of a mercantile owner who came to Deming in 1895 and developed an interest in photography. Most significantly, she shot a series of

images that followed a roundup near Deming and driven to a railhead through a process of chutes. You cannot imagine how rare this series is. In one of them, you can see her skirt in shadow, along with the tripod and camera. “I’ve spent years studying this and I haven’t found any better material than here at the New Mexico History Museum. In N.M., because the old style of cowboying still prevails, that attracts photographers – contemporary photographers.” Modern-day shooters represented in the exhibit include Barbara Van Cleve, Lee Marmon, Donald Woodman, and Herbert A. Lotz. Other artifacts include cowboy clothing from the 1700s through contemporary times; the chuck wagon that fed cattle-driving cowboys of northeastern N.M.’s famed Bell Ranch; ephemera from the dude ranches that once speckled the state; and the ads that banked on cowboys to sell products. People who pop up through the exhibit include legendary Lea County cowgirl and rancher Fern Sawyer; singer Louise Massey; actor and film producer Tom Mix; Buck Taylor, “The King of the Cowboys”; Billy the Kid; artist Frederic continued on page 26

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Programming for Cowboys Real and Imagined

Enjoy lectures, classic cowboy movies and a Wild West Weekend throughout Cowboys Real and Imagined: Saturday, April 13, 6:30 p.m. – Members Preview. Museum of New Mexico Foundation members get a first peek at the exhibit and a chance to put on their best cowboy and cowgirl duds. To join, call 505/982-6366. Sunday, April 14 – Grand Opening. Visit the exhibit, enjoy refreshments and, at 2 p.m., hear a special presentation in the auditorium. Free with admission (Sundays free to NM residents). Friday, April 26, 6pm – Cowboy movie night: “Tom Mix and Ranch Life in the Great Southwest,” with journalist and film critic Jon Bowman. Besides the 1910 Ranch Life, see a showing of the 1915 short, Local Color, filmed in N.M.. Free. Sunday, May 5, 2pm – “I See By Your Outfit: Historic Cowboy Clothing,” a presentation by Emmy award-winning costume designer Cathy Smith. Smith’s lecture is an accurate and humorous look at the historical evolution of the American cowboy through photos of his costume, equipment and horses. Free with admission (Sundays free to NM residents). Friday, May 17, 6pm – Cowboy movie night: “An Introduction to The Hi-Lo County,” with Max Evans. Jim Harris, director of the Lea County Museum, talks with Evans about his storied career, including the making of movies from his works, with a showing The Hi Lo Country (1998). Free. Friday, July 19, 6 p.m. – Cowboy movie night: “Edward Abbey and Lonely Are the Brave,” with oral historian Jack Loeffler. Loeffler discusses his friendship with author Edward Abbey and the transformation of Abbey’s novel The Brave Cowboy into a 1962 icon of Western movies, filmed in and around Albuquerque. Free. Sunday, August 4, 2 p.m – “Pride in the Saddle in New Mexico: The Story of Gay Rodeo,” by Out West producer Gregory Hinton and photographer Blake Little. Hinton and Little talk about the history of gay rodeo in N.M. and Little’s rare collection of gay rodeo photographs taken from 1988-1992, when he was a champion bull rider in the International Gay Rodeo Association. Free with admission (Sundays free to NM residents).

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free daily). Friday, September 20, 6 p.m. – Cowboy movie night: “On the Trail of The Cowboys,” with journalist and film critic Robert Nott. Filmed at various locations in N.M. and elsewhere, The Cowboys (1972) is considered one of John Wayne’s greatest movies. Based on the William Dale Jennings’ novel, the movie follows a cattle drive from Montana to South Dakota with real “boys,” after the grown-up cowboys flee the range in search of gold. Free. Friday, November 15, 6 p.m. – Cowboy movie night: “Oh, to be a Cowboy,” with best-selling author David Morrell. Based on Frank Harris’s My Reminiscences as a Cowboy, the 1958 movie Cowboy stars Glenn Ford and Jack Lemmon. A Chicago hotel clerk dreams of life as a cowboy and gets his shot in a cattle-driving outfit. Not surprisingly, the tenderfoot finds out life on the range is neither what he expected nor what he’s been looking for. Considered the father of modern action novels, Morrell’s works include First Blood and the Rambo series, along with essays like “John

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The New Mexico History Museum is the newest addition to a campus that includes the Palace of the Governors, the oldest continuously occupied public building in the United States; Fray Angélico Chávez History Library; Palace of the Governors Photo Archives; the Press at the Palace of the Governors; and the Native American Artisans Program. Located at 113 Lincoln Ave., in Santa Fe, NM, it is a division of the Department of Cultural Affairs.

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plagues a man and his friends, who find renewal and purpose on a cattle-driving vacation, filmed at various locations in N.M.. Starring Billy Crystal and Jack Palance. Free. Cowboys Real and Imagined is generously supported by the Brindle Foundation; Burnett Foundation; Albert and Ethel Herzstein Charitable Foundation, Houston; Candace Good Jacobson in memory of Thomas Jefferson Good III; N.M. Humanities Council; Newman’s Own Foundation; Palace Guard; Eugenia Cowden Pettit and Michael Pettit; Jane and Charlie Gaillard; Moise Livestock Company; the N.M. Cattlegrowers’ Association; and the many contributors to the Director’s Leadership, Annual Education, and Exhibitions Development Funds.

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point source of pollution debate. Agriculture is generally considered to be a nonpoint source. In a 7-1 ruling (with Justice Breyer recused), the United States Supreme Court reversed a Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals decision that would have required public and private logging operations to obtain Clean Water Act discharge permits for storm water flowing from logging roads. The enviro’s suit alleged that run off from logging roads is industrial (point) pollution that requires a Clean Water Act permit. The Supreme Court disagreed, saying the EPA was within its authority in finding that Clean Water Act permits only apply to manufacturing, processing and storage in fixed locations, not to the harvest of raw materials from different areas. That part of the ruling is very important to agriculture. In finding for the EPA, the Court relied heavily on prior decisions granting government agencies substantial deference in interpreting regulations they have promulgated. Of interest here is the frustration many of us have expressed over this “deference” to federal agencies. Things may be changing on that front, as two of the justices, Roberts and Alito, openly invited a challenge to this practice by a subsequent lawsuit. On another roads issue a federal judge has handed a substantial victory to Utah and Kane County in a long-simmering dispute with the feds over whether some rural routes should remain in use as roads, or if they should be closed to the public. Based on an 1866 law the judge ruled twelve routes were roads and therefore still accessible by the public. The Salt Lake Tribune quotes Utah Attorney General John Swallows as saying the decision means “these historic public roads have and will continue to belong to the people of Utah.” Swallow also said the federal government’s refusal to recognize the routes as state and county roads had impeded routine maintenance and “damaged the economy and put motorists at risk”. That’s right. The feds would rather wreck the economy and put the public in danger than turn these lands over to local entities. Monument

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‘Horse Whisperer’ at New Mexico Indian Livestock Days in May he largest Native American livestock producer conference in the nation will have a special attraction this year. Curt Pate, a Montana cowboy who consulted on the 1998 Robert Redford film The Horse Whisperer, will be presenting a session on horse sense at the N.M. Indian Livestock Days, May 14-16 at the Route 66 Casino and Hotel in Albuquerque. The annual conference conducted by NMSU’s Cooperative Extension Service provides research-based information to livestock producers to help improve profitability of their herds. Pate will present a morning and an afternoon session on livestock handling methods used 100 years ago. His goal is to teach modern ranchers to use low-stress methods of handling livestock. Due to limited seating for Pate’s program, the first 150 participants to register will receive passes to the session. This year’s conference is expanding its session offerings by having three tracks of workshops on the second day. There will be an indoor, outdoor and home economics track that will give a wider variety of information. The conference will begin at 1 p.m. Tuesday, May 14, with a general session where participants will receive an update on the various U.S.D.A. programs, as well as a presentation on ranch bookkeeping and budgeting followed with a roundtable discussion of questions from the audience. Wednesday, May 15, will be a full day of presentations beginning at 8 a.m. Attendees will select workshops from the three tracks. Workshop sessions will include alternative feeds and drought management, the latest info about animal reproduction, how to produce quality meat, cattle handling, and a report on the wild horse roundups being conducted in the Navajo Nation. During the home economics track of workshops, NMSU Extension home economists will discuss food safety and food preservation through home canning and drying. The final day of the conference will be from 8 a.m. to noon Thursday, May 16. The general session will include a wrap-up of previous sessions by the presenters, a marketing roundtable discussion with members of the N.M Cattle Growers Association, and a presentation on the N.M. Youth Ranch Management Camp and the U.S. ■ Beef Academy by former campers.

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The Historic Fourr Ranch – Dragoon AZ: 225 Head Year-Long on 1200 Deeded Acres, State and Forest leases. Perfect mix of a functioning cattle ranch, rich history, and amazing headquarters. 4 Houses plus a main house and an indoor swimming pool. The ranch might be a guest ranch or large family estate. Asking $2,800,000 Split Rock Ranch – Paradise AZ.: 6,000 acres deeded, 200 head year long, State, BLM, Forest, Increased AG production could be developed, basic ranch housing, beautiful setting. Asking $3,631,800

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Villanueva Ranch south of Villanueva has 285 deeded acres + 4,450 acre NM state grazing lease. Fenced, dirt tanks, water storage tank & pipeline drinkers. Price reduced to $698,900 or will sell 9,024 total acres w/HQ house, bunkhouse, 3 wells, pipelines, working pens for $1,600,000 Call for details. La Cueva Canyon Ranch – 1,595 deeded acres w/240 acres of BLM. Scenic parcel has tall pines, canyon springs, dirt tanks, new fence on NE corner. Turkeys, deer & other native species abound. Priced reduced: Now $677,875 Owner will finance! Trigg’s Ranch – 720 deeded acres lies adjacent to La Cueva Canyon ranch on Apache Mesa. Good access & incredible views. Off the grid in the tall pines Priced at $306,000. Smaller 200 & 360 acre parcels available! Owners will finance... Ledoux, NM – Perimeter fenced 60 acre dry land terraced farm has overhead electric on site. Sub-irrigated pasture. Located ½ mile north of Ledoux. Price Reduced: $228,000 Dilia, NM – 35 acre fenced & irrigated farm for sale, 35 ac/ft water rights plus farm equipment. stocked fish pond, mobile home on site w/community water & septic. Price: $548,000 Anton Chico – 65 acre fenced irrigated farm has 100 + ac/ft ditch rights. HQ home on historic register. Bunkhouse, storage shed, shop + irrigation & some farm equipment go w/sale. Great value in this sale price! Priced below appraisal at $698,900 Jaymar Rd. Stanley, NM – 77 acre horse property has 3 pastures fenced & cross fenced, 1 trap, 3 loafing sheds, hay storage & tack room. Incredible views from HQ home. Priced reduced to $355,000 Owner will lease back. Near Roswell, NM – 58,000 acre cow operation available. Call for details.

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O’NEILL LAND, LLC P.O. Box 145, Cimarron, NM 87714 • 575/376-2341 • Fax: 575/376-2347 land@swranches.com • www.swranches.com Good inventory in the Miami, Springer, Maxwell and Cimarron area. Great year-round climate suitable for horses. Give yourself and your horses a break and come on up to the Cimarron Country.

Miami Horse Training Facility. Ideal horse training facility w/large 4 bedroom 3 bathroom approx 3,593 sq ft home, 248.32± deeded acres, 208 irrigation shares, 30' X 60' metal sided shop/ bunkhouse, 8 stall barn w/tack room, 7 stall barn w/storage, 10 stall open sided barn w/10 ft alley, 2 stall loafing shed, 14 11' x 24' Run-In Shelters, 135' Round Pen, Priefert six horse panel walker. Many more features & improvements. All you need for a serious horse operation in serious horse country of Miami New Mexico. Additional 150 acres available on south side of road. Miami is at the perfect year round horse training elevation of 6,200. Far enough south to have mostly mild winters. Convenient to I-25. Miami Horse Heaven. Very private approx. 4,800 sq. ft. double-walled adobe 4 bed., 3 bath home w/many custom features, 77.5± deeded acres & 77.25± water shares, large 7 stall horse barn, large insulated metal shop, large

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C6 RANCH – This ranch is located at Patagonia AZ. The ranch consists of 40 deeded acres & 8,000 plus acres National Forest Lease. This ranch is rated at 165 head annually. Great water system & good strong grass. Improvements include 1600 sq. ft. home built in 2006, barn & corrals. The Ranch has easy access to town & beautiful views. $725,000.

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NI Ranch Tombstone AZ – The Ranch consists of 6555 deeded acres and 6650 state lease, 250 head annually; all improvements are in top condition, the ranch is well watered with 8 wells, and pipelines. Good strong grass country. The Ni Ranch is one of the last working cattle ranches in the state with the majority of the land being deeded. Priced at $3,150,000. If you are looking to Buy or Sell a Ranch or Farm in Southwestern NM or Southern AZ give us a call:

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Southwest New Mexico Farms and Ranches 5.34 ACRE FARM – with EBID located off Sayles Road in Mesquite, NM. Great little farm for your dream home. Horses or 4-H animals allowed. Telephone & electric available. Owner financing available. Pri ced at $119,000 MAHONEY PARK – Just 10 miles southeast of Deming, N.M. The property consists of approx. 800 acres Deeded, 560 acres State Lease, & 900 acres BLM. This historic property is located high up in the Florida Mountains & features a park like setting, covered in deep grasses with plentiful oak & juniper covered canyons. The cattle allotment would be approx. 30 head (AUYL). Wildlife includes deer, ibex, javalina, quail & dove. This rare jewel would make a great little ranch with views & a home site second to none. Pri ce reduced to $550,000. SAN JUAN RANCH – Located 15 miles south of Deming, N.M. east of Highway 11 (Columbus Highway) on CR-11. Approximately 24,064 acres consisting of approximately 2684 acres Deeded, 3240 State Lease, 13,460 BLM, & 4,680 uncontrolled. The cattle allotment would be approx. 183 head (AUYL). There are 6 solar powered stock wells with metal storage tanks & approximately 6½ miles pipeline. The ranch has a very diverse landscape consisting of high mountain peaks, deep juniper & oak covered canyons, mountain foothills & desert grasslands. There is plentiful wildlife including deer, ibex, javalina, quail & dove. A trul y great b uy! Pri ce reduced to $550,000. 27.50 Acre Farm – Consists of 3 tracts – 8 Acres, 8 Acres, & 11.5 Acres – will sell separately. Full EBID & shared irrigation well. Community water, electric, telephone & gas on Camunez Road to adjoining property. Beautiful farm land, great mountain & valley views. Take Highway 28 south to San Miguel, east or left on Highway 192, first right or south on Las Colmenas, then left or east on Camunez to end of pavement. Pri ced at $467,000. Arrington Ranch – Located just west of Las Cruces, NM, between Highway 70 and Afton Road on County Road B006. 182 head permit. 81 acres deeded, approximately 3090 state lease and 32,760 acres BLM (approximately 37,508 acres total). 5 pastures, 4 wells and 2 dirt tanks. 1940 adobe home with 3 bedrooms, 2 baths and 1526 square feet. Reasonably priced at $450,000.

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Fancher Ranch – Located southwest of Las Cruces, NM off Afton Road. 198 head permit, 210 acres deeded, 19,224 acres BLM and 4666 acres state land. 2 pastures, 3 wells, 1900 square foot home with 3 bedrooms and 2 baths, bunk house, green house, horse barn, corrals, round pen, etc. Income from cell tower. Easy access - 45 minutes from El Paso and Las Cruces. $600,000.

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MOLERES RANCH • 11,733 Deeded acres. (18½ deeded sections, 1 section State of NM) Located 53 miles north of Milan, NM. • Nice cattle producing ranch. 3 large fenced pastures. 3 smaller traps, all watering off the headquarters. Year round operation or good winter country. • Native grasses consist of galleta, blue grama, Indian rice grass, alkali sacaton and also fourwing saltbush. Partially wooded in pinon/juniper. Small sandstone mesas and outcroppings. Amazing Mesa top ruins with kivas and rooms. Near Chaco Canyon National Historical Park. • 4 producing windmill wells. Pumping from 250’ to 500’. 9 pit dirt tanks strategically placed throughout the ranch. Great water storage. 4 miles of pipeline. • Wildlife consists of Elk, Mule Deer, Antelope, Quail and Rabbits. Ranch received 2 Bull Elk tags and 2 Cow Elk tags in 2012. • Modest headquarters: Ranch house with kitchen, den and bunking quarters. 30x40 metal sided barn/ hay storage/tack Corrals with guard rail, squeeze chute, and certified scales/house, semi chute/ramp. • Call for pricing, photos and brochure. HOWARD MICHAEL, QUALIFYING BROKER Coldwell Banker Legacy 617 W. Santa Fe Ave., Grants, NM 87020 Office 505-876-2222 • Cell 505-290-0761 Email: howmi@7cities.net Website: www.coldwellbankerlegacy.com/ howard.michael Serving NW New Mexico, ranch, recreational, residential & commercial real estate for sellers & buyers!

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RANCHES/FARMS *NEW* 500 Head Ranch, Tucson, AZ Well improved HQ with 3 homes, pool, barns, corrals, airplane hanger & strip. State & BLM grazing leases. 80 Deeded Acres. $2,380,000. Owner may split. *R ED UCED* 52 He ad Ranch, San Simon, AZ – Indian Springs Ranch, pristine & private, only 12 miles from I-10. Bighorn sheep, ruins, pictographs. 1480 acres of deeded, 52 head, BLM lease, historic rock house, new cabin, springs, wells. $1,300,000 Terms. *NEW* San Simon, AZ – Indian Springs Farm 162 acres w/pivot, nice home, hay barn other utility buildings. $750,000 *NO W RED UCED TO $ 780 ,0 00* +/-128 Head Flying Diamond Ranch, Klondyke, AZ +/-1500 deeded acres, State & (2) USFS Grazing Leases. Main residence, guesthouse, barn, hay barn, & corrals at HQ. Good access, in a great location. 335 Head Ranch, Greenlee County, AZ – Near Double Circle Ranch. +/- 20 Deeded acres, w/two homes, barn & outbuildings. 58 Sections USFS grazing permit. Good vehicular access to the ranch – otherwise this is a horseback ranch. Scenic, great outfitters prospect. $850,000 *REDUCED to $350,000* +/- 60 Head Cattle Ranch Bisbee/McNeal, AZ – grazing leases HQ on 244 acres of private land including log home, bunk house, corrals, hay barn, well, arena, tack house & storage sheds. Purchase HQ on 966 acres & le as e for $500,000. *REDUCED* Young, AZ, 65+ Acres – Under the Mogollon Rim, small town charm & mountain views. 2100 s.f., 3 BR, 2 Bath home, 2 BR cabin, historic rock home currently a museum, shop, & barn. Excellent opportunity for horse farm, bed & breakfast, or land development.

+/- 65 acres for $1,070,000; home & other improvements. $424,500. *REDUCED to $240,000* Santa Teresa Mtns, Fort Thomas, AZ – 200 acre Plus 17 head BLM allotment, private retreat, two wells. Very remote & extremely scenic w/sycamores, cottonwoods & beautiful rock formations. $285,000 Terms.

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*NEW* 316 Head Ranch, near Socorro, NM, +/-2663 scenic acres of deeded, 1917 acres NM State lease, 24,582 acres BLM. Solid working, cattle ranch in a good location w/excellent access. Good mix of browse & grass. 140,000 gallons of water storage, pipelines, wells, dirt tanks. HQ w/home, good corrals, in the foothills of the Ladron Mtns. $1,400,000 *NEW* Virden, NM +/-78 Acre Farm, with 49+ acres of irrigation rights. 3 BR, 2 Bath site built home, shop, hay barn, 8 stall horse barn, unique round pen with adjoining shaded pens, roping arena. Scenic setting along the Gila River. Great set up for raising horses also suitable for cattle, hay, pecans, or pistachios, $650,000 *NEW* +/- 50 Head Ranch, Virden, NM – 367 Deeded acres, 4,000 acres BLM, nice HQ w/home, barn, corrals, along two miles of the beautiful Gila River. $525,000 *REDUCED* Franklin, NM, 28 Acre Farm – Franklin, NM, 28 Acre Farm – 19 Acres of water rights from Franklin I.D., 5 BR, 3 bath Mfg. home, corrals, barn. Great for small farming operation, horses or cattle. Along the scenic Gila River. $125,000 Terms. HORSE PROPERTIES/LAND *NEW* +/- 480 Acres Oracle, AZ – One

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trenches for chickens ■ Install, or allow the installation of, fence makers along fences that cross through occupied habitat within 2 miles of an active lek ■ Improve or maintain lands as suitable LPC habitat for the duration of the agreement ■ Adhere to rangeland and grazing stipulations required by the BLM’s 2008 Resource Management Plan Amendment at a minimum for ranch operations The above bulleted items are included in a Certificate of Inclusion that you would sign when you enroll your ranch in a CCAA. These items are already approved by the FWS, so if they decide to list the bird as threatened, the FWS will leave you alone as long as you are living up to your end of the agreement. You won’t have to go through consultation with the FWS to make a change at your ranch. This is a plus because consultation can take anywhere from two to 12 months, depending on the workload at the FWS. The CCAA acts like an insurance policy similar to what many people have on the vehicles and homes. In this case, the insurance protects you from the red tape of consultation under the Endangered Species Act. The premium is paid by managing the ranch as agreed to in the Certificate of Inclusion. “Sounds too good to be true,” you say. “What do I have to give up?” By voluntarily signing the Certificate of Inclusion there are a three management options you would agree to forego. They are: ■ No leasing of lands to wind power development (including any appurtenant turbine towers, roads, fences, or power lines) ■ No leasing any lands to oil and gas development (including roads, fences, or power lines), where the private land holder has discretion (owns the minerals) ■ No conversion to crop production (sodbusting) or development as part of maintaining existing LPC habitat Did I mention the CCAAs are voluntary agreements? Entering into a CCAA and signing the Certificate of Inclusion is the landowner’s choice to make. Similarly, un-enrolling in a CCAA is always the option of the rancher as well. By enrolling in a CCAA you agree to let biologists from the FWS, the NM Department of Game and Fish, or the Center for continued on page 57

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The Question Mark Outfit by CURTIS FORT

n 1978 I felt that I needed to try the art game, and I wanted to drift back to the hills. My uncle Buddy Fort offered me the use of his home in the Hondo Valley. He lived in Midland, Texas, and would go to Tinnie on weekends to play polo. So I moved there, exercised his polo mounts every morning and worked on sculpture the rest of the day. Mr. and Mrs. Titsworth, who had the gas station across the road, let me use a small house as my studio. It was a good summer, with lots of rain, and I like that Hondo Valley. My friend Carl Lane Johnson of the Nine outfit at Tatum, had bought a ranch at Carrizozo a few years before, and he knew I missed working cattle. Carl sent word to come help them brand for several days in June. So I took my bed and saddle and headed for the Question Mark outfit, west of Carrizozo. They had been branding a couple days when I got to headquarters late one afternoon. It was cool and pleasant there on the lawn after another hot day, and Carl and Larry were planning the next day’s works. Carl’s twins Jarrod, and Justin, along with their sister, Melanie, were rolling out their cowboy beds. Another cowpuncher or two had beds and were sitting on them enjoying one more cigarette before rolling in. It doesn’t take long to spend the night on a Lane-Johnson outfit. Besides cutting a new man a string of horses, they give him a lantern and tell him he will catch up on sleep this winter. Larry Dean, who ran the outfit for Carl, met me at the yard gate and made me feel very welcome. Larry worked very hard and kept that outfit in good shape. I threw my bed over in one corner of the yard, Larry and I rolled a smoke and visited. To this day, thirty-five years later, he’s one of my best friends. Larry was raised on his folks’ outfit up around Wall, South Dakota, and all he craved was punchin’ cows. After he did a

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stint in the army, he was working for an outfit in Montana. It seems they had kinfolk who had ranches in New Mexico, and said if he ever wanted to go down there they’d tell him who to call. He decided it would be a good adventure so he took them up on the offer. A month later he had his bed, saddle and all in his pickup, and headed south for the Land of Enchantment and a ranch job at Magdalena. He said it was a long way, and the closest he came to turning around was south of Belen, when he saw that sorry country. He was really wondering what the word “enchantment” meant. After working that Magdalena country for a while, he met Carl Lane and came to the Question Mark, named for the brand Carl acquired for the ranch from his father, Carl A Johnson. That brand is still used by Jarrod on his range at Caprock, New Mexico. Larry and I have put out a lot of tracks together on different ranges, and hung our saddles and wet saddle blankets on the corral fence at many camps. We know so much on each other, that if Larry gets to be Governor, I’m a good bet for Secretary of State. The question Mark was a cowboy deal just like all the Lane-Johnson holdings. They scattered the drive way before light, and if a critter tried to run off, they had him caught and back in the drive in no time . . . with a little dirt in his eye, and a changed attitude! Every roundup was held against a fence and worked on horseback. The horses were good, stout, well-bred quarter horses with good withers and long legs. They were tough and could make the outside circle on those big pastures. As on any cowboy deal like the Lane-Johnson holdings, there have been many a puncher who got a new crease in his sombrero from having his head stuck in the ground by those horses! They kept a band of mares and a stud at their Diamond-half ranch west of Jal, New Mexico. Justin uses that

diamond-half brand on his range today. I remember going with Larry that fall to the Jal outfit, having lunch at the Double X camp with Carl Lane’s Father, Carl A. We loaded up a bunch of good, weaned colts to bring to the question Mark. As with all real cowboy outfits, the LaneJohnson ranches believe that wet saddle blankets make good mounts, and I agree. They had those tiger-striped cows, handled them a horseback, calved their heifers a horseback, and had no problem with those cattle. It was always fun working those high-horned cows who had a mind of their own, and would sure test you on the drive or in the corral. But they raised a calf, and hustled a living in that desert range. Larry would start putting out protein blocks around the first of the year. With some winter moisture, those cattle would quit the blocks on their own by March and hustle those winter weeds and spring grass. Most cattle I’d seen would just wait for the cake wagon and get poorer. I decided then, if I ever got to own or run a place, I’d have those horned, tiger-striped cows with Charolais and Beefmaster bulls on them. They’ll sure raise a big calf, on a lot of different ranges. Larry and Carl neighbored with a lot of good folks, including Sterling Spencer, of the Bar W Ranch, which was acquired by his great-granddad, William C. McDonald, around 1911. Governor McDonald was New Mexico’s first governor when we achieved statehood in 1912. That fall we helped Sterling several times. One day, after weaning a bunch of calves, sorting and weighing them, then eating a big noon meal at headquarters, we were going to take two bunches of cows in two directions, as the trucks hadn’t arrived. Most of y’all know it’s a chore to drive cows away from their calves. Larry and a few cowboys continued on page 51

Scatterin’ started east to cross the Corona Highway with 200 cows. I was at the corrals with Sterling and couple others, fixing to take another herd south. We looked up and they had spilled them, so Sterling told me and Sammy to go help. I rode by the ranch shop, picked up a couple of cans and put rocks in them. We threw those cows back together and started them east again, down the fence. I handed a can to Larry and we built a fire in that herd rattling those cans. It’s amazing how that disturbs even gentle stock. We had that herd flying when we crossed the highway. Sammy and I pulled up to shut the gate, while Larry and the crew kept the herd going. Up roared a red sports car with New York license plate, that had thankfully stopped as we flew across the highway. A blonde gal jumped out of the car with her camera, and asked if we could do that again. As we mounted, Sammy politely tipped his big black sombrero and said, “No ma’am, but come back this time next year and we’ll do it again!” As Sammy and I hit a lope to catch up with the herd, we had a good laugh. Life was good punching cows in the Carrizozo range!

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Larry Dean riding Sandy. North pens on the Question Mark, 1980.

Other outfits Larry neighbored with, were Tony Gable; Duncan Major from the Monte Prieto outfit; Jim, and his son Loren Patterson from the Orndorf Ranch north of Bingham; Bob Curtiss, Rabbit Ward, Sammy Roper, and Preston Stone from north of Capitan; and Morgan Maxwell, Windell Wells, and Ernest Copeland from that Claunch range. Carl’s twins were typical boys and craved cowpunchin’, as did their sis, Melanie, who was a good hand, but added a little sweetness to offset the boys’ snails and dog tails! Good ol’ Carl Holden would help cook, or drive the spraying rig. He was older and raised in the Caballo Mountains on the Rio Grande.

One morning at breakfast that fall of ‘78, he said they drilled a well on the Armendaris which was so strong, that when they put the pipe in and a valve at the top, it pushed the pipe out of the well. One of the hands had to climb up the pipe 20 ft. and open the valve so it’d go back down! Maybe he stretched them a little. By that fall I wound up making the Question Mark my headquarters, as I was lonely and afoot. Thanks to the Question Mark, I had a home and good mounts. That’s a time I’ll never forget, and since then I have tried to help someone that’s having a hard time the way Carl Lane and ■ Larry helped me.

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Industry Protection and Law Enforcement ating back to the late 1800s, the New Mexico Livestock Board ((NMLB) then known as the Cattle Sanitary Board), employed sworn peace officers to handle livestock theft. Today the need for well trained law enforcement officers is even more crucial. Theft is still present, but foreign animal disease, border security, livestock abuse and cruelty, natural disaster relief and bio-security threats are ever increasing. The demands on our officers to respond to these events are quite challenging. We must adhere to the same strict standards of training hours as other law enforcement agencies and maintain certifications in a variety of cruelty, rescue, Homeland Security and bio security applications. Due to this diversity in training, our agency has been called upon to assist in disaster relief like Hurricane Katrina, the Los Conchas Fire, the WhitewaterBaldy fire, and many more. At the basis of this training and commission as law enforcement officer is the ability to protect the industry’s livestock in ownership, welfare and disease prevention.

A Profile of the New Mexico Livestock Board’s Law Enforcement Division

The NMLB has 29 certified law enforcement officers. As new officers are employed, their abilities are assessed, then they apply to attend the Department of Public Safety Law Enforcement Academy in Santa Fe. The Basic Academy

Basic police officer classes usually have 50 cadets from police and sheriffs offices statewide. There are also Game and Fish Officers, Tribal Officers, and Parks and Recreations Officers. At this time, there is one NMLB individual at the law enforcement academy, scheduled to graduate in June. Paul Leonard is now half way through class number 185, and is the only livestock inspector in the class. His instructors 52

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reported about a week ago that he has a high grade point average, above 90%, and is excelling in all areas of his evaluation. Our inspectors generally receive these types of compliments and are held to a higher standard by the NMLB. There are five waiting to attend the academy. Funds are the major obstacle in that process. It takes about $10,000 to get an inspector through the course. ■ $5,000 for room and board ■ $5,000 for equipment, psychological and medical evaluations, CPR and first Aid courses, firearms training, and uniforms Blocks of instruction include: basic firearms, case presentation, report writing, defense tactics, domestic issues, crisis management, and principles of criminal investigations. All certified inspectors attended this basic police academy in the first or second year of their careers. This academy is 824 hours of law enforcement training to include classroom, range, gym, and driving track training. The entry into the academy is no easy feat. The pre-assessment is a mile and a half run, a 300 meter run, sit-ups and pushups, all with required standards for time and numbers. In Service Training

This includes many of the blocks of instruction listed above. To keep our officer certifications, we must complete 40 hours of training every two years and qualify with our duty weapons once every year. The specific requirements for in service training are continually increasing. Ten years ago you needed the forty hours, but only 8 hours of legal updates were mandatory. The rest of the 32 hours could be filled with any DPS accredited class. Now, inspectors must complete a mandatory 22 hours of legal updates. These hours are: ■ Domestic Violence ■ Legal Update ■ Ensuring Child Safety on Parental Arrest ■ Safe Pursuit ■ Biennial Firearms Training ■ Hate Crimes ■ Investigating Child Abuse ■ Missing Persons and Amber Alert ■ Interactions with Persons with Mental Impairments Due to the increase in mandatory training requirements, costs to the agency also are increasing. These costs include: ■ Ammunition for firearms training ■ Class rooms/ training areas/ firearm ranges

Travel costs for inspectors Contracting instructors for specialized classes; ie. Interactions with Persons with Mental Impairments ■ Costs of getting inspectors certified to teach classes ■ Materials for classes ■ ■

Specialized Training

Specialized training hours include those offered by Department of Homeland Security, FEMA, USDA Animal Plant Health and Inspection, International Livestock Identification Association, and other associated animal rescue and welfare organizations. These hours comprise an additional 10-20 hours a year and also assess fees for attendance and travel. Without these specialized training courses, the inspectors would be unable to respond to unusual incidences regarding livestock welfare and disease. Inspectors’ Activity

On most days, inspectors show up at a producer’s ranch, feedlot, dairy, or sale barn, exchange a “good morning” or “afternoon”, and a routine inspection takes place. The livestock are presented for inspection, they are inspected, and a form is issued. While this takes place, conversation usually includes the need for rain, cattle prices and community and personal concerns. Spend a day with an inspector, and you will learn that law enforcement cases and investigations are just as much a part of their time as the routine inspection. The lessons learned at the academy and during in service trainings are invaluable to an inspector, and cases are made or lost by inspectors’ efficiency in investigating, documenting, and presenting the facts in a court of law. Often it takes hours of researching the statutes, writing reports, and effectively communicating with district attorneys to solidify the cases. Animal cruelty cases are at the forefront of our law enforcement actions these days, but there are plenty of transportation and brand violations, and even larceny cases to consume the inspectors time. All of these cases come with a mountain of reports, photographs, recorded and written statements, gathering of evidence, search and seizure warrants, arrest warrants, and criminal complaints. These need direction from supervisors, district attorneys, and many times, assistance from other law enforcement agencies continued on page 53

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when the investigations lead an inspector to areas outside of our normal concern. In 2012, inspectors found themselves in several cases involving drugs, forgeries, racketeering, child abuse and money laundering. The inspector will tell you that these cases all have one commonality: the need for continued, quality training. It also takes funding. The Livestock Board, like all other state agencies, is always expected to be diligent with budgeted funds. Training costs are a necessary part of that budget, and one where corners cannot be cut. Liability in law enforcement is always on the rise. During almost any interaction with an offender, an inspector is subject to civil suit if he or she acts outside of policy and statute. The Agency is also subject to suit, especially if it can be proven the inspector acted inappropriately due to lack of training. In the middle of March, 12 certified inspectors, including Interim Executive Director Ray Baca, met in Raton, NM at the NRA Whittington Center to address these training needs. In a two day period, instruction was given on domestic violence, ensuring child safety upon parental arrest, safe pursuit, hate crimes, missing persons and amber alerts, investigating child abuse, legal updates, and day and night firearms training. The firearms portion of the training lasted well into the dark hours, meeting the requirements of DPS for low light training. Inspectors worked on speed and tactical reloads, shotgun training, malfunction clearances, the four step draw, and the seven fundamentals of marksmanship. Some competitive type shooting was done to reinforce the training and make the day a little more fun. Inspectors shot a course with three reloads and five targets. This course forced the inspectors to shoot and reload on the move, with some of the fastest times in the 20 seconds range. During the classroom instruction, the inspectors were able to discuss the laws, cases they had worked, and the relevancy of the subject matter to their jobs. In every class, inspectors were able to recall recent cases that involved the topic of instruction. That element of the class is, many times, much more important than the material being covered, as it brings a sense of reality to the training. In this era of increasing liabilities, law suits, and detailed examinations of all police officer actions, our inspectors need to be well trained, adequately equipped,

and supported. In officer negligence cases, the term “duty to protect is assumed” means that if an inspector witnesses a crime or one about to be committed, he or she is obligated to act, regardless of whether or not if they are on duty, or in the scope of their agency mission. The NMLB is obligated to make sure its inspectors are adequately trained, not just to mitigate liability, more importantly, to ensure its inspectors get home to their families safely each night. ■

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seventh member of the Commission will be named by Gov. Susana Martinez. Bidegain works at T4 Cattle Company, a family-owned and operated cattle ranch. He also serves on the New Mexico Cattle Growers’ Association Board of Directors. He holds a Bachelor of Business degree in Accounting and a Bachelor of Arts degree in General Studies from West Texas A&M University. His term on the Commission expires December 31, 2014. The State Game Commission is composed of seven members who represent the state’s diverse interests in wildlife-associated recreation and conservation. Members are appointed by the governor and subject ■ to confirmation by the state Senate. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the following described estray animals have been taken under the provisions of Chapter 77, Article 13 of New Mexico Statutes Annotated 1978, and sold for the benefit of the owners of said estrays as provided by law. The proceeds will be subject to claims and proof of ownership as provided by law. New Mexico Livestock Board Ray Baca, Interim Director · Albuquerque, N.M. All current estrays can now be found on the New Mexico Livestock Board website at www.nmlbonline.com. Lost, missing and stolen reports will be available on our website for 30 days.

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and national media are reporting President Obama is going to bypass Congress and designate five national monuments, one of which is in New Mexico. The media reports he will use the Antiquities Act to designate the Rio Grande del Norte National Monument consisting of 240,000 acres in Taos and Rio Arriba counties. The official proclamation is not yet available, so I can’t comment on the language in the document, but similar proclamations in the recent past have caused problems for livestock grazing. I’ll have more on that next time. Till then, be a nuisance to the devil and don’t forget to check that cinch. Frank DuBois was the NM Secretary of Agriculture from 1988 to 2003, is the author of a blog: The Westerner (www.thewesterner.blogspot.com) and is the founder of The DuBois Rodeo Scholarship (http://www.nmsu.edu/~duboisrodeo/).

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“Pete Knight Jeen – First Bobbi KingOLSON of the Cowboys” ennsylvania – an unlikely birthplace for a world-class bronc rider. However, that is exactly where Charles Peter “Pete” Knight was born on May 5, 1903. He was the last of six children born to William and Katherine Knight of Philadelphia. Known as one of the top bronc riders from the early days of rodeo, historian Willard Porter once wrote that Knight’s fellow cowboys remembered “. . . there was only one kind of horse that bothered him – the kind that wouldn’t buck!” Rodeo great Herman Linder agreed, “He was the best rider I ever saw because he rode steadier on harder horses.” “The rougher the mount, the better he rode,” said the first official (1929) All-around Champion of the World, Earl Thode. Above all however, Knight was known as a great human being. Humble and down to earth – in spite of his legendary status. A friend to all. He had adoring fans and friends across the North American Continent. As a young boy, Pete’s family moved from Pennsylvania to Oklahoma where they were originally looked upon as “city

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slickers.” The barb did not follow them long as they successfully worked Pete’s granddad’s homestead – becoming stockmen. Then they relocated to Crossfield, Alberta Canada after Pete’s father saw an advertisement for cheap farmland at the Oklahoma State Fair put out by the Canadian Government. They were looking for Americans willing Pete Knight’s last and fatal ride. to give it a try. Canada is where Pete learned to ride umphs which followed. By the time he was bucking horses. He learned real good and twenty, he decided on a career as a profeseventually became known as “The King of sional rough stock rider and followed the Cowboys” – long before Roy Rogers. rodeo until his death. Popular singer from the day, Wilf Carter, An interesting fact about Pete is at least wrote a song naming Pete the King. He three different times he tried to stay became a legend in his own time. aboard the great bucking horse, Midnight. Pete’s career started when he entered The records of these rides are hazy, but it his hometown rodeo at the age of fifteen, was considered a match between the best winning second place – no small feat as bronc and bronc rider of the day. some of the best Canadian and American In Montreal, 1926, Pete drew Midnight, bronc riders of the day were entered. This and managed to remain in the saddle for first experience set the stage for many tri- about eight seconds. Possibly a qualified ride by today’s standards, but back then it required ten. Another contest highly remembered was in Cheyenne, 1932. For seven long seconds Pete rode to Midnight. Then the horse really turned it on and Pete ended up in the dirt. Friends claimed he had ridden the ten seconds required to win, but the ride was unofficial. There is no mention in the record books of Pete ever besting Midnight, but the stories have ! # grown to legendary status throughout the $ years. There are even songs and poems written about the duo. In 1936, when Midnight died, riders bought him a monument befitting the champion and placed it over his grave in Colorado. They composed this epitaph for the famous bronc: “Underneath this sod lies a great bucking hoss. There never lived a cowboy he couldn’t toss.

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His name was Midnight, his coat black as coal. If there’s a hoss heaven, please, God, rest his soul.” Knight rode in Wild West Shows and Rodeos across the United States and Canada. One such show he attended was the Boston Garden rodeo in 1936 and this forever wrote his name in Rodeo history. He bravely became one of the sixty-one men who signed the famous “strike” document and walked out of performing at that night’s show. The Cowboy Turtle’s Association was eventually formed as a result. It was the predecessor of today’s Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association. Pete was involved in the fledgling association. Pete won Saddle Bronc riding World Championships in the Rodeo Association of America (eventually absorbed by the Turtle’s Association) in 1932, ‘33, ‘35, and ‘36. He also won the Prince of Wales Cup three times which was awarded to the rider who won the Canadian and American Championship at Calgary. He met and married Ida Lee “Babe” Avant, of Hot Springs, Arkansas in 1932, taking his new bride on the rodeo trail with him. The couple had a daughter in 1934 named Deanna who was only three at the time of Pete’s untimely demise. He died from a fatal injury sustained beneath the hooves of a rank, bucking horse named Duster at the Hayward, California rodeo on May 23, 1937. As he stumbled from the arena, he knew he was hurt.

He died in the hospital a little while later from injuries sustained when a broken rib punctured his liver. Pete’s funeral received a tribute from every provincial government in Canada and from more than three quarters of the United States. Pete, being born an American, but spending most of his life with a Canadian address (he lived near Denver, Colorado at the time of his death), and having rodeoed and performed extensively throughout the US and Canada, had an extensive following of fans and friends. It was recorded that tens of thousands mourned his death. Guy Weadick, founder of the Calgary Stampede, called him “the greatest bronc rider of them all,” and, in spite of Knight’s later success, he was still “the same unassuming boy that he had been when first I saw him ride at that little, one-day show.” (Pete’s first rodeo at Crossfield, Alberta in 1918.) Pete Knight was inducted into the National Cowboy Hall of Fame in 1958 and in 1981 became the first inductee into the Canadian Rodeo Hall of Fame. In 1977, Crossfield, Alberta started “Pete Knight Day,” which has become an annual event ■ and rodeo.

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intended. In no particular order, there are many legislators who deserve our special appreciation. Senate President Pro Temp Mary Kay Papen carried the railroad fencing bill that enhances penalties for railroads not keeping their fences up. That bill passed two House and two Senate Committees with only one (1) negative vote. The resistance was cured when the bill went to the Senate Floor. Committee Chairmen George Dodge (House Ag & Water) and Eliseo Lee Alcon (Consumer & Public Affairs) got the bill a speedy hearing. The measure passed both Floors unanimously. The Governor’s deadline for signing bills was several days off at press time, so we continue to hope that it will be signed. Had we not had the support of the majority party on the anti-coyote hunting bill, including Representative Alcon in committee, the fight would have continued in the Senate giving proponents more opportunities to malign ranchers and hunters alike. Those voting against the measure, including most of the Republicans, were Representatives Dodge, Mary Helen Garcia, Dona Irwin, Sandra Jeff, Rudy Martinez, Kiki Savadra and Tomas Salazar. YOUR calls and emails made the difference. Most of those folks are from rural areas and/or have the understanding of the need for predator management. Two Ds made the difference on whether or not a state environmental policy act would gain traction, voting no on the bill in committee, Representatives James Roger Madalena and Robert Gonzales. Representative Madalena single-handedly made the difference on the anti-trapping which, interestingly enough was carried by Representative Gonzales. On the Senate side it was Majority Floor Leader Michael Sanchez who held the ground on the enhanced animal cruelty bills. This is an issue that Senator Sanchez has long stood for reason on and he deserves a great deal of thanks for his conviction and courage. Senators John Arthur Smith, Phil Griego, George Munoz and Papen stood up for common sense and family values, again hailing from rural districts where they face the challenges of food production as well as stewardship of land and wildlife. We have too long relied up these folks without a proper thank you in this publication and I appreciate that being called to my attention. Now of course I haven’t mentioned the many Rs, new and return-

ing who helped our causes. Freshmen Representatives David Gallegos, Jason Harper and Kelly Fajardo, made hands along-side the seasoned warriors including Minority Floor Leader Nate Gentry. On the Senate side we learned the hard lesson that we cannot take for granted the so called conservative party, suffering several committee losses unanimously. However, we have to congratulate NMCGA

member and Senator Pat Woods for an almost perfect job his freshman year. Sandy Hook . . . Never Again

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tragedy is misused for ill gotten gain. Given the large and vigorous debate about enhanced gun laws in the 2013 Session, it was not surprising to hear the words uttered. However, when they were used on the House Floor as a reason to vote for enhanced animal cruelty penalties, it could make your blood boil.

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the consumption or use of sugar, domestically raised livestock, tobacco and firearms. Their reasoning has something to do with climate change. There is a proposition on the next state ballot to ban climate change! To no one’s surprise the use of marijuana has been excluded from “Ban Fever.” Their concern is the negative effect on Mexico’s economy. Many border state citizens are now supported by their relatives in Mexico sending them money made in the drug trade. As these strict, new regulations continue to get more and more bizarre, there is a blatant back-

lash sweeping the country. In California, the Union of Farm Workers is protesting the Sacramento Abolitionists who have declared manual labor a Crime. But all this bodes well for the state of Nebraska who has fenced out animal rights extremists, anyone appointed by the Federal government, and welcomes anybody willing to work. Where all this government intervention will take us is anyone’s guess. There appear to be people who appoint themselves kings, dictators, masters, all-knowing wise men who really believe they know what is best for you, for your own good. They are sincere. They suffer from one of two delusional syndromes. For the appointed ones it is the Purchasing Agent Syndrome, who derives power from someone else’s status. For the elected it is the Oprah Syndrome, sometimes called the Columnist Syndrome, that says because you are popular you really must know what you are talking about. Pop the cork, Dork. ■

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Crop Disaster Assistance Program (NAP) which is supposed to provide financial assistance to producers of non-insurable crops due to a natural disaster. NAP is a program that ranchers and farmers pay a premium to for coverage. Nonetheless payments so direly needed during this ongoing drought were temporarily suspended on March 1. To reinstate them, the Secretary of Agriculture must give Congress a 30 day notice that funds will be shifted to cover the program.

That occurred on March 19 so it is anticipated that payments will resume on April 18 and that payments will be 100 percent of what they should be. No good deed goes unpunished

Several years ago when people began to understand just how much water the salt cedars (tamarisk) that were planted along stream banks by our forefathers for bank stabilization were using there was a big push to kill the suckers. That was done through herbicide spraying as well as via a beetle that was found that would kill salt cedar without harming anything else.

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