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

News Update

In Memoriam

Cowboy Heroes

N.M. CowBelles Jingle Jangle

by Rex Wilson, President

by Jim Olson by Caren Cowan

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N.M. Federal Lands Council News

N.M. Old Times & Old Timers

by Mike Casabonne

by Don Bullis

NMBC Bullhorn

Market Place

Real Estate Guide

Seedstock Guide

Ad Index

Missions Accomplished

Scatterin’ The Drive

New Mexico Livestock Board Update

Estrays

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Dear Fellow Members, t hardly seems possible that we are at August, already rolling through county fairs, getting ready for State Fair. Not far behind that will be the elections. I have a couple more months to stress to you just how important this year’s elections are to everyone in our state and our nation. I cannot urge each one of you enough to get involved in a campaign and make a difference. There are plenty of worthy Independents, Democrats and Republicans that deserve your support. They can use money, even if the contribution is small, and they can use your time in making personal contacts, putting out signs and more. One of my least favorite sayings is “The World Is Run By Those Who Show Up.” When you live and work in agriculture sometimes livestock, crops and families don’t let you get away. But unfortunately the saying is true the vast majority of the time. We are fortunate that today’s technology allows us to “show up” in lots of places electronically or by phone. We have no excuse if things don’t turn out the way they need to and we will have no one to blame but ourselves. Let’s not wake up on November 7 to look in a mirror and say “I should have done more.” Congress will be out of Session for most of August and into September. Make the time to see our representatives and senators and let them know what is important to you and your family. If you need help in scheduling an appointment, contact the NMCGA office and let them help. The issues our family ranching operations are facing didn’t take any vacation this summer. The New Mexico Cattle Growers’ Association (NMCGA) was honored for our President Elect, Jose J. Varela Lopez to be invited to testify before the entire U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Resources late last month. The topic was the horrible fires the West has suffered this summer and how the Endangered Species Act and litigation have literally fanned the flames. It is interesting that the federal land management agencies don’t have enough funding to do proper management and planning, but when the world is on fire, resources are unlimited. If we managed the forests, everyone and everything would be better off. We have had at least two decades to learn that management cannot be done by the courts. Meanwhile back in New Mexico, NMCGA has been instrumental with the New Mexico Department of Agriculture bringing all of the affected interested together to declare war on the feral hogs that are so damaging to our ground and crops in addition to carrying tremendous disease potential for man and beast. An appearance by NMCGA Director John Conniff before the New Mexico House Interim Water & Natural Resources Committee may have finally gotten the attention of at least one railroad owner. The message is clear that the statutory responsibility to fence and maintain fencing on railroad right-of-ways is not a mere suggestion, but a responsibility no matter how big you are. I want to close by once again urging everyone who isn’t a member to join the NMCGA. If you are a member, please get a friend or neighbor to join. Our Association works very hard to be worthy of your membership. These are just a few of the issues that the Association addresses every day! We will keep praying for rain and look forward to seeing you down the road.

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Stray Mexican Cattle Captured in Texas tray livestock wandering between Chihuahua, Mexico, and Texas continue to present animal health concerns along the Rio Grande River in far West Texas according to Texas Animal Health Commission (TAHC) and United States Agriculture (USDA) officials. A total of 96 head of cattle (72 adults and 24 calves) originating from Mexico were recently captured and transported to government pens for inspection and testing. Luckily, all of the animals tested negative for both bovine tuberculosis and brucellosis, diseases found commonly in Mexico. According to Dr. Grant Wease, field veterinarian for USDA/APHIS Veterinary Services in El Paso, the primary purpose of this gather was to prevent the introduction of livestock diseases into the state of Texas and the U.S. “We have had indications that some cattle were being taken off the river and sold through various livestock markets in Texas and New Mexico, and that is an illegal entry of animals in the U.S.” Dr. Wease also stated that, “So far a total of 310 head of cattle and 140 head of equine have been captured this year along the Texas/ Mexico border.” According to the Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association (TSCRA) brand inspectors, all fire brands found on the cattle appeared to be of Mexican origin. There were 20 head of cattle that had no brands at all. “It took a cooperative effort between TAHC, USDA, local authorities, and cattle industry partners to make this gather possible,” said Dr. Dee Ellis, Texas’ State Veterinarian. Dr. Ellis also added, “Because of ongoing border security problems and the illegal movement of livestock, Texas and the U.S. continue to be at high risk for disease introduction.” Citizens are encouraged to contact local law enforcement or animal health officials to report any unusual activity regarding livestock or poultry near the border. With limited resources, the TAHC and USDA work together with state, federal and local law enforcement officials to continually monitor border areas to prevent the introduction of foreign livestock or poultry diseases from entering Texas. It is anticipated that more cattle will be captured in Texas in the future as the animals continue to move freely across the Rio Grande in cern tain locations.

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those who were forced to sell-off a larger percentage of their cowherd – are seeing the value of not facing a 50-50 chance that calves will be born male or female, says Dr. Dustin Dean, director of beef programs at Sexing Technologies, LLC in Navasota, Texas. USDA developed the sexed semen technology in the 1980s. It was not commercialized in the U.S. until 2003. That’s the year Sexing Technologies was licensed. Now headquartered in Navasota, the company has offices in 10 worldwide locations, everywhere from Texas to Wisconsin, and New Zealand to The Netherlands. “With sexed semen, producers can rebuild a herd twice as fast,” Dean says. “You can get the gender you want. If you’re trying to rebuild a herd, how much more

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8:00 am NM Bred Swine Show – Swine Barn 8:00 am NM Bred Steer Show – Beef Barn 8:00 am Jr. Poultry, Jr. Rabbit/Cavy Show – Rabbit/Poultry Building 9:00 am Sheep Show – Mutton, Wool & Natural Colored Sheep Show – Southwest Dairy Farmers Dairy Barn 9:30 am Sheep to Shawl – Demonstrations Daily 9:30 am – 5:30 pm, Southwest Dairy Farmers Dairy Barn 10:00 am Milking Demonstrations, Southwest Dairy Farmers Dairy Barn 1:00 pm Texas Longhorn Show – Beef Barn 2:00 pm NM Zia Classic Lamb Show – Southwest Dairy Farmers Dairy Barn 5:00 pm Jr. Market Goat Show – Southwest Dairy Farmers Dairy Barn 6:00 pm Classify Jr. Market Lambs – Southwest Dairy Farmers Dairy Barn

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Animal and Range Sciences New Mexico State University Spring 2012 Graduates heridan Aden, from Duncan, Arizona, received his degree in animal science. Sheridan was a member of the NMSU Rodeo Team. Mexican Springs, New Mexico is home to animal science graduate, Michael Bates, Jr. Michael plans to return to the Navajo Nation and use his degree to help people on the reservation. He was a member of the United Native American Organization, American Indian Science and Engineering Society, American Indian Programs, and the NMSU Rodeo Team. Roxanne Benally from Shiprock, New Mexico was an animal science major and was named the NMSU Alumni Association “Outstanding Student” from the College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences and American Indian Program. She graduated with Honors and received the American Society of Animal Science Scholastic Achievement Award, the department’s Graduate of Distinction medallion and was named to the Dean’s List. She plans to apply to veterinary school this summer. Bloomfield, New Mexico native, Kacie Boden will attend Colorado State University’s School of Veterinary Medicine. Her career goal is to study, treat and manage policies for zoonotic and infectious diseases of large animal species while serving in the U.S. Army Veterinary Corps. While at NMSU, Kacie participated in the NIHMBRS RISE to Doctorate program and received an honorable mention for her NM-INBRE poster. She also received Best Undergraduate Oral Presentation at NMSU Biosymposium. Kacie was a Crimson Scholar, named to the Dean’s List, and a member of the National Society of Collegiate Scholars. She received the Noble T. Jones Scholarship. Animal science major, Cory Burns is from Farmington, New Mexico and plans a career that involves dealing with animals. Jeremy Cahn of Los Lunas, New Mexico majored in animal science and biology and

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plans to become a veterinarian. Receiving her degree in animal science with a minor in chemistry was Daisy Chavez of El Paso, Texas. Daisy’s career goal is to become a veterinarian. After graduation, Belinda Chitwood, animal science major from Carlsbad, New Mexico, will attend a veterinary assistant training program. Upon completion of the vet-tech program, Belinda wants to attend an equine physical rehabilitation program and hopefully start her own business. Erin Crumbley of Fort Bayard, New Mexico, will be attending Texas A&M University’s School of Veterinary Medicine and plans to return to New Mexico to practice veterinary medicine and remain a partner in her family’s ranch. Erin, an Honors graduate, was an active participant in the Pre-Vet Club, serving as historian, the NMSU Collegiate Farm Bureau and the Young Farmers and Ranchers. She was named to the Dean’s List and was a Crimson Scholar all of her four years at NMSU. Erin received the American Society of Animal Science Scholastic Achievement award, the Dean’s Award of Excellence and the Animal and Range Sciences Graduate

of Distinction Medallion. Alamogordo, New Mexico native, Adrian Cruz plans to get his veterinary technician certification. His degree was in animal science. Range science major, Janice Curliss is from Albuquerque, New Mexico. She hopes to find employment in New Mexico to help improve and maintain land health in our state. Janice was a member of the Range Club, the Wildlife Society, American Fishery Society, American Indian Science and Engineering Society, Phi Theta Kappa and Gamma Beta Phi honor societies. Sarah Dominic is an animal science major from Jacona, New Mexico. Her career plans are to obtain a Master’s degree in animal breeding and genetics and a Ph.D. in genetics or biomedical sciences with intentions of teaching at the college level. Sarah was named to the Dean’s List and received the Victor P. Stout Scholarship. James Austin Graham received his degree in animal science with a minor in biochemistry. Austin, who is from Clovis, New Mexico, served as ASNMSU President and was named Kappa Sigma Fraternity’s Most Inspirational Brother in 2011. He was a member of National Society of Colle-

giate Scholars, Order of Omega, and received the Dean’s Award of Excellence for Leadership and the Animal and Range Sciences Graduate of Distinction Medallion. Austin plans a career as a veterinarian and be involved in politics. Animal science major, Robyn Heimbecker of Las Cruces, New Mexico hopes to become a veterinarian and continue to work with animals. Cora Hollomon, Las Cruces, New Mexico, received two degrees – Bachelor of Science in Animal Science and Bachelor of Arts in Spanish. She will be attending veterinary school at St. Matthew’s University in George Town, Grand Cayman Island. She also hopes to obtain a master’s degree in marine science or marine biology with an overall goal to study, research and practice aquatic animal medicine. While at NMSU, Cora served as vice president of the NMSU Chapter of Phi Eta Sigma National Honor Society, Pre-Vet Club historian, Aggies for Life Vice President and Co-President, and a community service volunteer for the Animal Services Center of the Mesilla Valley. With the support of Aggies Go Global, she participated in Institute for continued on page 27

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Sustainable International Studies (ISIS) large animal and wildlife veterinary medicine study and research program in the summer of 2011 in San Ignacio, Cayo, Belize. Cora was a Crimson Scholar, member of National Honor Society, was named to the Dean’s List, and received an American Society of Animal Science Scholastic Achievement Award. Cora graduated with Honors. Danika Jackson received her degree in animal science and plans to become an equine and bovine chiropractor. Danika, who is from Mesilla Park, New Mexico, served as ASNMSU Senator for the College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences and was Miss Rodeo New Mexico for 2012. Range science major, Monty Lane of La Mesa, New Mexico, plans to become involved “hands-on” with land management and help develop solutions to new problems facing range managers. Monty was a member of the Range Club, serving as treasurer and president, was a College of ACES Ambassador, a member of the NMSU Horseman’s Association, and was named to the Dean’s List (four times), was a Crim-

son Scholar (four years), received the New Mexico Society for Range Management scholarship, and the New Mexico Native Plant Society scholarship. He graduated with Honors, was named the Department of Animal and Range Sciences “Outstanding Student” for Spring 2012, and received the department’s Graduate of Distinction medallion. Amy Lang was an animal science major from Austin, Texas and hopes to work for the United States Department of Agriculture. Amy, who graduated with Honors, was a member of the NMSU Equestrian Team and earned Academic and Athletic All-American Honors. She was also a Crimson Scholar. Belen, New Mexico is home to animal science major, Leslie Mikkelson who plans to attend graduate school for master’s and doctorate degrees. She was an active member of the NMSU Horseman’s Association and NMSU Therapeutic Riding Association. Kaitlyn Norman, Las Cruces, New Mexico, was also a double major student, earning a B.S. in animal science (with Honors) and a B.S. in Biology and Microbiology. She will be attending the University of Michigan in fall 2012 to pursue a doctorate

in Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology and become a research scientist. She was named to the Dean’s List in both the College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences and the College of Arts and Sciences. She was a Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) Undergraduate Research Fellow in the lab of Dr. Shanna Ivey, HHMI Exceptional Research Opportunities (EXROP) Summer Fellow at Boston University, and HHMI EXROP Capstone Fellow at Boston University. Kaitlyn was a member of Phi Beta Phi National Fraternity for Women and the NMSU Therapeutic Riding Association. Animal science major A’Lora Norris from Hagerman, New Mexico plans to attend graduate school and work for the family farm (Norris and Sons LLC). She has an American FFA Degree and was Student Ambassador for the College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences. Receiving a Bachelor of Science degree in both Range Science and Wildlife Science was Cherie Owens from Shiprock, New Mexico. Cherie will work with the U.S. Forest Service. Corina D. Portillo-Lopez majored in continued on page 28

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animal science with minors in wildlife science and chemistry. She plans to obtain a master’s degree and ultimately become a veterinarian, specializing in small and/or exotic animals. Corina, who is from Chihuahua City, Mexico, was a member and officer in the Pre-Vet Club and the National Society of Collegiate Scholars. Currently working towards obtaining experience in the beef production industry with the eventual goal of pursuing a Master’s degree is Heidi Pretzel of Los Alamos, New Mexico. She worked throughout her years at NMSU as a SCEP student for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, trained horses, and gave riding lessons. Leah Schmitz of Llaves, New Mexico was an animal science major who plans to pursue a graduate degree in ruminant nutrition. She was an active member of Block and Bridle, NMSU Collegiate Farm and Livestock Bureau and a member of the 2011 NMSU Academic Quadrathlon team which placed second at the Western Section, American Society of Animal Science competition in Miles City, Montana. Leah was recipient of the department’s Graduate of Distinction medallion and the

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Animal science major, Kelcy Wilcox would like to become an exotic animal trainer for a company that prepares animals for movies, shows, and live productions. Kelcy was a Crimson Scholar and a member of the NMSU Dancesport Team. She was Champion West Coast Swing Dancer in the Stanford Cardinal Classic Dancesport Competition in 2010. Other students receiving their degrees were Krystalyn Blagg (Edgewood, NM), Vicente Carrillo (El Paso, TX), Aubrey Henderson (Silver City, NM), Jessica Kysar (Seminole, TX), Courtney Lawson (El Paso, TX), Seth Pollock (Artesia, NM), Adriana Ramirez (Mesilla, NM), German Robles (Mexico), Lucinda Stobart (Albuquerque, NM), Rochelle Trevizo (Las Cruces, NM), Kaitlyn Vega (Carrizozo, NM), Angela Yemma (Littleton, CO).

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University Extension assistant professor of animal science, says using sexed semen requires a breeding gun that will hold ¼cc straws. “Straws are thawed and handled using the same procedures as ½-cc straws,” he says. “Decreased straw diameter and number of cells per dose make them more sensitive to cold shock and technician errors.” He suggests using these guidelines to help increase the probability for success: Insure that semen is stored at proper temperatures; thaw straws according to procedures recommended by the AI stud that processed semen, usually 95o F water bath for 45 seconds; and insure that AI equipment is clean and sanitary. Also, warm equipment (sheaths, guns, paper towels, etc.) prior to contact with semen; insure straws are maintained at proper temperatures while being handled; avoid exposing semen to direct sunlight or water; don’t use lubricants that are spermicidal; use highly qualified technicians when using sexed semen; insure animals are in good body condition score and are cycling; inseminate cattle 12 hours (AM/PM rule) after observed estrus; and breed only those animals that display heat if using an estrus synchronization proto-

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superovulate the cows, nor is it necessary to synchronize them,” he explains “This is a major breakthrough, since the donor cows are not exposed to hormones that might compromise the reproductive soundness of the animals. “They can be worked without prior preparation time for the procedure. Embryo production averages about 30 percent of the oocytes harvested, although this quantity varies depending on the breed, the donor cow and also the mating. Another advantage with the IVF is that the animals can be aspirated every 15 days instead of every 60, as in In Vivo embryo collection.” He says another advantage of IVF is that the oocytes from animals can be harvested at a very young age. “This will create a major impact on breeding selection, since it reduces the generation interval for the animals with a specific desirable trait,” he says. Using Sexed Semen

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col. Carpenter points out that most AI in a commercial cattle operation is done for calving ease, as well as to raise replacement heifers. “A sexed semen program adds more latitude to such an AI program,” he says. He adds that producers should make sure they’re up to speed on the AI process or have experts in place to handle any type of AI program. “If you’re not experienced in AI, it might become one of those ‘learning programs’ (that costs more than you think).” Like with any restocking program, he encourages producers, especially those who have suffered through the recent drought, to make sure they have sufficient pasture to sustain additional cattle, and that other management is in place to handle supplemental and animal health programs. Dean says producers can buy sexed semen from a Sexing Technologies or other sexed semen company’s catalog or have it custom produced from their own bulls. “It all gets down to the value in gender difference,” he says. “Once the value is $150 or more per head (for a female) – it’s n a no brainer after that.”

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won the event. A few months later, at another rodeo, several guys had trained their horses to back up like Pete did. by JIM OLSON Within a year most of the top ropers in the country had trained their horses the trick as well. Times were much quicker than before as a result. Ed Bowman was the first to have such a horse however, and folks around the country came to know the famous horse simply by the command Ed would bellow as run. His famous he ran down the rope, “Back up horse, Back up Pete.” Pete, learned how Another thing Ed did to help revoto work rope by lutionize the sport of calf roping, pure accident. One was to get off on either the right or day, while working left side of his horse, depending cattle on the upon how big the cattle were. If ranch, Ed roped a the cattle were small enough, Ed wild steer in a would get off the right side of the brushy area. Then horse, run down the rope and he got off Pete to flank the calf then tie him (a feat Dick Bowman (above), run down the rope unheard of at the time). If the catinventor of the first rodeo and tie the steer. tle were too big, he would get off horse trailer, all dressed up. When he did, a the traditional way (for the time), mesquite branch hung on his chaps and, on the left side of the horse, and run down upon coming loose, it swung back and the rope and leg the calf before tying it. Ed whacked Pete on the nose. Well ol’ Pete was a shore-nuff athlete. He also did things ran backwards taking slack out of the rope such as wear tennis shoes instead of boots at a high rate of speed. Ed realized imme- so he ran faster to the cattle from his horse diately this was a much easier way to flank and he tied his ropes off shorter than usual and tie cattle. Back at the practice pen, he so the distance from horse to calf was taught Pete to do this on queue. The com- quicker. mand was, “Back up Pete.” At the first Ed also became known as a coach to the rodeo he entered after teaching Pete this Bowman brothers as he was always figurtrick, folks were impressed with the ease in ing out better ways to do things. He often which Ed was able to bed his cattle. They coached younger brothers Everett and Skeet in the ways of rodeo and winning. Ed did not follow rodeo as vigorously as younger brother Everett, or even baby brother Skeet, but he was just as handy. Ed had a passion for good horses and spent most of his life raising and training them. He had several champions in cutting and rodeo circles after retiring from the rodeo arena. ! # Skeet Bowman, the baby of the bunch, is probably best known in the rodeo world $ after brother Everett. Louis Bowman, author, and nephew of the bunch (Dick’s son), said Skeet was the best roper of the whole crew. Skeet won many calf roping titles at major rodeos and probably would have won a World Championship or two, but he had pretty much quit full-time rodeo by the early 1930s. You see, prior to 1929, records were sketchy and not officially kept to determine who the World Champion was. Championships were often

“The Bowman Bobbi Jeen OBrothers” LSO N More than Everett . . . ecently I wrote about one of rodeo’s greatest men, Everett Bowman. However, there were five Bowman brothers in the family (actually six, one died young) and they all made headlines in the sport of rodeo. Ed, Walter, Dick, and the youngest, Skeet, were each great hands in their own right and also made contributions to the sport of rodeo during its infancy. Although Everett received more publicity and is obviously the best known, the other brothers are credited with things like: owning and training the first calf roping horse to back up and work rope while a calf was being flanked and tied, the first horse trailer on the rodeo circuit, the first to get off the horse on the right side and flank a calf, and many other things as well. These men started their rodeo careers in the mid 1920s. Here are the stories. Ed Bowman, oldest of the brothers, made several innovations to the sport of calf roping. He was the first man to show up at a rodeo with a horse that backed up and took slack out of the rope during the

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determined by who won a certain rodeo in those days. It wasn’t till the early ‘30s that Championship races were a thing to go after and by then, Skeet was mostly done with rodeo. Skeet rodeoed full-time with brother Everett throughout the mid and late ‘20s as a way to make a living. It sure beat cowboy wages when you won as much as those two did, but along the way he injured his back steer wrestling. Back then, it was not uncommon for the dogging steers to weigh in at a thousand pounds or more. This favored stouter contestants such as brother Everett who was, as they say, strong as a mule. The back injury bothered Skeet off and on, so once he and Everett had put a little money together, they bought a ranch outside of Safford, Arizona. Skeet chose to run the ranch instead of rodeoing. He was still a winner at calf roping contests around the Southwest for quite some time after becoming a full-time rancher, however. He consistently turned in times unheard of for the day. You might say he, “raised the bar,” in the calf roping event. He also became the sheriff of Graham County, Arizona, a position held for many years. He later bought Everett’s portion of the ranch and was an important member of his community the rest of his days. Brother Walter (Walt) Bowman may have been the rounder of the bunch. He left for California and a cowboying job way out West while still young. He cowboyed around California most of his life and rodeoed locally. He was one tough hand however, and could win just about anywhere he showed up. At Prescott’s 4th of July rodeo one year, Walt decided to make an appearance because he knew the rest of the family would be there. It was a tradition among the Bowman’s to make certain rodeos such as Prescott even though Everett was the only one who, “followed the trail,” as a profession for more than a few years. Well ol’ Walt made his way to the rodeo, arriving without any money. According to nephew Louis Bowman, “Older brother Ed always kind of took a shining to Walt — kind of took care of him when need be.” So even though Walt had no money, no horse, and was dressed in brogan shoes, Ed sponsored his $5 entry fee in the bulldogging and loaned him a horse. Walt wound up winning Prescott and about $300! A fortune at the time.

The middle of the five brothers was really not much of a cowboy at all. Oh sure, he grew up on a ranch and knew all about cowboying from the time he was kneehigh to a grasshopper, but Dick Bowman used to say that he and the automobile were born together in 1896 and he was always more inclined mechanically than ahorseback. Dick went to WWI and was introduced to all kinds of machinery there that plumb excited this ol’ country boy. When he returned, he became an engineer, hydrologist, driver, electrician, carpenter, plumber and mechanic of all sorts — all self-taught. Even though Dick did not rodeo and cowboy like the other four brothers, he made a contribution to rodeo which revolutionized the sport at the time. He invented the first horse trailer used on the rodeo trail. While he may not officially be credited with inventing the horse trailer, and other trailers and what-not had been used to haul horses around prior to this, Dick’s trailer was definitely the first rodeo trailer and the first to be used by cowboys. It came about like this: Brothers Everett and Skeet were trying to get from Safford, Arizona to Cheyenne, Wyoming for their first big-time rodeo outside of Arizona. They were in a crux over their horse situation. Back then, folks hauled horses in the back of trucks, or most of the time, they rode them. Although the brother duo had trailed a large herd of cattle from Globe, Arizona to Ely, Nevada just over a year before, making the entire round trip a-horseback, they knew it was awful far to Cheyenne to ride and get there on time. However they could only haul one horse in the truck. What to do . . . Dick told them, “Why don’t you load one in the truck and haul one?” They liked the idea, so Dick fashioned a hand-made trailer for his brothers to use — in one afternoon. Although it took them over a

week to travel all the way to Cheyenne, on primitive and sometimes non-existent roads, having two horses there instead of one enabled Everett and Skeet to clean house. They won more money at that rodeo than either had ever seen at one time. This launched their rodeo careers! Using that trailer, those two were able to go to many rodoes around the country where you probably would have only seen “locals” in the past. As stated above, the two even won enough money during the late ‘20s to buy a ranch back home. Although folks gawked and laughed at those country bumpkins from Arizona when they first showed up with a contraption hooked to their vehicle with a horse in it, they didn’t laugh long. It caught on quickly and others were copying the “Bowman Trailer” inside of a year. Guys like, Randy Bloomer, of famed Bloomer Trailers are still improving on the invention to this day, but now you know who made the very first one. So while Everett Bwman received most of the press, and rightfully so because he did more for the sport of modern rodeo than most any other man in history, now we know the stories of his brothers. Tough n hands and good men, all of them.

Everett & Skeet Bowman (above) beside the first trailer on the rodeo circuit; built by brother Dick. Walter Bowman (below), bulldogging at Prescott, 1925.

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to enjoy Curt’s marvelous brisket and Karen’s rolls as well as side dishes and desserts brought by guests. Every cow man knows that he pays a dollar when his animal is sold, but not all have a real understanding of the beef checkoff. Wesley Grau from Grady, New Mexico representative on the Cattlemen’s Beef Board gave an interesting and informative talk on the Beef Checkoff and what it does for the industry. It is 25 years old this year, having been approved by 79 percent of voters in the referendum of 1988. The Cattlemen’s Beef Board is made up of producers of beef, veal and dairy and importers who are nominated by their producer organizations and appointed by the US Secretary of Agriculture. They are volunteers serving without pay, charged with the responsibility of spending wisely the 50 cents of each dollar collected from the producer. The other 50 cents goes to the state Beef Councils. In the 25 years it has been in existence this money has helped the beef industry in many ways. Mr. Grau answered quite a few questions and indicated that any producer can gain more knowledge by contacting the organization he is affiliated with or contacting the State Beef Council or CBB. Submitted by Dorothy Vaughan, Secretary The Mesilla Valley CowBelles met in July to celebrate Jeff Witte’s selection as NMCB Man of the Year announced at the Joint Summer Conference in Ruidoso. The group greatly appreciates all he does and was happy to recognize him. The group also recognized J.W. Lindsay being a NMCB Scholarship recipient, also announced at the Joint Summer Conference in Ruidoso (Congratulations to J.W.!) J.W. has been a great help to Mesilla Valley CowBelles from wearing the cow suit and handing out Jolly Ranchers to helping school kids learn to rope at the fair, and now to hauling anything that is needed. The Doña Ana County Expo is in early August and the group decided to be a sponsor once again. The Las Cruces Public Schools menu/calendar art contest which the local sponsors along with NM Ag in the Classroom was finalized in May and prize dollars and goodies were distributed to the winners (Thank you Traci and Mary Esther for their hard work!). The selected artwork will be displayed at this year’s Southern New Mexico State Fair & Rodeo. Items for the Silent Auction at Summer Conference were discussed. Southern New Mexico

State Fair and Rodeo Queen contest has requested items for the contestants. Janet will put together 10 packets with Beef pot holders, thermometers, brochures, etc. Further discussion continued regarding Fair Booth and group decided to table to next meeting to be held July 24, 2012 at 6:30 pm at Andeles. The Chuckwagon CowBelles met on July 10, 2012 with 15 members and two guests present. Bill Simms with the Methodist Church gave a tour of the newly completed stained glass windows within the sanctuary. The windows depict Bible scenes and are installed within the church’s peripheral walls. The group walked to Allen Street Potters where they were greeted by Alma Wimsatt in her studio. She explained the art of throwing a pitcher as she delicately turned earthen clay into a beautiful and functional piece of art right before group’s watching eyes. Alma’s “mud room” is replete with tools, glazes, and a certain serenity that comes only within a space that is constantly employed by creative genius. Toni Barrow called the meeting to order at 12:50 p.m. The CowBelle invocation, Pledge of Allegiance, and CowBelle creed were recited. Toni asked Anna Sanchez-Glenn to intro-

duce the newest member, Lindsey Howden. Lindsey was raised in rural North Dakota. Welcome, Lindsey! Toni Barrow announced the Torrance County Fair on August 18. She reminded of Chuckwagon’s dates for the New Mexico State Fair, September 17 and 18. The next meeting will be at the Shaffer Hotel in Mountainair on August 14 and the program will include information on Meth abuse. The September meeting will be at Ronda Thompson’s ranch. She also said that the November meeting will take place on the first Tuesday – November 6 – at Babbi’s place. Horses for Heroes will be there to make a presentation. All who were at the Mid-year meeting said that the Beef Ambassador candidates were stellar! It was decided to accept the June minutes as mailed. Toni then thanked everyone for coming to beautiful Estancia, New Mexico and adjourned the meeting at 1:50 p.m. 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 the n 14th of each month.

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sumers and youth about beef nutrition, food safety and stewardship practices of the beef industry. The national senior age contest will consist of four areas – youth presentations, consumer promotion, media interview and issues response. The junior contestants will compete in an abbreviated form of the consumer promotion and media interview contest categories. The top five senior contestants will earn a position on the prestigious National Beef Ambassador teamreceiving $1,000 each in cash prizes as well as a $750 educational scholarship given by the American National Cattle Women Foundation, Inc. The 2011-2012 team traveled across the nation promoting beef and the beef industry at fairs, seminars, conferences and events such as the Boston Marathon and the National Harbor Wine & Food Festival in Metro DC. The top three junior contestants will receive cash prizes from ANCW and beef industry sponsors. On the state level, the NM CowBelles, the NM Beef Council, NM Cattle Growers and the Nunn Ranch have all contributed funds to be used towards monogrammed award jackets and shirts, state travel and expenses to compete in the national contest. NM Beef Ambassador Chair, Shelly Hathorn will chaperone the NM Beef Ambassadors at the national competition in Sacramento. Upon the completion of her term as NM Senior Beef Ambassador, Hurt will also be eligible to apply for a $500 college scholarship from the New n Mexico CowBelles.

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ES I have had help in life. I was blessed with a great-grandfather who traveled from Canada to Tombstone, Arizona in 1881 where he contributed to the economy and other business by being a banker and a cattle rancher. He helped build roads, developed water sources for man and beast, and whatever else was necessary for him, his family and others to survive. I was blessed with a grandfather who carried on in his father’s footsteps in ranching. He also contributed more than 20 years of service in the Arizona Legislature — as a Democrat. He had three sons who carried on in his image. My uncles served in the military. My father served well over 30 years on the Tombstone School Board. They all taught me to work hard and care for others. And that’s just one side of my paternal family. On the maternal side my great-grandfather helped to build the Episcopal Church in Tombstone, one of the first in the area. Today I am supported by a strong group of men, women and children who just want the right to raise their families in the country with wholesome values — and for the government to let them do it. Last but certainly not least, I have the Lord to watch over and lift me up every day. YES, Mr. President, I am thankful to many for what I have and what I am able to do. But I am NOT beholding to the government for much besides the right to pay taxes and the job security of the battles that are brought down on ranching and farming families in our state and country.

impact of this year’s fires, but what role the Endangered Species Act and litigation may have played in them. As expected, Jose did New Mexico and the Southwest proud. If you missed the live hearing, you can locate the link to the hearing on the NMCGA website at www.nmagriculture.org . The entire hearing lasted about two hours and Jose’s testimony is at the beginning. But watching the entire hearing is worth the time and certainly demonstrates the great divide in our nation’s Capitol on issues that would seem to be no-brainers . . . like fires destroying our land, our homes, our wildlife, and our water supplies for decades to come. The partisanship started at the onset with the opening statements by the Chairman and the Ranking

Member of the Committee. I was particularly offended by a statement, not a question, directed to Jose by Oregon’s Peter DeFazio. The gentleman has never been a supporter of livestock even though he is from the West, and he stopped just short of questioning Jose’s integrity. It is no secret that New Mexico’s largest and most devastating fires ever started with a lightning strike and fire in a single tree. We know this because our members saw some of them start. Had U.S. Forest Service policy been to extinguish rather than “contain,” over 300,000 acres in the Gila and 250 homes in Lincoln County would have been untouched. While there continued on page 42

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It seems that the fires just won’t leave the news and there are many large fires in western states that haven’t even made the news. The New Mexico Cattle Growers’ Association (NMCGA) was honored to have President Elect Jose J. Varela Lopez invited to testify before the full U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Resources in Washington, D.C. on the subject. The Committee was interested in not only the AUGUST 2012

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Lands News ebraska Senator Ben Nelson has introduced a bill to raise federal land grazing fees to a “rate at a level that is comparable to the rate charged by private landowners in the area or region, as determined by the applicable Secretary.” Nelson’s bill is really just a short proposed amendment to the Jobs Bill that has been sitting in the Senate since March. The Jobs Bill original stated purpose was to give a tax break to employers who hire more people. It failed a cloture vote July 12. It’s not likely that any substantial legislation will be passed between now and the election. The real reason for most legislative action will be to influence the November vote, not to actually accomplish anything productive. That is the reason for the Jobs Bill generally and this amendment specifically. Nelson, a Democrat, is retiring from the Senate. He cast one of the deciding votes for Obama Care after accepting the “Cornhusker Kickback” concession from the administration as a bribe and thus ruined his chances of reelection. The Republican candidate to succeed him is Deb Fischer

from a Valentine, Nebraska ranching family who happens to have a grazing lease on a USDA Forest Service administered National Grassland. She is a front-runner against former Nebraska Democratic Senator Bob Kerrey who has been living in New York for the last several years. It seems that the worst mud Nelson and the Democrats could dig up to sling at her is the fact that her family has a federal land grazing lease. His grazing fee amendment is a ploy to draw attention to it. Closer to home, Martin Heinrich has introduced a bill to require the BLM and Forest Service to identify federal land parcels over 640 acres without public access. Heinrich, in a close Senate race with Heather Wilson, is also trying to distort a federal land issue to make it look like he is supporting access, especially for hunters, to federal land. Environmental organizations including the Sierra Club, the League of Conservation Voters, Defenders of Wildlife and others who are known for their opposition to hunting are funding a $2 million dollar ad campaign for Heinrich against Wilson. The National

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Wildlife Federation, also part of that coalition, and its New Mexico chapter used to be sportsman’s groups that advocated hunting and access issues but now just use their sportsman members’ numbers to push environmental causes and candidates who don’t really believe in hunting. As an environmental activist before his election to Congress and as a Congressman Heinrich has supported and voted in Congress for National Monument and Wilderness designations that restrict or deny access to millions of acres of federal land. Vehicle access is what Heinrich and hunters expect across private land. There are several times as many acres behind locked gates and closed roads on federal lands in Wilderness Areas and National Monuments than Heinrich’s bill would ever identify. He just wants to force land owners to sacrifice their constitutional right to private property, not really identify obstacles to public access. Does it seem a little contradictory that the same guy who supports closing roads on federal lands and wilderness areas closed to all motorized vehicles and equipment wants to know about small parcels of federal land that don’t have a road to them across private land? A lot of hunters will probably be confused enough to vote for the wrong candidate in this race because of this cynical, hypocritical stunt piece of legislation that has no chance of ever becoming law. At the opposite end of the legislative spectrum is the passage of Idaho Congressman Raul Labrador’s Grazing Improvement Act. It would codify improvements in the permit renewal process including 20-year permits and require that permits be renewed until the required NEPA analysis is completed rather than be subject to cancellation because the agencies can’t get the paperwork done. It would also require the use of categorical exclusions from NEPA in the permitting process where applicable. It is a good bill but again in an election year and

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with the Senate under opposition control it is not likely to see further action in this Congress. Congressman Labrador is not facing an election challenge that this legislation would help him with. He is just supporting his constituents. The dunes sagebrush lizard ruling came down in July. The US Fish and Wildlife Service decided that private landowners and the oil and gas industry were doing enough to conserve lizard habitat and ensure its survival that listing isn’t warranted, at least for now. The fact that it’s an election year and energy production is big in the national news had nothing to do with it. Congratulations to the folks in SE New Mexico and West Texas who worked on the issue and thanks to Congressman Pearce for supporting his constituents against a threat to their economic survival. (That’s two examples in a row of Congressmen doing the right thing. It can happen with the right Congressman.) Also a SE New Mexico issue, Eddy County Commissioner Lewis Derrick proposed three resolutions from his county to the Regional meeting of the National Association of Counties earlier in the year. They concerned local input into Endangered Species Act decisions, local and state approval of Wilderness and National Monument Designations and the process of legal appeals of federal regulatory decisions. They were forwarded from the regional meeting to the national convention in Pittsburgh held in July. Of the three, the Wilderness and National Monument resolution passed, the ESA resolution resulted in its provisions being adopted as changes to NACo Platform positions on the ESA and the administrative appeals resolution lost on a close vote probably because it was too complicated an issue for folks who haven’t had to deal with federal appeals yet to understand. NACo’s position on these things is important because they represent county governments nationally and lobby congress on behalf of counties. According to Lewis, New Mexico had three of about 30 resolutions proposed. Gaining approval for two out of the three is a pretty significant accomplishment even for an experienced and polished politician like Commissioner Derrick. As of this writing, there has been over $23 million spent on rehabilitation on the Whitewater/Baldy and Little Bear fires

with more to come. The last total on the suppression cost was $43 million. Not to mention the value of the 240 homes and other property lost estimated in the millions. Then there is the emotional cost of the fires to the folks closest to them as evidenced by the comments in Frank’s column last month. They have had to watch the creation of these predictable disasters by the Forest Service aided by the WildEarth Guardians, Center for Biological Diversity and other environmental zealots and the courts. Now they have to suffer the consequences of the foolhardy management scheme that caused these forests to be overgrown tinderboxes waiting for a spark and some wind. Utah State Representative Ken Ivory was at the joint summer meeting of the NM Federal Lands Council, NM Cattle Growers, NM Wool Growers and NM Farm & Livestock Bureau in June. He explained how he was able to get legislation passed and signed into law to demand state control of their federal land. New Mexico needs to do the same.

New Mexico sends two US Senators and three Congressmen to represent us in Washington. That’s a total of five of 535 (435 in the House and 100 Senators). Those are the people who pass the laws that grant the underlying authority for federal land management, the Endangered Species Act, etc. Why should New Mexico families have to watch their homes and their forests burn because our congressional delegation is less than 1 percent of the body that makes the rules about how our natural resources are managed? States east of New Mexico have very little federal land. Some of them have considerable state land resources and they seem to manage them pretty well. If New Mexicans controlled the use of federal land we might not do a perfect job of managing our forests but we couldn’t do worse than the current situation. Check out AmericanLandsCouncil.org and then talk to your state legislators. The weather maps make it look like the whole state has had a lot of rain. But as usual there are a few spots that have had good moisture and lots of others that have had very little or none. Still for most of us it’s better than last year. Pray for rain and n God’s blessing on us all.

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is overwhelming evidence of these facts, Mr. DeFazio simply doesn’t believe it. Seems he had some “one-tree” fires in his state years ago and he had the problem fixed. If only it were that easy. Another reason to watch the entire hearing is to catch the testimony of Alison Berry, Energy & Economics Specialist with The Sonoran Institute, a Tucson based group, with an office in Bozeman, Montana where Ms. Berry works. Her take on the fire situation ads a new twist. Those who live near the woods are being subsidized by the rest of Americans. According to Ms. Berry, “As housing subdivisions are built in fire-prone areas, however, there is an increasing risk to people and property. This results in higher costs to taxpayers for federal fire prevention and suppression, and greater property losses and risk to life in the event of catastrophic wildfires. “Successful fire suppression often creates a false sense of security in fire-prone areas, effectively encouraging development on the edge of these forests, in the so-called “wildland-urban interface, or WUI,” she continued.

“An early study of fire suppression in the wildland urban interface found that when fighting large fires, between 50 and 95 percent of federal spending goes towards protecting private homes,” Berry said. To date, most efforts to reduce risks of fire in the WUI have focused on reducing “fuels” — removing small trees and brush, either mechanically or with prescribed burning. Local land use planning efforts generally consist of requiring new subdivisions to incorporate “firewise” characteristics such as fire-resistant building and landscaping materials, adequate water supplies for firefighting, and road access for emergency vehicles.” And who is to blame?

“Guiding development away from high risk areas is primarily a state and local responsibility,” according to Berry. “If western counties and communities promoted responsible development patterns in forested areas, it would save millions of taxpayer dollars needed for fire suppression, reduce risks to people and property, and restore forests to healthier conditions,” she concludes. “State and federal agencies — such as the U.S. Forest Service — cover the major-

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ity of the costs for fire suppression in the WUI. This amounts to a taxpayer subsidy for development in fire-prone areas, increasing the amount of land converted to residential uses in these areas,” she continued. “Most existing WUI maps are notoriously vague, making it difficult to implement local growth management efforts in fire-prone areas. Better mapping would allow more effective growth management in these areas; the investment by the federal government would be recouped by reduced federal fire suppression costs,” said Berry. “The insurance industry can also help discourage development in risky locations. As they do in floodplains, insurance companies should require higher premiums in areas of higher fire risk.” “There are very specific actions the federal government can take to help reduce taxpayer costs associated with wildfires, including partnering with local jurisdictions and the private insurance industry to provide resources and incentives for policy reform. With federal leadership, there is every reason for local governments to use well-established, effective growth management tools to limit or prohibit development in the high risk areas for wildfire,” Berry finished. There were members of the Committee who did ask if many of these lands Ms. Berry wants local government to control with “federal leadership” are private. Clearly it isn’t the land that The Sonoran Institute suggests needs controlling, it is people. So who is The Sonoran Institute? You should figure it out because its mantra is “Shaping The Future Of The West.” It calls itself “community-based collaborative conservation.” The Institute came into being in 1990 — so surely they know the West better than those of us who have been here for generations. According to its IRS 1099, the Institute generates more than $3 million a year in contributions and grants and has assets of over $1.2 million. The group’s website profiles some of its major donors. As expected, there are more than a few who come from east of the Mississippi. However, no matter how much we might disagree with groups like these, there are things to be learned from them. The Institute is part of the “One Percent for the Planet – Keep Earth in Business. When you patronize a 1 percent member business, 1 percent of their profits are donated to Partners.” continued on page 43

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Speaking of disagreement . . .

The People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) never ceases to amaze at the depths they will go to garner publicity. The latest outrage is wagering on when Senator Chuck Grassley from Iowa will die — because he eats meat. With all of that said

The House Committee on Resources recently passed H.R. 6089, the Healthy Forest Management and Wildfire Prevention Act of 2012, with a bipartisan vote of 28 to 19. Introduced by Colorado Members Scott Tipton, Doug Lamborn, Mike Coffman, and Cory Gardner, the bill would reduce the risk of catastrophic wildfires, address factors that contribute to insect infestation, and restore forest health by prioritizing and implementing hazardous fuels reduction projects on federal land. Although New Mexico has two members on this Committee it is disappointing that they did not vote in the majority. Food Or Fuel?

With the nation suffering the worst natural disaster in its history, a drought that encompasses some 60 percent of the continental United States there are more hard choices coming. Over the past several years the federal government as well as some state governments, including New Mexico, have imposed renewable fuel standards. The theory is that the nation needs to move away from non-renewal fossil fuels and to renewables like wind, solar and ethanol. Given that there isn’t a way, at least yet, to put wind or solar in the your vehicle’s fuel tank, corn based ethanol is one way to achieve the mandates. The current drought is impacting not only food prices, but fuel costs as well. Here is yet another place that government intervention/regulation doesn’t meet the needs of Mother Nature and thus citizens. In a piece entitled “Corn for Food, Not Fuel” on the New York Times Opinion Page, Colin A. Carter and Henry I. Miller write, “It is not often that a stroke of a pen can quickly undo the ravages of nature, but federal regulators now have an opportunity to do just that. By suspending renewable-fuel standards that were unwise from the start, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) could divert vast amounts of corn from inefficient ethanol production back into the food chain, where market forces.

“As a result [of the drought] , global food prices are rising steeply. Corn futures prices on the Chicago exchange have risen about 60 percent since mid-June, hitting record levels, and other grains such as wheat and soybeans are also sharply higher. Livestock and dairy product prices will inevitably follow. “More than one-third of our corn crop is used to feed livestock. Another 13 percent is exported, much of it to feed livestock as well. Another 40 percent is used to produce ethanol. The remainder goes toward food and beverage production. “Previous droughts in the Midwest . . . resulted in higher food prices, but misguided energy policies are magnifying the effects of the current one. Federal renewable-fuel standards require the blending of 13.2 billion gallons of corn ethanol with gasoline this year. This will require 4.7 billion bushels of corn, 40 percent of this year’s crop. Common sense dictates it should go. “Other countries seem to have a better grasp of market forces and common sense. “Another large ethanol producer uses sugar instead of corn to make ethanol. It has flexible policies that allow the market to determine whether sugar should be sold

on the sugar market or be converted to fuel. Our government could learn from the approach and direct the EPA to waive a portion of the renewable-fuel standards, thereby directing corn back to the marketplace. Under the law, the E.P.A. would first have to determine that the program was causing economic harm. That’s a nobrainer, given the effects of sharply higher grain prices that are already rippling through the economy.” Like I said at the beginning . . .

It is time for government to get out of the way and let Americans not just survive but thrive, as we have in the past without this oppression. As Americans, we can no longer sit by and think the problems are someone else’s. With the general election just 90 days away, we CAN change government, one vote at a time. Make sure you and everyone you come in contact with is registered to vote. Make sure you and everyone you know gets involved in this election. Get to know ALL the candidates so that whoever wins will know your face and your issues. One by one, we can and WILL make a difference. n See you at the State Fair!

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he vast caldera was called Baca Location No. 1 in the 1860s but soon acquired a more popular name: The Valle Grande. Today it is called the Valles Caldera National Preserve. It occupies nearly 90,000 acres in northeastern Sandoval County between La Cueva and the Los Alamos County line. The story of its convoluted ownership involves some of New Mexico’s more interesting events and people. For centuries, in the times before recorded history, it was Indian land. Many tribes made use of its abundant resources. Navajo activities in the area kept the place in the public domain for many years after the arrival of Spanish settlers and Americans after 1846. Events many miles from the caldera would determine its eventual ownership. In 1821, Don Luis Maria Cabeza de Baca petitioned and received a sizable

grant of land around the present day city of Las Vegas, New Mexico. The extent to which the Cabeza de Baca family used the land has been in dispute from that day until this, but indications are that they used at least part of it from time to time. In 1835, though, another group petitioned for, and received, a grant of land with boundaries very similar to the earlier grant. Tomas Dolores Cabeza de Baca, Don Luis’ grandson, protested the second grant to Governor Manuel Armijo, but to no avail. The American occupation nine years later changed everything. Because the Americans pledged to respect earlier land grants, a surveyor general was appointed, and one of his first orders of business was to require documentation regarding ownership of the various grants. The Cabeza de Baca family saw this as an opportunity to

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recover their grant, and they retained attorney John S. Watts in 1854. Watts went to work on the matter while the beneficiaries of the second grant also took action to protect their own interests. By 1858 the matter had reached the desk of Surveyor General William Pelham. Pelham was a cautious man. It took him two years to consider the matter, and then in 1860 he ruled with Solomon-like wisdom that both claims were valid, and the United States Congress with equal astuteness agreed with him. It appears that John Watts engineered the whole thing. He may have suggested to Pelham that the Cabeza de Baca family would be interested receiving land elsewhere in exchange for dropping their claim to the earlier grant in San Miguel County. Congress still faced the problem of how to reconcile the matter, and since Watts was by then New Mexico’s delegate to congress (non-voting since New Mexico was a territory), he was in a position to help. He suggested that a one-for-one deal would not be satisfactory, and when congress finally authorized the exchange, it provided thus: “it shall be lawful for the heirs of Luis Maria Baca, who made claim to the same tract of land as is claimed by the Town of Las Vegas, to select, in lieu of the land claimed by them, and equal quantity of vacant land . . . in the Territory of New Mexico . . . not exceeding five in number (emphasis added).” The Cabeza de Baca family made the first selection, and it was of the Valle Grande, and thus it came to be called Baca Location No. 1. Members of the family had lived at Peña Blanca for many years and they were quite familiar with the potential the location offered. Watts named the four other allotments: Baca Location No. 2 was located just north of present day Tucumcari; Location No. 3 was just north of Nogales, Arizona; No. 4 was in the San Luis Valley section of southern Colorado; and No. 5 was north of Prescott, Arizona. Each of them was approximately square and about 100,000 acres in size. Ownership of Baca Location No. 1 was soon in question. The place was just too continued on page 45

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desirable to be left alone, and besides, there were too many “heirs” involved. Historian Craig Martin says, “Luis Maria Cabeza de Baca had 24 children, and by 1860 his descendants included 88 grandchildren and about 60 great-grandchildren. Shared ownership of the Baca Location No. 1 brought benefits to many family members and many other residents of the region. Only when the concept of shared community resources collided with the American view of property ownership did problems arise. And the “American view” did not necessarily involve the use of the land as much as speculation in its value. Several speculators took an interest in the place, lawyer Tom Catron and Mariano S. Otero, a noted real estate man among them. The Whitney family of New England and California also bought in. They were able to do so because many of the Cabeza de Baca heirs, as a result of deaths in the family, and re-divisions of ownership, ended up with small ownership percentages that they did not perceive as particularly useful to them. The seven children of one branch of the family, for example, ended up with one seventh of one eighteenth of the property, or a 126th interest. So, many of the heirs were willing to sell their interests to the speculators. Tom Catron’s interest was simply an extension of his efforts to capitalize on New Mexico land grants. He was an active participant in the partition of the Maxwell land grant in northeastern New Mexico, and according to one source, he held ownership interests in more than 30 land grants. He also speculated in ranch lands around the territory. Mariano Otero was active in many commercial interests. In one of them he and his uncle, Miguel A. Otero I, wanted to develop a railroad from Bernalillo, through San Ysidro and San Diego Canyon, to Jemez Springs. It would enable tourists to take advantage of the hot-springs. Mariano Otero already owned land in San Diego Canyon, so additional property interests in Baca Location No. 1 was a natural. The Whitneys were arrogant and highhanded in their New Mexico land dealings. They had previously assumed ownership of land in the Estancia Valley, east of Albuquerque, the title to which was in some dispute as members of the Otero clan also claimed ownership. The result was a gunfight in which Manuel B. Otero — Mariano’s first cousin — was killed and James

Whitney severely wounded. The Whitneys forced the issue of the ownership of Baca Location No. 1 by demanding partition of it so they could claim their own specific piece of land, a little over one third of the grant. Catron and Otero immediately dis-

puted the size of the claim, and opposed partition by acreage noting that the value of the place would be diminished considerably if it was broken into smaller plots. Next month: How Baca Location No.1 got to be Valles Caldera National Preserve.

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The Big Island Draws Cattlewomen Across The West Anita Hand, Datil, with the evening torch bearer.

Jean Barton, California not only enjoyed the Hawaii meeting, but provided the pictorial record of the event.

It was a family vacation for Susie Krentz (standing left), her mother, Louise Kimble, (standing right), & Michelle & Bill Kimble, Douglas/Apache, AZ.

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Past CowBelle treasurer Owassa Heimann and CowBelle President Beverly Butler compare notes.

2012 CowBelle Man of the Year Jeff Witte accepts recognition from Estelle Bond.

NMCGA Theft & Health Committee Chairman Curt Kelling (l) drove a long way to visit with almost neighbor NMCGA past president Bill Humphries.

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NMCGA past presidents Bill King (l) and Bebo Lee (r) pitch in to man the Wool Growers booth.

NMWGI past president Joan Kincaid (l) always has a good time with Earline Elliott, part of the 2011 NMFLB Farm Family of the Year.

Earl Greer registers for the first ever NMCGA/NMWGI/NM CowBelle/NM Farm & Livestock Bureau gathering Cattlemen’s Beef Board Chairman and NMCGA past president Wesley Grau visits with Gary Hathorne.

The Range Improvement Task Force’s Nick Ashcroft (l) and NMCGA Federal Lands Committee Chairman Gene Whetten.

Plebe Cody Ogden Stell enjoyed time with mom Alisa Ogden just prior to departure to the Navel Academy – he also took the prize for the longest drive in the golf tournament with him.

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NMSU’s Dr. Manny Encinas presented the awards for the second annual Youth Ranch Management Camp, held in early June at the Valles Caldera. Former State Land Commissioner candidates Stirling Spencer and Matt Rush have a laugh. NCBA Region VI Vice President (and birthday boy) Jeff Menges brought news of the federal catastrophic fire legislation he has been championing for the past year.

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Ban Hamburgers, Cheese & Baseballs? hile most Americans celebrated Independence Day by tossing hamburgers on the grill, cheese on the fixings table and leather baseballs to each other, animal rights and radical environmental activists celebrated by demanding all three pastimes be banned for the planet (or the children). Of course, they really mean “for the cows,” but that might only motivate PETA’s Ingrid Newkirk and her legion of lettuce ladies. To counter these dubious claims, The Center for Consumer Freedom (CCF) went into the heart of cattle country, writing in the Fargo Forum. Why North Dakota? Not long ago, the Forum offered a platform to animal-rights nutrition gadfly Neal Barnard — you might remember him as the former PETA science advisor who

called cheese “dairy crack.” The executive director of CCF called out the animal-rights crowd for latching on to a flawed study: A 2006 U.N. study cited by Singer — an oft-cited prophet of the environmental movement — claimed to calculate that animal agriculture worldwide is responsible for 18 percent of greenhouse gas emissions. More than even transportation. The only problem? One of the report’s authors has since walked it back, acknowledging methodological flaws. “We factored in everything for meat emissions, and we didn’t do the same thing with transport,”

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NEW MEXICO RANCHES FOR SALE Stetson Seep Ranch ~ $3,500 per animal unit. Southwest of Carlsbad in the foothills of the Guadalupe Mountains. 14 sections for 198 animal units yearlong. Good water system, big spring, and solid ranch infrastructure. Central Mountain Ranch ~ At a cool mild 7,000 ft. elevation adjoining the Cibola National Forest near Corona. Tidy neat headquarters, strong 20gpm well, 640 deeded acres, land owner elk tags, $650,000. 10,300 acre southeastern New Mexico cattle ranch with 169 animal unit capacity. All new or remodeled improvements. Excellent water system. Backhoe tractor, feed truck and lease back option, negotiable. Reduced from $811,200 to $774,000. Flying Y Ranch ~ 19,683 total acres with 13,283 deeded and 6,400 acres state lease. Scenic canyons, ridges, and mountainous balanced by wide draws and open grassland areas. Oak, juniper, cottonwood, and willow cloaked canyons and hills. Numerous springs and water wells. Land owner elk permits, deer, lion, javelina, and quail. Two hour drive from El Paso. Priced at $300 deeded acre. Franklin Mountain Ranch ~ 21,595 acre southwestern high desert mountain ranch with a thriving mule deer and quail habitat and room for 350 animal units at 5,000 ft elevation. Extensive improvements, residence, guest house, manager quarters, and shipping pens. Reasonably priced at $3,200,000. Mimbres River Ranch ~ straddles one of the last running rivers in the southwest. Stunning river bosque, water rights, historic Butterfield Stage Stop, equestrian facilities. 1,389 deeded and 400 BLM acres. $1,500,000. See these properties, other listings, and YouTube videos at www.nm-ranches.com

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NEW MEXICO N EW M EXICO PPROPERTIES ROPERTIES LListed isted CCooperatively ooperatively wwith ith AAction ction RRealty, ealty, Dale Spurgeon, Spurgeon, Broker Broker CCliff, liff, NM, NM, Dale W** Annimas, M,, ++//- 100 **NEW NEW imas, NM 100 acre acre Farm, Farm, wwith ith +/+/- 9900 iirrigated rrigated acres, acres, fflood lood Main iirrigated rrigated ww/concrete /concrete ditches. ditches. M ain hhome, ome, second second home, home, gguest uest hhouse, ouse, sshop, hop, $325,000. hhorse orse bbarns arns oother ther bbuildings. uildings. $325,000. *SOLD* D* +/ +/-300 300 Head Head Cattle Cattle Ranch, Ranch, *SOLD Virden Virden, n, NNM M +//-- 4010 4010 ddeeded eeded acres, acres, +//-2277 sec sec BLM, BLM, 4.5 4.5 sec sec NM NM State State Lease. Lease. HHQQ includes includes 2 BBR, R, 1 bath, bath, ssite ite bbuilt uilt Well hhome ome on on 1100 iirrigated rrigated aacres. cres. W ell anch. wwatered atered rranch.

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*NEW* W* Franklin, Fr ank lin, NNM, M, 2288 AAcre cr e *NEW Farm – 1199 AAcres Farm cres ooff wwater ater rights rights from from Mfg. FFranklin ranklin I.D., I.D., 5 BR, BR, 3 bbath ath M fg. hhome, ome, $150,000 TTerms. erms. ccorrals. orrals. $150,000 HORSE ROPERTIES H ORSE PPROPERTIES W illcoxx,, AZ AZ 4400 Acres Acres – GGreat Willco reat views views inin eevery very direction, direction, ppower ower to to the the property. property. $85,000. 000. $85,0 *REDUCED* UCED* Irrigated Irrigated FFarm, arm, SSt.t. DDavid, avid, *REDU AZ 115+ AZ 5+ acre acre pparcel, arcel, new new 3 BR, BR, 2 Bath Bath ccustom ustom hhome ome ooverlooking verlooking ppond, ond, iirrigated rrigated ffarm arm ffields, ields, 1120 20 ppecan ecan trees; trees; IIndoor ndoor sswimming wimming pool; pool; guest guest hhouse; ouse; studio; studio; rroot oot ccellar; ellar; workshop; workshop; machine machine & hhay ay $790,000 $650,000. $650,000. ssheds. heds. $790,000

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Arroyo Sanchez Ranch – +/-2,000 acres has 160 deeded acres and 1800 acre NM state grazing lease. Perimeter fenced, dirt tanks, 1 pipeline drinker & good pasture grasses. Price is $398,750 Sombrero Ranch, Trujillo, NM – 1,442 deeded acres has 2 pastures on Hwy. 84 S. of Trujillo. Perimeter fenced, 3 good cold water wells, 2 dirt tanks & springs in the coolie. This has been a successful 30 cow/calf operation for many years. Asking $575,358

P POKER OKER LAKE RANCH ANCH – 12,000± 12,000± Deeded D eed ed aacres c r es LAKE R located on l oc a t ed o n the t h e north n or t h slope slope of of the t h e Capitan C a p it a n Mountain Southeastern NM. 300 AUs M ou n t ain in in S ou t h ea s t er n N M. 3 00 tto o 400 4 00 A Us yearlong. Distribution, wonderful is t r ib u t ion , w on d er fu l y ear lon g. Good Good water w a t er D with deer m u le d eer hunting. h u n t in g . vviews iew s aalong l on g w it h eexcellent x cellen t mule Call price. C all for for p rice.

Apache Mesa Ranch Parcels, Las Vegas, NM – 120 acre fenced parcel & one 64 acre rim rock parcel located on Apache Mesa. Priced at $140,000 & $79,000. 120 acre parcel is perimeter fenced & has two good tanks. 64 acres has rim rock sunset views! La Cueva Canyon Ranch – 1,595 deeded acres and some BLM grazing lease. Very scenic parcel has tall pines, canyon springs, good dirt tanks, new fence on NE corner. Turkeys, deer and other native species abound. Price is $972,950

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15 / Feral Hog Summit / Albuquerque, NM 16 / NM Game Commission / Rio Rancho, NM 17 - 19 / NM Dept of Game & Fish Outdoor Expo / Albuquerque, NM

1 / NM Game Commission / Raton, NM 30 / Horses For Heroes Cowboy Christmas / Santa Fe, NM

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6 - 9 / Joint Stockmen’s Convention / Albuquerque, NM

13 - 23 / New Mexico State Fair / Albuquerque, NM 15 / Centennial Solano Western Traditions Celebration / Solano, NM 21 / NM State Fair Junior Livestock Auction / Albuquerque, NM 26 / Fives States CowBelle Meeting / Clayton, NM 26 / NM Cattle Growers’ Fall Board Meeting / Albuquerque, NM

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February 2013 16 / Bradley 3 Ranch Bull Sale / Estelline, TX 18 / NM Cattle Growers’ Legislative Board Meeting / Santa Fe, NM 19 / Ag Fest Legislative Reception / Santa Fe, NM

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Motomco Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .77 N New Mexico Bank & Trust . . . . . . . . . . .19 New Mexico Cattle Growers Insurance . .55 New Mexico Cattle Growers Association Membership . . . . . . . . . . .42 New Mexico 4-H Leadership Team . . . .76 New Mexico Horse Breeders’ Assoc. . . . .21 New Mexico Property Group . . . . . . . . .62 New Mexico Purina Dealers . . . . . . . . . .80 New Mexico State Fair . . . . . . . . . .23, 29 New Mexico State Fair Junior Livestock Auction . . . . . . . . . . . .3 NMSU Animal & Range Sciences . . .51, 52 New Mexico Wool Growers . . . . . . . . . .45 No-Bull Enterprises LLC . . . . . . . . . . . .24 O Old Mill Farm & Ranch Supply . . . . . . .11 Jim Olson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34 O’Neill Land LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61 P Paco Feed Yard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38 Phase-A-Matic Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27 Phillips Diesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56 PolyDome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14 Pratt Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64 Cattle Guards/Priddy Construction . . . . .21 R The Ranch Finder / Ronnie Mayer . . . . .60 The Ranches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32 RanchWay Feeds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30 D.J. Reveal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18, 57 Riley & Knight Appraisal, LLC . . . . . . .62 Rim Fire Stock Dogs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52 Robertson Livestock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56 Roswell Livestock & Farm Supply . . . . .69 Roswell Livestock Auction Co . . . . . . . . .12

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Working Range Bulls by CURTIS FORT

uring the summer a few months before, the bosses had informed us we had a problem with Vibrio, a venereal disease in cattle. So during the fall works we had put all the cows through the chute and had given them a shot. Now it was February and time to start on the bulls. Because the medicine was given according to weight, we started by gathering about 50 bulls at a time, penning them at the big corrals at headquarters, then cutting them off one at a time on the scales to get their weight. Anyone that’s worked with range bulls, no matter what the breed, knows it stirs them up to get them alone, and often they get “on the hook.” We gave them this treatment every day for three days. Once in the chute, the vet ran a tube up their noses and into their stomachs, so with everything else we had to do it was going to be several weeks processing those bulls. On top of that it was double cold and snowed regularly. By the fourth week of February we lacked one more bunch of fifty bulls. As we got them to the corrals there was one that kept trying to get away. He jumped over the corral fence, tearing it up, and headed for parts unknown! So we put the last set of bulls through the squeezer for their first dose. The next morning as we saddled up, Bill told Ron and me to go get that bull that jumped out of the corral and do whatever it took to gather him. We figured he was close, as once he got away from all the activity he’d slow down and miss his amigos. So we split up and went to cutting sign. It was very cold and I rode up on a high point to see if I could sight Ron, and there he was standing up in his stirrups waving that sombrero at me. I rode up to him as he lit a fresh rolled smoke of Prince Albert and was studying tracks in the snow. He said he thought that bull was bushed up on the creek down below us. Pretty soon we jumped him and

he headed west, away from civilization. By the time we caught up with him he was going up the road at a trot with his mind on the “far away.” He was a muley, but when you tried to hold him up, he’d make a run at you. We were getting close to the end of that pasture. If he went through that fence, the next fence was way north on the Colorado line and he’d be in a pasture that was all timber and canyons. So I pulled up, stepped off, reset my saddle and tightened up . . . Ron did the same. I told him that if he’d ever thrown a great heel loop, this was the time, as I was going to catch him before he went through that fence. I wanted to throat latch him, so I roped him with a small loop so he would choke. Plus, I knew he’d come up the rope

“Three days later I was one of his pall bearers. We buried him on a little mesa north of the corrals and cookhouse, in the ranch cemetery.” to hit me. As I hoped, Ron picked up his hocks and went the other way. We faced each other with that bull between us andstretched him until he choked and fell over. He hit the ground and I was there pronto to sideline him with those big nylon piggin’ strings. About the time Mr. Bull choked and fell over, up drove my amigo Tye Terrill, with Gene Price and Con Englehorn. All worked for a real estate firm hired by Penzoil to do maps and a depreciation schedule on the Vermejo. Tye

and I had become amigos while we were both in school attending NMSU. We have covered lots of country together . . . he’s a man “to ride the river with.” That Winter and following Spring, he spent several weeks at Vermejo working on the maps, etc. It was fun to have him up for supper while he’d stay at Casa Minor, one of the mansions at headquarters. We had that bull sidelined, so I asked Tye and his amigos to go back to headquarters and tell them to bring a trailer. Soon, here came Charlie, with that gooseneck and a big dun horse in his mount, named Winchester. We backed that trailer right up to the bull and we all got tied to him. I had Tye take off those side-line ropes and up he came, blowing snot. But we all hit the end of it at the same time, and slammed his head, with a bang, into the front of that trailer. He wasn’t so bravo after a good choking! We put him through the chute, gave him a dose and sent him out to the water lot with the others. The next morning we saddled up and started on those bulls. By then they had rigged up a hydraulic chute because these ol’ toros were big! As we were putting them down the chute towards the squeezer, one reared up on top of the chute, which made him look twice his size . . . plus, he was blowing snot and had a look of hate in his eye! When he hit the squeezer he was plenty mad. They clamped him down, ran that tube in his nose, and when he came out he put the vet, Ron and I into the back of the pickup. He was a mad hombre. Another bull hit the squeezer with a big bang, but when he was secure and the vet was working on him, I had a weird feeling . . . did that bull find the water lot on the Vermejo Creek? So I took a few steps to see where he went! I looked down an alley, and saw the whole deal. continued on page 73

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Curtis Drake was the head of maintenance at Vermejo. If we had a problem with plumbing, sewer, electrical or anything else, we just called maintenance. On this particular day there were several men in his crew working on an electrical pole in the middle of that set of corrals and he had walked down an alley to watch them work. I guess Mr. Drake hadn’t latched the gate to the alley when he went through it and that bull had found it. He ran right up to Mr. Drake who was leaning back against that shed,looking up at the two men working on a transformer. He was hard of hearing so didn’t know this bull was standing 15 feet away with his head up, his hind legs spread and his neck bowed. When I saw what was going on, I hollered at Ronny to come on. I used to run pretty fast and I took off running, hoping I could get there to get the bull’s attention before Mr. Drake made a move. Ron saw the whole deal, and wasn’t far behind me. Mr. Drake sensed something as the men working on the pole saw the bull. He looked to his left, saw the bull and realized the danger. He decided in an instant to get out of the bull’s sight by

ducking under the shed. He didn’t know how buzzed-up this bull was. I was nearly there when Mr. Drake moved, and that’s all the bull needed. In two seconds he was under that shed and hit Mr. Drake so hard it blew out the whole back of the shed. When I got there, two seconds later, the bull was on his knees, putting his full weight into Mr. Drake. I slapped the bull on the hips and he whirled and came at me. I pulled out down that alley and he was in my back pocket. But I knew his mind was on me now, so I was on the top rail of that alley in a split second. The bull went on and found the water lot and the other bulls. Mr. Drake was critical and the cowboys kept him alive by mouth to mouth resuscitation, while the ambulance took an hour to get there. That was good time for

those forty miles of dirt road. Unfortunately, Mr. Drake passed away on the way to town. Three days later I was one of his pall bearers. We buried him on a little mesa north of the corrals and cookhouse, in the ranch cemetery. I don’t know how to tell this sad story, but I feel Mr. Drake deserves a huge salute. I wish I had visited with him more, but really never had a chance. I just want to honor him as a Vermejo soldier. He was a hard worker and loyal to the ranch. He “rode for the brand,”and was proud to be a part of the n Maxwell Grant-Vermejo legacy.

Curtis Fort roping out horses at Vermejo Park Headquarters, 1974. Photo by Chuck Stocks

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esicular Stomatitis (VS) continues to affect the livestock population in New Mexico. The disease primarily affects cattle, horses, and swine, but also can be contracted by sheep and camelids. It is spread by a number of vectors, most com-

monly small biting insects such as gnats. Although VS seems to follow river valleys as it spreads, outbreaks are not uncommon outside those areas and can affect the entire state. The disease causes painful sores in and around the mouths and, occasionally, on the coronary bands of livestock. Very painful, it can last approximately a week during which time the animal has great difficulty eating and drinking. Once cases appear, VS generally remains active until hard freezes occur in the late fall or winter. The disease is particularly important to control because it has very similar visible characteristics to Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD), an extremely virulent fast spreading disease that, if ever re-introduced into the United States will cause huge losses to the livestock industry and economic havoc

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Being Prepared Pays Dividends by KATIE GOETZ, N.M. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE his fire season has been full of superlatives in New Mexico and across the West. The Whitewater Baldy Fire in Catron and Grant counties went down as the largest blaze in the state’s recorded history, charring more than 465 square miles of the Gila National Forest. At a little more than 69 square miles, the Little Bear Fire in the Lincoln National Forest was small by comparison, but the more than 250 homes and businesses lost to that blaze make it the most destructive in state history. Perhaps the least-told story of this fire season: A handful of farmers in the Dexter area combined to donate around 25 tons of hay – nothing to sneeze at, especially considering the high price of hay lately – to the Lincoln County Fairgrounds in Capitan, which at one point during the Little Bear Fire provided shelter, feed, and water to as many as 130 head of livestock. Randall Norris, Doug Whitney, Berry Land & Cattle, and Bogle Limited Com-

pany donated the hay. “They didn’t donate old hay or bad hay or stuff they couldn’t sell,” said Gary Krantz, who rounded up the donations. “It was number-one hay.” Across the Rio Grande, members of New Mexico Cattle Growers’ Association pooled $1,100 to buy hay for livestock evacuated from the Whitewater-Baldy Fire. NMCGA Executive Director Caren Cowan said her organization put some other donations toward starting an emergency fund for the future. Both gifts are examples of something you hear time and again when talking with leaders across New Mexico agriculture: in an emergency, the self-sufficiency and neighborliness of rural New Mexicans really shines through.

FIRE! a photograph taken by Juliane BaishSproul during the Horseshoe II Fire in the Chiricahua Mountains in June 2011.

“The agriculture community in New Mexico is a close bunch of folks who really care for each other individually and their communities collectively,” said New Mexico Secretary of Agriculture Jeff Witte. “The response, donation, and assistance in an emergency situation are examples of the best coming out in folks.” When an emergency situation creates problems for New Mexico’s livestock owners, their first points of contact are often the county extension agent and livestock inspector. Both understand the transportation and feed issues that come with large animals, and both are well-connected within the community and at a state level – an important detail when time is of the essence and you need to know what help is available. Still, Lincoln County Extension Agent Pete Gnatkowski said the credit for the “tremendous” response to the Little Bear Fire belongs not to any one person or organization. “[Lincoln County] still has enough people with what you would call an ag or rural background that they are able to take care of themselves and others,” he explained. continued on page 76

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Gnatkowski added that the people who needed help were those who have a few acres and a few head of livestock, namely horses, with no way to move them or any place to go. (Such animals were received at the Capitan Fairgrounds.) Several animal shelters in the area opened their doors to receive pets from people who had to evacuate their homes. Pets weren’t an issue in the sparsely populated area threatened by the Whitewater-Baldy Fire in Catron and Grant counties, according to Catron County Exten-

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organizations stay “plugged in” with one another when big fires break out around New Mexico is to start the day off with a conference call. They share information in order to help support local efforts and fill in any gaps. New Mexico Department of Agriculture (NMDA) hosts the call, and among those dialing in are county extension agents, livestock inspectors, Cattle Growers, and New Mexico Farm & Livestock Bureau leadership. The group thinks through the entire chain: Who has livestock in harm’s way? Can they move those animals, or do we need to identify someone who can help? Where will those livestock be taken, and where’s the feed coming from? Those and other agricultural questions are on Kelly Hamilton’s mind in an emergency situation. He directs NMDA’s Office of Agricultural Biosecurity; as part of that position, Hamilton oversees the agricultural and natural resources piece of what’s known as the Emergency Support Function (ESF) system. Hamilton describes the ESF system as a series of “industry-specific state plans” to help bust up an emergency situation into a bunch of smaller, more manageable pieces. In other words, public health experts are left to deal with only public health issues, while hazardous materials experts are left to deal with only hazardous materials issues and so on. “Prior to 9/11, you’d just have a mass response of people and equipment,” Hamilton said. “Now it’s much more specific – you don’t have someone trying to operate in an ag setting if that’s not their area of expertise.” Several people across New Mexico agriculture say the response to emergencies is far beyond what it was 10 years ago. “We have spent years training agency personnel and our industry partners to respond to situations such as these fires,” Agriculture Secretary Witte added. “When we experience the cooperation and coordination, it truly helps protect our livestock industry.” As smoothly as things went this fire season, as with anything, there’s always room for improvement. Hamilton said that checklists are being developed, including an animal check-in form to keep ownership straight when multiple people are moving evacuated livestock to a single location. “[The check-in form] will show this is the animal coming in, this is the owner . . . this is the animal going out with its continued on page 77

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owner.” Another communications piece in development is a public service announcement advising livestock owners to develop a plan for their animals in case of a wildfire or other emergency. That PSA gets down to such basics as making sure your truck and trailer are gassed up and road-ready – or identifying someone who has a truck and trailer if you don’t. “Last year during the Wallow Fire, [Cattle Growers was] able to identify a core group of people who were able to haul cattle if need be,” executive director Cowan said. “One of the things I learned this year is that we’ve got to develop that in each quadrant of the state.” Cowan envisions having a file of who’s ready, willing, and able to help if given a couple hours’ notice. The file would be complete with how each person could lend a hand – whether that’s hauling cattle or donating hay. “Ag is self-sufficient,” she said. “People cowboy up to help themselves and each other – but it’s nice to know we have a network like this in place when we need it.” n AUGUST 2012

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