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TABLE OF CONTENTS NEW MEXICO STOCKMAN Write or call: P.O. Box 7127 Albuquerque, New Mexico 87194 Fax: 505/998-6236 505/243-9515 E-mail: caren@aaalivestock.com Official publication of: ■
New Mexico Cattle Growers’ Association Email: nmcga@nmagriculture.org; 2231 Rio Grande NW, P.O. Box 7517, Albuquerque, NM 87194, 505/247-0584, Fax: 505/842-1766; President, Rex Wilson Executive Director, Caren Cowan Deputy Director, Zach Riley Asst. Executive Director, Michelle Frost New Mexico Wool Growers, Inc. P.O. Box 7520, Albuquerque, NM 87194, 505/247-0584 President, Marc Kincaid Executive Director, Caren Cowan Asst. Executive Director, Michelle Frost
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2013 Mid-Year Meeting Highlights
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Fairs Across New Mexico
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Music For Those Who Come To Dance
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New Mexico State Fair Livestock Schedule
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Eastern New Mexico State Fair Schedule
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Southern New Mexico State Fair Schedule
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New Mexico State Fair Horse Show Schedule
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New Mexico State Fair Main Street Days
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New Mexico Surpreme Court Rules For Domestic Well Law
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by Tiffany Dowell, Attorney
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EDITORIAL & ADVERTISING Publisher: Caren Cowan Publisher Emeritus: Chuck Stocks Office Manager: Marguerite Vensel Advertising Reps.: Chris Martinez, Melinda Martinez Contributing Editors: Carol Wilson Callie Gnatkowski-Gibson, William S. , Lee Pitts Photographer: Dee Bridgers
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N.M. Cattle Growers’ Association President’s Letter
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News Update
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On The Edge of Common Sense
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In Memoriam
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N.M. CowBelles Jingle Jangle
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To The Point
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N.M. Federal Lands Council News
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New Mexico’s Old Time and Old Timers
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NMBC Bullhorn
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Seedstock Guide
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Cowboy Heroes
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Market Place
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Real Estate Guide
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Scatterin’ The Drive
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by Caren Cowan by Frank DuBois by Don Bullis
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It will take more to cover everyone and much more to catch up from the severe drought. But the green and tinge of green that we see in lots of places certainly makes us feel better! It hardly seems possible, but it is time to once again begin preparation for the Legislature. Although we are months away from the Session itself, Interim Legislative Committees are meeting across the state. Their agendas gives some look as to what might come in the 2014 Legislature. If a committee is meeting near you, it is well worth your time to sit in for awhile and to get to know the legislators who sit on these committees. They will remember you come Legislature. If you want to find details of these meetings, please check the website, www.nmagricutlure.org or contact the office. These meetings will run until November. The plan is to hold legislative training at the upcoming Fall Board of Directors meeting slated for August 28 in Santa Fe. Watch the website, your email or Facebook for details shortly. NMCGA members and staff continue to work on a wide variety of issues from wolves to jumping mice and federal land management plans. Our Congress is on recess this month. If you will have the opportunity to visit with them, please contact the office for a list of talking points. With only four and half months left (but who’s counting) we are coming down to the wire on the goal of recruiting 400 new members by December 2013. We are well within range of making if not surpassing that goal. If each one of you would recruit just ONE new member . . . or join if you are not already a member, we can start 2014 as a stronger voice for ranch families and private property rights. You can join now by visiting the website or calling the office at 505/247.0584. Hope to see you down the road soon. Keep up those prayers for rain. Sincerely,
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Pioneer Ranch Family & Arizona State Land Office Win he Knight Family, Springerville, Arizona, reaffirmed their right to continue longstanding range stewardship practices with a recent decision handed down by the Maricopa County Superior Court of Appeals. In the Wildearth Guardians, Inc versus The Arizona State Land Department and Knight Family case, the Court sided with the State Land Commissioner’s decision to recognize the stewardship equities of the Knight family. In the case the Court affirmed the decision and recommendation of the Arizona State Land Commissioner that the Knight family presented the best “equity” in the conflicted State Land Lease. “While many concerned days and some sleepless nights have transpired over the last several years – we are pleased that the Court recognized my family’s stewardship over the Wildearth Guardians attempt to destabilize, through conflict, our ability to conserve and produce from the State Lands my family has cared for over the decades,” said Roxanne Knight. The Arizona Cattle Growers’ Association joined the Knight Family in defending their history of stewardship and right to the lease. “The scales of justice are uncertain, so we are tremendously happy that the Court recognized the history and legacy of stewardship the Knights have provided as lessees of State Trust Land,” stated Andy Groseta, President of the Arizona Cattle Growers’ Association. Groseta went on to say, “It is refreshing to see a Court deny the agents of conflict their opportunity to destabilize another rural ranching family.” Wildearth Guardians have wasted several hundred thousand dollars of Arizona tax payers’ money trying to destabilize an industry and put a pioneer family out of business. The wasted time and resources on the states behalf should not be tolerated by any taxpayer. It is a hard working family and the State Land Department that has invested five years of hard work to protect the rights of Arizona. Arizona’s ranch families manage a majority of State Trust land through grazing leases. This is a mutually beneficial practice that allows proper management of undeveloped trust land while providing millions of dollars to the agency. The Arizona Legislature does not provide any funding for the Land Department to institute any agency initiated management practices on State Trust rangeland. The Land Department relies on its grazing lessees to expend their own money to initiate management practices on their leases. The Arizona Cattle Growers’ and Knight family have spent over $100,000 defending these proven practices for the future generations of Arizonans. Douglas E. Brown of Brown & Brown Law Offices P.C., a law firm in Apache County, defended the ■ Knights.
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reported on its website recently: “While the overall energy history of the United States is one of significant change as new forms of energy were developed, the three major fossil fuels—petroleum, natural gas, and coal, which together provided 87 percent of total U.S. primary
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MARK J. PERRY, WWW.AEI-IDEAS.ORG resident Obama has frequently promoted renewable energy sources, and said during his 2012 campaign that “We’ve got to look at the energy sources of the future, like wind and solar and biofuels, and make those investments.” By “investments” Obama most likely means massive “taxpayer-funded subsidies” for wind, solar, and biofuels. At the same time, Obama has often dismissed fossil fuels as “energy sources of the past.” But according to projections from Obama’s Department of Energy, the reality is much different — fossil fuels will continue be America’s dominant source of energy for at least the next quarter century, while renewables, even with taxpayer life support, will continue to play a relatively minor role as an energy source for the US. Here’s what the Department of Energy
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all is fair time in New Mexico, with 4-H and FFA kids putting the final touches on indoor projects, packing up their show animals, and heading to town for the county fair. Throughout August, small towns across the state host these annual events, showcasing residents’ talents and hard work. While the focus is on youth at these events, through junior livestock shows, rodeos, horse shows and indoor exhibits, competition can also be fierce in the adult division. After the county fairs wind down, the focus shifts to regional and state fairs, which showcase agriculture in more urban settings – the New Mexico State Fair in Albuquerque, the Southern New Mexico State Fair in Las Cruces, and the Eastern New Mexico State Fair in Roswell. Competition is stiffer, the crowds are larger, but the fun, relaxed atmosphere remains the same. Plus, who can pass up the chance for
a funnel cake? This will be the 75th year for the New Mexico State Fair, set for September 11 through 22. Originally intended to promote agriculture, the State Fair draws exhibitors and visitors from across the state. “I believe that’s the greatest part about the fair, that it gives agricultural producers and the industry the chance to reach people who are not familiar with agriculture, to help them understand what we do for them on a daily basis,” said State Fair Commissioner Matt Rush. From Main Street Days, each with a different theme; performers, PRCA rodeos and concerts to the midway, the Junior Livestock Shows and Sale, 4-H and FFA exhibits and educational displays, there is no shortage of things to see and do at the NMSF. For a lot of New Mexicans, who can’t afford to vacation out of state, the State Fair is especially important because it is their entertainment, their Six Flags, Rush noted. “It’s a huge opportunity for us to reach and educate people.” In an effort to emphasize the agricultural side of the fair, there has been a conscientious effort to get more events on the north end of the fairgrounds the last couple of years – last year’s pig races in the
Dairy Barn are one example. “We are trying to get more people down to the agricultural end of the fairgrounds, get them into the show barns, watching the livestock shows, and involved with producers,” he explained. The New Mexico FFA’s Red Barn, staffed by FFA members throughout the fair, gives people, especially, families, a chance to see and interact with a variety of livestock including, including babies when possible. Another big draw for people with young children is the McDonald’s Farm, where kids can sit on a big tractor, pedal a small one, go through a corn maze, and learn about all aspects of farm and livestock production. “We owe a huge debt of gratitude to the 4-H and FFA kids for all their hard work to educate the public at the fair. By getting kids in front of other kids and adults to educate them about agriculture, they make a big difference.” Rush, also Executive Vice President of the N.M. Farm & Livestock Board, is one of seven State Fair Commissioners who are appointed by the Governor. This will be his second year as a commissioner. Producers need to make it known to their elected officials and representatives that if they continued on page 17
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support agriculture, we want them to support the State Fair, he said. “It is of critical importance for those of us in agriculture to let elected officials and the public know who we are and what we do, and the State Fair is the perfect opportunity to do that.” Set this year for October 2 through 6, the Southern New Mexico State Fair (SNMSF) in Las Cruces draws participants from eight counties in Southern N.M. “There are a lot of people out there who don’t know anything about agriculture,” said Mark Halvorsen, SNMSF Board President. “The fair is a chance for us to focus on agriculture, combine the two cultures, and bring city folks out to see what agriculture is all about.” From exhibitors to visitors, a wide variety of events – including educational displays, 4-H youth and adult exhibits, livestock shows, a carnival and midway, concerts Thursday through Saturday nights and more will keep everyone engaged. Junior livestock shows start on Tuesday, finishing up with the sale on Friday night. New this year will be truck and high-performance tractor pulls on Sunday, Oct. 6. Rodeo is also a big part of the SNMSF. This will mark the fair’s seventh year hosting the Turquoise Circuit Finals, which includes Arizona and New Mexico. “It’s the biggest rodeo in the circuit, and usually does bring in some of the big names,” Halvorsen noted. The fair, which will be coming up on its 50th year soon, runs the first Wednesday through Sunday in October each year. Before moving out to the fairgrounds just west of town, it started out at New Mexico State University. Aside from an Executive Director, who is paid by the fair, it’s a volunteer organization. A 30-member general board, and seven-member Executive Committee, help organize each year’s event. Putting the fair together each year is a big job. “We close the books in November, December is an off month, then in January we start sending out vendor and sponsor packs for the next year’s fair,” he said. Halvorsen started out on the SNMSF’s Rodeo Committee, and has served on the Fair Board since 2000. He is in his fourth year as board president, and served as vicepresident for three years prior to that. He says he got involved because the company he works for, now Volvo Rents, was a big sponsor of the fair. “I got involved, then my kids started showing,” he explained. “In
order to keep the fair going, you have to have new people step up and help. We want to ensure that the fair continues to grow and prosper, to make sure that it’s still here in the future.” He asks attendees to patronize the sponsors who make the fair possible. “Without our sponsors and volunteers, we are nothing,” Halvorsen said. “We rely on our business community for sponsorships, and I definitely want to thank our local sponsors. Without their help, we would have to charge a hefty fee at the gate just to cover the costs of putting on the fair. It’s the same with volunteers, our fair was
built up by volunteers. There are a lot of years of experience on a lot of fair boards across New Mexico.” New Mexico’s fair season winds down in Roswell with the Eastern New Mexico State Fair (ENMSF), which runs for a week from late September through early October, making it the state’s last fair of the year. It’s also the state’s oldest fair, with this year’s event, set for September 29 – October 7, marking the fair’s 91st year. “It’s a traditional, family-oriented event, and our goal is to make the fair a continued on page 18
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memorable experience for attendees,” said ENMSF Board President Larry Hobson. “We work to put on a good, fun carnival and fair for people to come and enjoy.” The fair started out as a fall festival, centered downtown as a celebration of the year’s cotton crop. In the late 1940s, it moved out to the current fair site, on the south side of town. The ENMSF began as a twelve-county fair, and today 22 counties are included in the event. “Over time, different counties have asked to be included in the fair and as long as there’s no conflict on dates, we let them join us,” Hobson said. “Every time we add a county, people ask, “Where are we going to put all those people?”, but it always works out.” There’s something for everyone at the ENMSF, including a parade, a full carnival, vendors, educational exhibits by groups including the New Mexico Department of Agriculture, the Southwest Dairy Museum and the New Mexico Farm and Livestock Bureau, and concerts throughout the week. “It’s a very traditional fairgrounds,” Hobson said. “We try to make it available to as many people as possible, offering
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qualified judges. We want to accommodate the community and county, and keep people entertained.” The fair is self-funded, and organized and operated by a 15-member, all volunteer board. Board members are primarily businesspeople from Chaves and surrounding counties. “We try to keep the board well-rounded,” he explained. “It’s a dedicated bunch of people.” The fact that the fair doesn’t get any funding from outside sources helps keep initiative up, he explained, citing the fair’s new, $80,000 poultry facility which opened in 2012. “We try not to take one species over another, and treat all exhibitors as equal.” It also gives them more control over the fairgrounds, including a zero-tolerance policy for drugs and alcohol. “I have to give our forefathers a lot of credit for the way they set things up,” he noted. “Since we are a private facility, we have more flexibility in how we operate. Hobson, who is serving his 14th year as ENMSF Board President, takes a lot of pride in the fact that the fair’s only employees are a full-time grounds manager and a part-time business manager who works for the fair about two and a half months each year. The Junior Livestock Office, he said, is staffed by ladies who started out helping when their kids were showing, and now have grandkids showing. For Hobson, they key word is fair family. “We’re not badge wearers, we’re people. Our volunteers are all passion-based, and we all understand the importance of what we do. Not everyone is involved in the junior livestock shows, most volunteers take on a position of interest.” The loss of long-time volunteer and supporter Johnny Ogden, who passed away last year, will definitely be felt at this year’s fair. “Over time, we have lost a lot of key people, but as life goes, we go on. What we find with volunteers is that there’s always someone who is willing to step up and help when you need them.” Hobson, a Roswell-area farmer, is also in his 32nd year as president of the Chaves County Fair Board and stays involved because he enjoys seeing kids succeed. “Growing up, there were people who had a belief in me. I enjoyed 4-H and FFA, participated in the fair, and even made the sale once. I’ve seen a lot of fairs, and a lot of youth. My kids showed here, and now my grandkids, nieces and nephews are show■ ing.”
Music for Those Who Come to Dance by CALLIE GNATKOWSKI GIBSON
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eople come from far and wide when they hear that the Delk Band is playing, whether to the Luna County Old Timers’ Reunion, the Joint Stockmen’s Convention, the Cowboys For Cancer Research fundraiser, a Cowboy Dinner and Dance in the Gila, or anywhere in between. Today, Joe Delk and his sons Neal, Mark and Byron are continuing the legacy started by Joe’s father, Forrest Delk, playing music that people love and will drive miles to dance to. “The opportunity our music has given us to be a part of New Mexico is very humbling,” Joe said. “People all over the state love to dance to our music.” With the June release of the band’s new CD, Music for Those Who Come to Dance, fans will now have a way to enjoy the band’s music between performances. The album features Neal and Mark on vocals, Joe on fiddle, Neal on guitar, Mark on drums and Byron on bass guitar. Also playing on the album and part of their musical family are Dee Ford and Chek Rippee on fiddle, Roy Garcia and Jimmy Tomlinson on pedal steel guitar and Ty Martin on piano. This is the first CD for the Delks, who’ve been playing together for 24 years. “This project wasn’t something we did to make a buck, it’s more about something we had to do for posterity and for the people who not only danced to my dad’s music but have grown up dancing to our music,” Joe said. Everyone agrees that this CD has been a long time coming. “It’s something that
Dad has wanted to do for 20 years, and something we needed to do,” Neal said. “Once we all left the house and were living our own lives, it was hard to take the time to do it, but little by little we got it put together.” “This is something that Dad has always wanted to do, to get all four of us on a CD before the time comes that we don’t do it anymore,” Byron agreed. “It all goes back to Grandpa, we did this in memory of Grandpa and Grandma,” Mark said. It’s also for their fans and listeners. “People have been asking us for years to do this, and we are excited to have it put together so that they can dance at home, too.” Not much has changed in the band’s almost 80-year history. It’s still a family
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band, although the “family” has grown to include other musicians who fill in when needed. And, they still play the old favorites that everyone grew up with and loves to dance to. “Probably three-quarters of the dance tunes we play today are the same tunes I played with my dad all those years ago,” Joe noted. It all started with Joe’s father, Forrest Delk. In 1934, in the middle of a tough drought, the then seventeen-year-old and his band, the “Sunshine Boys,” were scheduled to play at an Arizona Cattle Growers meeting in Apache Grove, Arizona. It was an outdoor event, and it rained so hard that no one could get to the dance. The next day, all the creeks had run when Forrest and his band members returned to Silver City and from then on the band was known as Forrest Delk and his Gully Jumpers. Forrest’s father, George Delk, passed away in 1938 and Forrest, in his junior year at Western New Mexico University, went home to run the ranch near Santa Rita. He continued his music, playing for many square dances through the late 40s and 50s as that became popular. He married his wife, Gertrude (Twiss), in 1945. “Ranching, and playing for dances, was just what he did,” Joe explained. “Daddy loved playing for dances, and had no ambition to go anywhere with his music. My brother and sister and grew up going to school during the week, helping Daddy on the weekends, and playing for dances on Saturday night. It was just the way it was.” Joe started playing the fiddle with his dad when he was 12 or 13 years old, and that grew into playing with the band fulltime. He married his wife, Diane, in 1968, and their three boys grew up with music and going to dances. When he was growing up, Joe explained, musical instruments were always kept put away, so when you wanted to practice, you had to go get them out of the closet and get them out of the case – which can be a lot of work for a kid. “With our kids, we just hung the instruments on the wall – no restrictions – so if one of the boys wanted to walk by, grab an instrument and play for a few minutes, they could.” “When they would learn something new,” he continued, “they would call Grandpa and say “Grandpa, listen to this.” They have been performing from an early age so when they got on stage for the first time, it wasn’t a big deal. The Delk Band of today first played continued on page 22 AUGUST 2013
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(to follow Showmanship), Southwest Dairy Farmers Dairy Barn 8:00 a.m.: Calf Scramble Showmanship, Beef Barn 9:00 a.m.: Jr. Breeding Heifer Show, Beef Barn 9:30 a.m.: Sheep to Shawl – Demonstrations Daily 9:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m., Southwest Dairy Farmers Dairy Barn 10:00 a.m.: Milking Demonstrations, Southwest Dairy Farmers Dairy Barn 10:00 a.m.:Santa Gertrudis Open Beef Show, Beef Barn 11:00 a.m.: Open Jr. Dairy Goat Show, Southwest Dairy Farmers Dairy Barn 1:00 p.m.: Livestock Judging Contest, Beef Barn 7:00 p.m.: PRCA Rodeo featuring Parade of Champions and Robert Earl Keen, Tingley Coliseum FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20 8:00 a.m.: Youth Sr. Dairy Goat Show, Southwest Dairy Farmers Dairy Barn 9:30 a.m.: Sheep to Shawl – Demonstrations Daily 9:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m., Southwest Dairy Farmers Dairy Barn 10:00 a.m.: Milking Demonstrations,
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together for the Knights of Columbus in Deming, but their first big performance was on July 10, 1984 at the old Convention Center in T or C – when Byron, the youngest, was 10 years old. Joe says he got up on stage, looked out at the crowd, looked at his boys, and thought “What am I thinking?” That performance was a success, and the Delk Band played at events across the state from then on, for parties, dances and 4-H events. In the spring of 1993, the three boys went on the road as the Delk Brothers Band, managed from home by Joe and Diane with help from Diane’s sister, Michelle. They played in clubs and honky tonks in cities like Phoenix, Flagstaff, San Angelo, Albuquerque, Tulsa, Amarillo and Las Cruces. “It was a chore getting them into some of these clubs, but once they played, the managers were calling to ask when they could get them back to play again. People liked their music, but also their character and work ethic. They grew up in the 4-H world, and that had a big impact on who they are,” Joe noted. One Saturday night in November of 1995, after nearly three years on the road, Joe and Diane got a midnight phone call from Neal in Tulsa. Neal told them that two of the band members had come up after the last set of the night and told him they wanted to go home. Neal said that everyone was ready to come home and they played their last gig on the road at the Cadillac Ranch in Albuquerque in December of that year. “Since then,” Joe said, “we haven’t looked for work, but work has found us.” “We are the third generation, I was 10 when we started,” Byron said. “One thing led to another, and we were busy playing dances every weekend. It was a lot of fun, we stayed busy and covered a lot of miles. We had a lot of fun doing the CD, too.” “It’s been a pretty special legacy to keep going,” Neal agreed. With growing families, busy schedules, and long distances across the state, all four Delks are not always able to get together to play at every event. Today, the band includes the Headquarters Crew and the East and West Camp Crews, a group of some of the best musicians in New Mexico including those who contributed to the CD, Bucky Allred, Robert Flowers, Michael Dean, and more. Diane, who has traveled with the band every mile she could, helps Neal maintain the band’s website. “We want to keep it fun,” Joe said. There’s no way to know what the future 22
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holds, but for now, the Delks enjoy playing together when they can, and New Mexicans are glad when they do. “Sometimes I do wonder when it will all be over, but that’s one of those thoughts that you push out of your mind right away because there are too many people out there that love to dance to our music,” Mark said. Joe and Diane live in Mesilla Park where Diane is retired and Joe is a sales representative for ADM. They have always been active in the agricultural industry, and in recent years Joe has become active in protecting the private property rights of federal lands ranchers. Neal and his wife Tandee live in Melrose where their boys Teigan, 13, and Tyce, 11, attend school. They own Roper Fence Co. that operates out of Clovis and services the
eastern side of the state. Tandee is the principal of the new Gattis Middle School in Clovis. Neal also has a growing reputation for his praise music. Mark and his wife, Stacey, live in Las Cruces where he works as an electrician and she is a speech language pathologist. Byron and his wife, Jaylene, also live in Las Cruces with their two sons, Cody Joe, 11, and Caleb, 8. They own an “Axle Surgeon” franchise for southern New Mexico, and Byron specializes in on-site spindle replacement on big trucks. Jaylene is a reading interventionist at Doña Ana Elementary School. And as for the next generation? “The grandkids have the opportunity to play, and are showing interest,” Joe smiled. ■ “We’ll certainly encourage that.”
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Sunday, September 29 7:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. *All livestock must be brought to fairgrounds. This includes ALL animals – no exceptions. 9:00 a.m. – Queen Contest: Personal Interviews 12:00 p.m. – Queen Contest: Luncheon, Speech, Modeling, Impromptu questions 4:00 p.m. – Queen Contest: Horsemanship, Queen Coronation will occur approximately one hour following horsemanship. 5:00 p.m. – Rabbit Meat Pens will be Judged 5:30 p.m. – Measure and pregnancy test dairy heifers 8:00 p.m. – Weight declarations for meat goats DUE in Jr. Livestock office 9:00 p.m. – All individual, educational, extension club, FFA, 4-H, FHA booths and FFA Ag mechanics must be in place Monday, September 30 9:00 a.m. – Market Swine Weight Declarations DUE in Livestock Office, Market Lamb Weight Declarations DUE in Livestock Office, Steer Weight Declarations DUE in Livestock Office. 9:00 a.m. – Rabbit Show 10:00 a.m. – Parade Begins 12:00 p.m. – Gates Open 6:00 p.m. – Meat goat show Carnival will open upon set-up and inspection. Tuesday, October 1 Special Needs Day ENMSF hosts organizations working w/people w/special needs. Groups should sign up w/fair office prior to Sept. 25. 8:00 a.m. – Market Swine Show 9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. 12:00 p.m. – Gates Open 6:30 p.m. – Christian Concert: Seventh Day Slumber, The Letter Black, Manic Drive & Submission Red Wednesday, October 2 Seniors Day Admission and Parking free for our senior guests 55+ all day! 8:00 a.m. – Market Lamb Show All 4-H & FFA Birds MUST be in place to be judged
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N.M. State Fair Horse Show Schedule NOTE: All Horse Shows take place in the NMSF Horse Complex. Show schedule is subject to change without notice. Friday – Sunday, September 6-8 8:00 a.m.: Hunters & Jumpers Wednesday, September 11 8:00 a.m.: Equine Services for Heroes & Carriage Driving Thursday, September 12 8:00 a.m.: Donkeys & Mules Friday, September 13 8:00 a.m.: Miniatures Saturday & Sunday, September 14 & 15 8:00 a.m.: American Quarter Horse Assoc. Monday, September 16 8:00 a.m.: Paints & Appaloosas Tuesday, September 17 8:00 a.m.: Pintos & Buckskins Wednesday, September 18 8:00 a.m.: All-Breed Horse Show Thursday, September 19 8:00 a.m.: 4-H Championship Friday, September 20 7:00 p.m.: Draft Horse Pull Saturday & Sunday, September 21 & 22 8:00 a.m.: Arabians, Morgans, Saddlebreds & Hackney
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inMemoriam Barbara A. Doolittle, Watrous and Santa Fe, NM, passed away on May 27, 2013. She went peacefully, surrounded by love. She was a rancher, pilot, world traveler, and loving counsel to all who knew her. She is survived by her daughter Lesley King; her son, Brian King, his wife Nicole, and their children. Barbara is also survived by her stepchildren, Jeannette Doolittle, Annette Wiley, and Jim Doolittle, and their
children. Jane Cain, 84, T or C, passed away Friday, July 19, 2013. She suffered little, as it was a massive stroke that ended her life. Born February 28, 1929, in Eden, Texas, Martha Jane Fulcher was the fifth of Carroll and Tereecie Fulcher’s six children. Jane was raised by her mother and her older siblings after their dad died in 1935. Jane attended school in Concho County,
Texas, and later in Elida. In 1946, she moved to what was then Hot Springs to live with her sister, Mildred Fryar. There she met Ben Cain. They were married on February 2, 1949, in Elida. They spent their first few years of married life in remote northeastern Sierra County on the Buckhorn Ranch. In 1954, they moved to the Bar Cross Ranch south of Engle, where they raised their three children. The couple lived at the ranch until Ben’s death.. Jane moved to T or C some years later. Before she moved to town, she welcomed people passing by the ranch on their way to the construction of Spaceport America. Jane took great pride in being a rancher and a rancher’s wife. For 58 years, her name was rarely mentioned by itself but rather as half of “Ben & Jane.” Ben and Jane were active in Cattle Growers and viewed the annual meetings as a chance to reconnect with old friends. Jane enjoyed church, especially Engle Country Church, where she helped lead the congregation in song. Jane is survived by one sister, Annie Rogers, Austin, Texas; sisters-in-law, Elma Cain, Nara Visa, and Olga (husband, Bill) Bristol, Nogales, Arizona; daughters, Judy (husband, Phil) Wallin, Moriarty, and Cindy (husband, Dudley) Goetz, T or C; daughter-in-law, Leta “Jake” Cain, Buckhorn; seven granddaughters and five great-grandchildren as well as many treasured nieces and nephews. Dr. Clifford E. Trotter, 89, Amarillo died May 30, 2013. Clifford was born September 12, 1923, in Abilene to Lida and Diana Trotter. He married Irene Vinyard on May 16, 1946. Clifford was a veteran of the Air Force serving in World War II. He saw combat with the Eighth Air Force in the European Theatre and was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal with three Oak Leaf Clusters. He attended McMurry College where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree before becoming an ordained Methodist Minister in 1955. He attended Iliff School of Theology, Scarritt College and McMurry University receiving a Doctorate of Divinity in 1971. Clifford held pastorates in Abilene, Dumas, Hereford, and Amarillo. He also served as superintendent of both Amarillo and Lubbock districts. He was the Senior Pastor of Polk Street United Methodist Church from 1975 to 1985. Survivors include his wife, continued on page 27
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jinglejangle Dear CowBelles, ou have done some awesome promotion and telling your story so far this year, don’t give up, we can do it. Better yet each of you can contribute just a little bit more. One smile at a promotional function can make a difference. Do you want to expand your knowledge of how and what you can do to promote beef just a little bit better? I challenge you to take the course, ‘Masters of Beef Advocacy’. It may take a little bit of time, but costs you nothing. Link on to
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One person can make a difference. You can only talk to one person at a time unless you are speaking to a group. We need to be educated, take time to take the Beef Quality Assurance Program; this will give you lots of answers to questions that people ask that are not involved in our industry. We have to talk to urban people different than we do people in our business. We do not want to assume anything, explain, let them ask the questions, and then answer. The contacts you make while promoting our product can be very influential in our business be pleasant, kind, understanding and above all first listen to what they have to say, before you start in, you
might get a little education yourself. You want to be that good cow with a good disposition, not the cow that will get you on the fence. You be in control of the knowledge of beef. You who are involved in social media keep up with what is going on in the world this is the future education of the public and the younger generation. It’s tough, but no one said this world was going to be easy, negativism gets you nowhere. Be Proud, even if times are tough, Promote Beef. Remember our products are everywhere; a steer is not all steak. ‘Wow That Cow’ pamphlet provides a world of information, study this, know the information and carry this pamphlet with you, share it with others. You have the power and knowledge to let people know about the value of our
product. You are the link that makes our organizations stronger. – Sharon King, NMCB President The Chuckwagon CowBelles met in Tijeras on July 9, 2013 with 13 members and four guests present. Toni Barrow called the meeting to order at 10:30 a.m. Toni mentioned that the Beef Check-off dollars are being closely handled since there may be many fewer next year. On First Street and Marble in Albuquerque there will be a “Beef Truck Throw-Down” on July 27. Dina Reitzel from the Beef Council would like volunteers to help. This event is in conjunction with local micro-breweries that will also be giving continued on page 32
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demos. The Pumpkin Patch dates are October 19–20, and October 26–27. There was discussion about a donation program with ANCW. The proceeds will go to the Pat Nowlin Scholarship Fund. Toni then shared other announcements from the NMCB calendar. There was discussion about the brand napkins. NMCB’s Man-ofthe-Year this year is Billy Armendaries. The Five States meeting will be on October 2. Elaine then gave a talk about her voyages to Guatemala. Tourism and agriculture seem to be Guatemala’s largest economy. She said there was very little livestock visible. There were many chickens and goats – all very skinny. Toni shared some rules for being prepared for wildfires that she obtained from the newspaper. The Horses for Heroes money collected today was $22. Meeting adjourned at 2:00 p.m. The next meeting will be at Mercedes Cravens’ on August 13, 2013. Guest speaker will be Caren Cowan. Respectfully submitted by Babbi Baker Powderhorn CowBelle members met on July 9, 2013 at the home of Carolyn Bedford. Carolyn gave a program on mak-
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ing flower arrangements using native grasses and ordinary tools. Ellen Vaughan, Vice-president was in charge of the meeting due to the absence of local’s president. During the regular meeting reports were heard from the Mid-year meeting held in Albuquerque in June and the Old Fort Days barbecue. The Beef Council is sponsoring a Beef Truck throwdown on July 27 and needs some help. This is a chance for local members to help in the bigger picture of Beef promotion. When Barbara
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Jackson was elected president of ANCW she was given $25,000 worth of Z-tags and in turn she gave each group on the national level $300 worth. New Mexico CowBelles elected to auction ours off at the Annual meeting in December and give the proceeds to the Pat Nowlin Memorial Fund. Also, from the Mid-Year meeting, Shelly Hathorn introduced the Beef Ambassador Larisa Estrada for 2013. She will attend the National Beef Ambassador competition in Bentonville, Arkansas in September. The Junior Beef Ambassador is the niece of Sandy McKenna of Powderhorn. We are proud of her and think she will have the chance to do well in the future. She will also be able to attend the National competition in Bentonville, Arkansas. Kyra Grant a recipient of the Pat Nowlin Scholarship. We were sorry that the attendance was so low, because we all enjoyed the meeting, the visiting, the lunch and especially the program. Submitted by Dorothy Vaughan, Secretary 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.
Daily Mail’s Martosko cleared of libel claim by BETSY ROTHSTEIN, MEDIABISTRO.COM n mid-March, Mother Jones jabbed then – Daily Caller’s Executive Editor and current Daily Mail U.S. Political Editor David Martosko with news of a libel lawsuit. Well, on July 2 the good folks over at MJ can read the following ruling and weep as the case has been dismissed by a unanimous 5-0 ruling in New York. As reported by Mother Jones, Martosko admitted to using a fake Facebook profile to pose as a “dope-smoking commie” to gather info on animal rights activists. The defamation suit involved Human League
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of the statements therein, and submitted documentation corroborating his beliefs.” “. . . the court and plaintiff cite no facts suggesting that defendants had serious doubts about the truth of any of the statements, in 2008 or any other year.” “Martosko’s good faith reliance on newspaper articles precludes a finding of actual malice.” Martosko told FishbowlDC . . . “Some activists in the animal rights industry are more vicious, and more litigious, than anyone else in Washington,” said Martosko in reaction to the ruling. “But we knew we were right, and my research was solid. I wouldn’t be where I am if I was into cutting corners.” Martosko was a keynote speaker at the 2012 New Mexico Joint Stockmen’s Con■ vention in Albuquerque.
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all me cynical but I think we have found the reason we are seeing the federal government working so hard to erase God from our vocabulary, education, currency, Pledge of Allegiance, public buildings and anything else they think they have the powers to control. They think they can replace him. With all due respect to our friends who work for the bureaucracy, the evidence of this God complex mounts every day. We have been hearing for some time about the U.S Fish & Wildlife Service (FWS) looking at what they consider the need to remove barred owls in the name of northern spotted owls in the Northwest (not to be confused with Mexican spotted owls in the Southwest – that are now mostly fried). This removal is moving forward despite the fact that environmental groups long ago admitted that there was no crisis with spotted owls. They only used the spotted owl as a way to control the land. Barred owls of Oregon, Washington, and California are about to be a part of the “limited experimental removal” of 3,600 birds, according to www.opposingviews.com. Lawmakers have been watching this species since 2005 and concluded that the “Habitat loss and competition from recently arrived barred owls (are) the most pressing threats to the northern spotted owl.” Now, however, the barred owls are sitting ducks. The FWS published an environmental impact statement recently that outlines plans for the removal. Allegedly, the removal will both save the spotted owl and the habitat, killing two birds with one stone (or, 3,600 birds with one law). The 505-page report wrangles with its own mission, spending seven pages wrestling with the ethical dilemma of killing so many birds. The FWS have even spent taxpayer dollars to hire an outside “ethicist” to consult on whether to chicken out. Ultimately, the report decides that the Barred owl must be barred for the spotted owl to be spotted once again. In fact, the statement specifically outlines how it will go about “terminating”
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the birds, since, after all, a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush: “the general approach involves attracting territorial barred owls with recorded calls and shooting birds that respond when they approach closely.” Closer to home
That same FWS decided that elk on their Bosque del Apache Wildlife Refuge located in New Mexico must die because they had the audacity to eat corn intended for sand hill crane and other fowl. Furthermore, the federal agency decided that they were not required to follow state law or guidance in the murder of pregnant mothers and trophy bulls that are under the management of the State. There was agreement between the New Mexico Department of Game & Fish (NMDGF) and the FWS that the elk herd needed to be thinned. How and who should do that thinning was the parting of the ways, according to an April Albuquerque Journal article by Charles D. Brunt. The controversy lies in whether it is right for refuge staff to be killing elk without giving public hunters a reasonable opportunity to do that. In February the federal and state wildlife agencies reached an agreement that allowed “population management hunters” – hunters who didn’t draw big game licenses in the state’s lottery system but signed up to help cull wildlife under the direction of the NMDGF – to go onto the Refuge and shoot some of the elk. That only lasted for about two weeks. After hunters had killed 11 cow elk in late February, Bosque del Apache officials abruptly ended the project and began allowing their own federal employees to shoot elk, according to the NMDGF. Unlike population management hunters, refuge employees are not allowed to keep the elk they kill. Rather, they are required to turn the carcasses over to NMDGF, which then sells them. With this kind of handling, particularly in warmer seasons there is great risk that the meat
could spoil and go to waste. Another point of contention is the time period in which the elk are killed. The FWS/NMDGF agreement calls for no elk to be taken from March 15 through June 30 to limit the number of pregnant cows that are killed. But refuge management says the 107day moratorium on killing pregnant cows only applies to NMDGF’s population management hunters, not to refuge employees. The refuge manager told the Journal that refuge employees had been killing elk since mid-March and would continue to do so indefinitely. Management has no target number of elk to be killed and that refuge employees will continue killing until they determine that the elk are no longer impacting resources. The killing will stop when there is enough corn for the migratory bird population. Though refuge managers tried other ways to mitigate the elk damage, including hazing techniques such as chasing elk from the cornfields with vehicles, using pyrotechnics, motion lights and shooting them with rubber bullets, none were successful. Relocating elk to other areas of the state ran the risk of spreading disease and opening the refuge to regular hunters would create logistical and regulatory problems according to a Draft Emergency Elk Management Environmental Assessment done for the property the FWS. And it goes on . . .
Then there is the FWS that orders the removal of a wolf by Wildlife Services – a separate agency who isn’t receiving funding for that removal – yet that FWS continues feeding the depredating wolves and hazing them away from traps. Even more ridiculous is the fact that the agency determines that a single wolf in a pack is responsible for depredation the entire pack engages in. As a result every member in the pack can and often is trapped before that single continued on page 67
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written, not merely as it was applied to the facts in this case. Mr. Bounds’ argument, in its most basic form, was that because the basin was fully appropriated and adjudicated—meaning that all of the water in the basin had been spoken for by water rights holders—any of the new domestic permits being granted were necessarily infringing on senior water rights because there was no unappropriated water to be withdrawn. Mr. Bounds filed this lawsuit in 2006 challenging the constitutionality of the DWS. The trial court in Grant County found for Mr. Bounds, declared the DWS unconstitutional, and ordered the State Engineer to administer applications for domestic wells “the same as all other applications to appropriate water.” The New Mexico Court of Appeals reversed in 2011, holding that the DWS did not violate the prior appropriation doctrine of the New Mexico Constitution. Mr. Bounds appealed the case to the New Mexico Supreme Court, which heard oral argument in October 2011. This case was watched closely and garnered nationwide attention, as numerous landowners, ranchers, water organizations, drilling companies, and state water well associations filed amicus
by TIFFANY DOWELL, ATTORNEY even years after Horace Bounds, Jr. filed a lawsuit that gained national attention challenging the constitutionality of the New Mexico domestic well statute (“DWS”), the New Mexico Supreme Court announced its decision. In a unanimous opinion, the court held that even in a fully appropriated basin, the DWS does not violate the Constitutional doctrines of prior appropriation or due process.
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Mr. Bounds is a farmer and rancher in southwestern New Mexico who holds senior water rights in the Mimbres basin. He uses this water primarily to irrigate cropland on which he raises feed for his cattle. Although Mr. Bounds received all of the water to which he was entitled under the water rights that he holds, he claimed that newly permitted domestic wells were unconstitutionally infringing on his senior water right in the Mimbres basin. It is important to note that Mr. Bounds brought a facial challenge, meaning that he claimed that the statute was invalid as
briefs in the appellate courts. The Prior Appropriation Doctrine
New Mexico follows the prior appropriation doctrine, along with most other western states. Prior appropriation gives rights to use water based on the time of the initial use, and basically applies the principle of “first in time, first in right.” This means that the first landowner to beneficially use or divert the water gains a right to use that water. Subsequent users may also obtain a right, but it will be junior to all rights granted earlier. In times of water shortage, the first appropriator gets his full amount, then the second appropriator, and so forth until the water is exhausted. If the water runs out before a junior appropriator gets his or her share, they will not receive any water. This doctrine is embedded in the New Mexico Constitution, which states that water in New Mexico is owned by the public and subject to appropriation for beneficial use and explains that “priority of appropriation shall give the better right.” The Permitting Process
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Monuments & Grazing
My column this month is about monuments, endangered snakes & believe it or not, the moon.
ast month I wrote about a case involving livestock grazing on the Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument in Montana. The Western Watersheds Project had sued the BLM claiming the agency had misread the Presidential Proclamation with respect to livestock grazing in the national monument. In summary, the 9th Circuit ruled the BLM had reasonably interpreted the proclamation in that it required no programmatic changes in grazing and therefore the EIS was in compliance with NEPA. Now let’s look at the grazing language in President Clinton’s proclamation designating the Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument: Laws, regulations, and policies followed by the Bureau of Land Management in issuing and administering grazing permits or leases on all lands under its jurisdiction shall continue to apply with regard to the lands in the monument. Then let’s compare that with the grazing language in President Obama’s proclamation designating the Rio Grande del Norte National Monument in New Mexico: Laws, regulations, and policies followed by the BLM in issuing and administering grazing permits or leases on lands under its jurisdiction shall continue to apply with regard to the lands in the monument, consistent with the purposes of this proclamation. Notice the new language which has been underlined. I call this consistency language, and it is the language which relegates ranchers to second class citizens. Why? Because livestock grazing is not one of the purposes of the proclamation.
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Recall that Representative Ben Ray Lujan had introduced H.R. 1241, the Rio Grande del Norte National Monument Establishment Act. On January 21, 2012, the Presidents of four New Mexico livestock organizations signed a letter to Rep. Lujan which stated in part: The resources identified for protection in Sec. 3 are cultural, traditional, archaeological, natural, ecological, geological, historical, wildlife, educational, recreational, and scenic. Livestock grazing is notably absent. When combined with the consistency language in the grazing provision (grazing must be “consistent with the purposes described in subsection (b)”), livestock grazing is put at a distinct disadvantage. Whenever the agency seeks to “conserve, protect and enhance” any of the eleven uses listed and there is a potential conflict with a grazing practice, grazing will be either diminished or eliminated. If a current ranching practice is determined to be in conflict, it will have to be discontinued. If a rancher proposes a range improvement project or any other new
activity which is determined to be in conflict, it will be disallowed. The harmful effects of this language are self-evident and we propose the following options as a remedy: ■ List livestock grazing in the purposes section, or ■ Remove the consistency language You will note that President Obama chose the Lujan language rather than the Clinton language on grazing. That means livestock grazing is not on an equal footing with the other uses of the Rio Grande del Norte National Monument and will suffer the consequences. Some may say “We’ll get a future President to revoke this harmful proclamation.” Sorry, the answer is he or she can’t take such action. The U.S. Attorney General issued an opinion in 1933 stating the Antiquities Act authorizes the President to proclaim a national monument, but nothing in the Act authorized him to revoke such a proclamation. Once the President issues the proclamation his authority is “exhausted.” Well then, can there be a legislative fix? The answer is yes. Congress may revoke or amend the proclamation as they see fit, and it just so happens there may be a leg-
islative vehicle to accomplish this. Rep. Ben Ray Lujan has introduced H.R. 560 which designates the Cerro Del Yuta Wilderness and Rio San Antonio Wilderness (companion legislation has been introduced in the Senate by Udall and Heinrich). I’m not sure of the delegation’s future plans but this legislation could be revised to include an amendment to the proclamation to remove the consistency language. All of this should tell us these various land designations should go through Congress, with the appropriate debate and opportunity for comment, rather than by executive fiat in the dark of night. Endangered Snakes
The Fish & Wildlife Service has targeted more than 400,000 acres in New Mexico and Arizona as critical habitat for two endangered gartersnakes: the northern Mexico gartersnake and the narrowheaded gartersnake. The designation includes over 900 miles of streambeds for the northern Mexico gartersnake and 1500 miles for the narrow-headed gartersnake. Permittees should take note that the continued on page 38
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Two U.S. lawmakers have introduced legislation that would establish a national park on the moon. That’s right, a national park on the moon! The bill would protect artifacts left on the moon’s surface by the Apollo missions between 1969 and 1972. “The Apollo Lunar Landing Legacy Act will ensure that the scientific data and cultural significance of the Apollo artifacts remains unharmed by future lunar landings,” said Maryland Congresswoman Donna Edwards, who introduced the bill along with Texas Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson. There’s just one problem. A 1967 U.N. treaty says, “Outer space, including the moon and other celestial bodies, is not subject to national appropriation by claim of sovereignty, by means of use or occupation, or by any other means.” But little old things like a treaty or the Constitution has never stopped Congress before, now has it? Till next time, be a nuisance to the devil and don’t forget to check that cinch. Frank DuBois was the NM Secretary of Agriculture from 1988 to 2003, is the author of a blog: The Westerner (www.thewesterner.blogspot.com) and is the founder of The DuBois Rodeo Scholarship (http://www.nmsu.edu/~duboisrodeo/).
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The tribulations of James S. Calhoun: New Mexico’s first Territorial Governor ames Silas Calhoun, a Whig, New Mexico’s first territorial Governor, should not be confused with John Caldwell Calhoun (1782-1850), a Democrat and a United States Senator from South Carolina and vice president of the United States during both the John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson administrations. John C. Calhoun was also a fanatic supporter of slavery. All references below will be to James S. Calhoun, and not John C. Calhoun. (John C. Calhoun died almost exactly one year before James S. Calhoun took office in Santa Fe.) James S. Calhoun (1802-1852) was born in Columbus, Georgia, served as mayor of his hometown and in the Georgia legislature. He also served as United States Consul to Cuba and rose to the rank of colonel during the Mexican War. He was first appointed Indian Agent for New Mexico, in 1849, but his real purpose was to
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promote statehood for New Mexico at the behest of President Zachary Taylor. In early February 1850, Calhoun wrote a letter to his friend, William C. Dawson, a United States Senator from Georgia which read in part: “If I cannot be made a General or at least, succeed to the command of this Department [New Mexico], or may not be employed as indicated . . ., if it is not too late, I should like to go to Liverpool, as Consul, or to Havre. “If none of these things can be accomplished for me, quietly inform, and quickly too, that I may decently retire, for I cannot play second fiddle to any one now in this territory. [Note that New Mexico was not officially a territory at that time. The Compromise of 1850, as it pertained to New Mexico, was not passed until September 1850.] I should be willing to serve as a Senior Colonel of Dragoons, under
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any one of the present Generals in the U. S. Service. “I am content to be Superintendent of Indian Affairs in this territory but not an Agent, to be subject to the control of a Territorial Governor.” It appears that President Zachary Taylor took no action on any of Calhoun’s requests before he died in July of the same year; assuming of course that Senator Dawson passed them along to the executive office. Action came after Millard Fillmore ascended to the office of President on July 10, 1850. One historian wrote, “Having worked faithfully for New Mexico statehood for two years, he [Calhoun] had received the governorship as a compensatory reward from the Whig Administration of Millard Fillmore.” Calhoun became the first governor of continued on page 40
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the territory, in March 1851. Not long after he took office, he wrote this in a letter to Washington, D.C., “. . . [W]ithout a dollar in our territorial treasury, without munitions of war, without authority to call out our militia, without the cooperation of the military authorities of this territory, and with numberless complaints and calls for protection, do you not perceive I must be sadly embarrassed and disquieted?” The bane of Calhoun’s professional life was Colonel Edwin Vose Sumner, who considered “patronage hacks”, like Calhoun, beneath contempt and he refused to cooperate with them. Sumner wrote this to his superiors in Washington: “The New Mexicans are thoroughly debased and totally incapable of self-government, and there is no latent quality about them that can ever make them responsible. “. . . No civil Government emanating from the Government of the United States can be maintained here without the aid of a military force; in fact without its being virtually a military government . . . All
branches of this civil government have equally failed—the executive for want of power, the judiciary from the total incapacity and want of principle in juries; and the legislative from want knowledge.” One historian of the day wrote this: “Everybody and everything in this country [the Territory of New Mexico which then included all of what is now Arizona] appears at cross purposes. In the first place the civil and military are at war. Colonel Sumner refuses to acknowledge the right of the Governor to send Indian agents with him into Indian country…. The governor and secretary of the Territory cannot hitch horses. The American residents are at war with the governor, while the Mexican population sides with him. The American troops are at war with the Indians, . . . if only they could catch them.” All of this serves to demonstrate that the Territory of New Mexico did not get off to a auspicious start. Calhoun’s bad luck did not end with his inability govern effectively. Less than a year into his administration, he became ill with jaundice and scurvy. He left Santa Fe in late May of 1852 en route to Georgia. He and his small party rested at Fort Union,
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and the governor apparently realized that his health had deteriorated and he had a coffin constructed there. He died near Independence, Missouri, on July 2, 1852. According to a news item in the late 1980s, he was interred in a pauper’s cemetery in Kansas City, and the location of his grave was thereby lost to history. Historian Richard Melzer reported, though, that a grave marker for Calhoun may be found in the Union Cemetery in Kansas City. Historian Calvin Horn wrote, “Governor Calhoun won the respect and confidence of the native New Mexican people and the Pueblo Indians for himself and thereby for the United States Government.” Selected sources: Durwood Ball, Army Regulars on the Western Frontier 1848-1861 George Fitzpatrick, New Mexico Howard Lamar, The Far Southwest 1846-1912: A Territorial History Robert W. Larson, New Mexico’s Quest for Statehood 1846-1912 Richard Melzer, Buried Treasures, Famous and Unusual Gravesites in New Mexico History Marc Simmons, Albuquerque Fritz Thompson, Albuquerque Journal, Sept. 27, 1987 Ralph Emerson Twitchell, Leading Facts of New Mexico History, Vol. II
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beneficial use must file an application to do so with the State Engineer. Generally, upon receipt of an application, the State Engineer provides notice to the public, holds public hearings on the proposed diversion, and makes determinations as to whether there is unappropriated water available and what affect the requested permit would have on senior water rights holders before the permit may be granted. The process is different for domestic and livestock wells. In the 1950s, the Legislature recognized that the small amounts of water withdrawn from these types of wells, and created a different permitting process. In order to drill a domestic well, a person must file an application with the State Engineer, and the State Engineer is required to issue the permit. There is no analysis or investigation undertaken, and the State Engineer has no discretion as to whether a permit should be granted. The New Mexico Supreme Court Opinion
In Bounds, the New Mexico Supreme Court held that the DWS is constitutional as it does not facially violate either the prior appropriation doctrine, or the due process clause. Prior Appropriation: The court found that the prior appropriation doctrine addresses how to administer water between competing interests of junior and senior water rights holders, but does not mandate any specific permitting procedure. The DWS, on the other hand, is a permitting statute, describing how one obtains a permit to drill a domestic well. Further, the court explained, domestic wells are exempt from parts of the permitting process, but they are not exempt from the doctrine of prior appropriation. There are multiple regulations (discussed below) that provide for protection of senior water rights from impairment by domestic wells. The court explained that “all water rights, including . . . those created by the DWS, are inherently conditional. They do not create an absolute right to take water. They are conditioned on the availability of water to satisfy that right.” Thus, the court found that “the DWS, which deals solely with permitting and not administration” does not violate the prior appropriation doctrine of the New Mexico Constitution. The court did, however, expressly disagree with the Court of Appeals’ statement
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Early Weaning May Not Always Have to Be the Answer
a cow herd as part of my duties in my previous job. We calve in the months of February and March. We start our breeding season the first or second week of May. Approximately two weeks after breeding the cows AI, due to the drought; our feed source changed from decent Sudan hay (cane hay) to Conservation Reserve Program (CRP residue hay). We were basically on a winter feeding program of 4 percent crude protein hay and a 32 percent protein supplement in May. Feeding cows in peak lactation this type of ration resulted in severe and rapid weight loss. Within 30 days they had dropped two body condition scores; with the first calf heifers suffering even more dramatic weight loss (Figure 1). And based on the calves’ appearance, the cows had all but quit lactating. At our 30 day post A.I. pregnancy check, only 25 percent of the cows were pregnant. Being an educational institution, we saw this as an opportunity to learn from our situation. We decided to do an early weaning comparison of calf performance, cow intake, and body weight recovery in the cows. We split the cow herd into two groups with an even distribution of cow age between the two groups (early wean, EW and normal wean, NW). My primary
MARCY WARD, LIVESTOCK EXTENSION SPECIALIST have been on the job all of 45 days and have learned quite a bit about the current conditions New Mexico producers are facing. When pondering the topic of this newsletter, I struggled with what I could offer at this point to be of any real assistance. The proverbial magic pill, so to speak. Sorry folks, but that is not in my current bag of tricks. What I can offer is something to think about. I, along with the Kansas State Livestock Extension Specialist, Dr. Sandy Johnson, conducted a preliminary trial last summer as a result of the drought. As I talked about that at this year’s NMCG summer meeting, there was a challenge and we created an opportunity from that challenge. In the end we learned some things that may be helpful to producers in similar situations. But first a little background. I managed
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goal through all of this was to put weight back on all the cows, therefore, once money was available, I increased the energy and protein of the ration by incorporating wet distillers grain at 25 percent of the total diet with the remaining portion being in chopped CRP hay. To measure intake, we kept all the cows (from both treatments) in one pen and utilized the Grow Safe Feeding System® (Figure 2). This is a piece of equipment that can individually monitor a cow’s as fed intake on a daily basis through electronic ID technology. We collected intake data on the cows from July 10 to our traditional weaning date of the first part of October. We weighed all calves at the initiation of the trial, and did our version of fence line weaning; with the early weaned group. The early weaned calves were also vaccinated at the time of weaning. The calves still on the cow were provided special access to feed, so they wouldn’t skew the intake data of the cows (Figure 3). All the calves were weighed again on day 119 of the trial. Cows were both weighed and given a body condition score at the beginning and conclusion of the trial. It has been fairly well documented that early weaning can result in reduced intake (Fig 3. Creep system) and quicker body condition recovery. What has not been well studied are intake trends in cows in extremely poor condition. In addition, there has not been much work done on individual intakes of mature cows through individual intake systems. We felt fairly confident we were not going to find any ground breaking discoveries about early weaning, but as it turns out there were some intriguing results. In terms of body condition recovery, early weaned cows recovered moderately more than the normal weaned cows (BCS
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= 4.7 vs. 4.5, from a beginning average of 3.75). However, the two-year-old cows in both groups struggled to return to a healthy body condition by the conclusion of the trial; with only a ½ score change vs. a full score change in the cows. Dry matter intake in the early weaned cows, though lower, was not significant (Figure 4.) When we applied the economic implications (Table 1.) of early weaning, it built a scenario that producers may consider before deciding to early wean as a quick fix. The normal weaned calves still offered better returns, despite the added feed cost of the dam. In addition, since the early weaned group did not eat significantly less than their normal weaned counterparts, the advantage of early weaning for the cow was minimal. Though this study warrants repeating, the initial results indicate cows that are very thin have quit lactating and are simply eating to regain lost body reserves; whether they have a calf on their side or not. That may be one of the reasons we did not see significant difference in intake between the two groups. So then the question comes down to economics. If there is no real advantage to the cow or the grass for early weaning, is it necessary? That may be a risky statement to make without further study, but I don’t believe anyone is in the business to raise 250 lbs calves. It is very difficult to mimic real life situation in a research setting. But research does provide information that can lead to potential solutions to help producers in the long run. Financially, will you be better off keeping the calves on the cow? This project suggests yes. Will you be save or stretch your grass significantly with early weaning very thin cows? This study suggests maybe not necessarily. However, you will improve the longevity of your young cows by weaning them early when feed continued on page 44
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runs out. Realizing for some producers in New Mexico there is simply no feed for cows or calves, selling pairs is their only way to stretch their grass. As difficult as a decision it may be, those young cows currently carry the highest value, and may be the next group to sell as pairs, minus obvious culls. So, how did our drought story end? Well, we had a 90 percent conception rate (a little below our normal) and a normal calving season; staying within our February/March time frame. As expected, the greatest percent of the open cows were the two year olds. The majority of those very thin cows, however, bred in the first cycle post AI. That contradicts what much research has shown about body condition and reproduction. But that is for another ■ article.
uses of fossil fuels (largely from coal-fired to natural gas-fired power generation), but the predominance of these three energy sources is likely to continue into the future.” The chart illustrates the importance of fossil fuels to America as an energy source — in the past, today, and in the future. Over almost a one-hundred year period from 1948 to 2040, fossil fuels have provided, and will continue to provide, the vast majority of America’s energy by far (based on Department of Energy data here, here and here). Last year, fossil fuels provided almost 84 percent of America’s energy, which was nearly unchanged from the 85 percent fossil fuel energy share twenty years ago in the early 1990s. Even more than a quarter of a century from now
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humor, taking a joke just as good as he gave one out. In 1937, when Paul was at the top of his rodeo game, he drew a bad bronc called,
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Hell’s Angel, who had gone unridden the previous nineteen tries. Paul rode Hell’s Angel that day at Madison Square Garden. He rode him again in 1939 at the same rodeo, but Paul once said, “ . . . Hell’s Angel was the toughest bronc I’ve ever been on.” Even though Paul won the world in bareback (Hell’s Angel was a saddle bronc), each year he drew the “Angel” and covered him, Paul became a World Champion. Carney was also given credit as the first man who figured out that if you bent the shanks of your spurs in and down that it helped keep contact with a bucking animal. Rough stock spurs have been designed that way every since and he was jokingly called “Shanks” Carney for many years. Paul was easy going, yet very popular, and also a leader. World Champion, Gene Pruett, once said, “Paul was one of the world’s greatest riders. Although quiet and unassuming, he was a leader among rodeo cowboys.” He was actively involved in the early CTA, holding card number twentyone. He was on the board as the steer riding representative (It would be “bull riding” now-a-days, but back then they rode long and lanky, thousand-pound plus steers—some as big as horses.)
Shortly after winning the World Allaround Championship in 1939, Paul and his wife, Lillian, moved to the Phoenix (Chandler), Arizona area and started a construction company along with his brother, Albert. The couple also raised horses on their “Diamond Two” ranch. In 1942, the Carneys purchased champion quarter horse, Little Joe Jr. (out of the great stud, Joe Bailey), and brought him to their ranch. During this phase of life, Paul continued competing in rodeos, although more on a local level. All-the-while he raised great quarter horses and ran the construction business. Just as he was in the prime of life, while working on a road project near the Grand Canyon on June 24, 1950, Paul Carney fell over dead from a heart attack. It seemed hard to believe he was only thirty-seven because he had accomplished so much. Out of respect for this great cowboy, whose impact was largely felt in the short time he was here, Paul Carney was inducted into the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum’s Rodeo Hall of Fame in 1961. In 1965, he was inducted into the Colorado Sports Hall of Fame and in 2001 to the ProRodeo Hall of Fame in ■ Colorado Springs.
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that the prior appropriation doctrine is merely a “broad principle,” believing that statement “goes too far” and making clear that the prior appropriation doctrine is more than “an aspiration, subject to legislative whim and administrative discretion.” Due Process: The court quickly disposed of Mr. Bounds’ due process argument. Under the law, a party is entitled to due process if he is deprived of life, liberty, or property. The court explained that because Mr. Bounds was unable to show any actual impairment to his water rights because he received his full allotment of water, he was not deprived of any property and his claim necessarily failed. Protections for Water Rights Holders
The Bounds opinion lays out the protections available to senior water rights holders concerned about harm from domestic wells. First, a senior water user could seek curtailment of domestic well withdrawals by priority administration from either a court or the State Engineer. Second, the State Engineer is entitled to declare a “domestic well management area” in order to prevent impairment to existing water rights. In a “domestic well management area,” the State Engineer is allowed to impose conditions and limitations on domestic wells, and no domestic well may withdraw more than .25 acre feet of water per year. Third, the State Engineer may reduce the maximum allowable diversion permitted to be made by domestic wells. In fact, the State Engineer has already done this, reducing the allowable diversion for domestic wells from 3 acre feet/year to 1 acre foot/year. Fourth, local municipal and county ordinances may be more restrictive and may impose additional rules upon domestic well applicants and users. Fifth, the Legislature is apparently aware of the domestic well issue, as it passed two bills this last term preventing the use of domestic wells as an end-run around permitting requirements when land is subdivided. Lastly, the court points out that a water user who suffers actual impairment may file an as-applied (meaning a challenge based upon the specific facts of the case) legal challenge to the DWS. Conclusion
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P.O. Box 145, Cimarron, NM 87714 • 575/376-2341 • Fax: 575/376-2347 land@swranches.com • www.swranches.com Good inventory in the Miami, Springer, Maxwell and Cimarron area. Great year-round climate suitable for horses. Give yourself and your horses a break and come on up to the Cimarron Country.
Miami Horse Training Facility. Ideal horse training facility w/large 4 bedroom 3 bathroom approx 3,593 sq ft home, 248.32± deeded acres, 208 irrigation shares, 30' X 60' metal sided shop/ bunkhouse, 8 stall barn w/tack room, 7 stall barn w/storage, 10 stall open sided barn w/10 ft alley, 2 stall loafing shed, 14 11' x 24' Run-In Shelters, 135' Round Pen, Priefert six horse panel walker. Many more features & improvements. All you need for a serious horse operation in serious horse country of Miami New Mexico. Additional 150 acres available on south side of road. Miami is at the perfect year round horse training elevation of 6,200. Far enough south to have mostly mild winters. Convenient to I-25. $1,550,000. Miami Horse Heaven. Very private approx. 4,800 sq. ft. double-walled adobe 4 bed., 3 bath home w/many custom features, 77.5± deeded acres & 77.25± water shares, large 7 stall horse barn, large insulated metal shop, large haybarn/equipment shed, all for $1,650,000, plus an additional 160+/-
deeded acres w/142 water shares avail. $560,000 (subject to purchase of 77.5± deeded acre parcel.) Krause Ranch. 939.37 +/- deeded acres. 88 Springer Ditch Company water shares. Mostly west of I;25, exit 414. Big views. $725,000. Miami Mountain View. 80± deeded acres w/80 water shares & house. $550,000. Miami. 10± deeded acres, awesome home, total remodel, awesome views $295,000. Miami WOW. Big home in Santa Fe Style great for family on 3 acres. $274,900. Miami Tangle Foot. 10.02± deeded acres w/water shares & meter. $118,000. Maxwell. 19.5± deeded acres, water, outbuildings, great horse set up. $269,000. Canadian River. 39.088± deeded acres, w/nice ranch home & river. $279,000.
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Little Cayuse Ranch – Small ranch near Cedarvale is 1,680 deeded acres + 230 ac NM grazing lease, HQ home, bunk house, barn, shed, tack room, 3 excellent wells, 4 pastures, an 80 acre pivot. Price is $850,000 Villanueva Ranch – south of Villanueva has 285 deeded acres + 4,450 acre NM state grazing lease. Fenced, dirt tanks, water storage tank & pipeline drinkers. Price reduced to $698,900 or will sell 9,024 total acres w/HQ house, bunkhouse, 3 wells, pipelines, working pens for $1,600,000. Call for details. La Cueva Canyon Ranch – 1,595 deeded acres w/240 acres of BLM. Scenic parcel has tall pines, canyon springs, dirt tanks, new fence on NE corner. Turkeys, deer & other native species abound. Priced reduced: Now $677,875 Owner will finance! Trigg’s Ranch – 720 deeded acres lies adjacent to La Cueva Canyon ranch on Apache Mesa. Good access & incredible views. Off the grid in the tall pines Priced at $306,000. smaller 200 & 360 acre parcels available! Owners will finance... Ledoux, NM – Perimeter fenced 60 acre dry land terraced farm has overhead electric on site. Sub-irrigated pasture. Located ½ mile north of Ledoux. Price Reduced: $228,000 Dilia, NM – 35 acre fenced & irrigated farm for sale, 35 ac/ft water rights plus farm equipment. stocked fish pond, mobile home on site w/community water & septic. Price: $548,000 Anton Chico – 65 acre fenced irrigated farm has 100 + ac/ft ditch rights. HQ home on historic register. Bunkhouse, storage shed, shop + irrigation & some farm equipment go w/sale. Great value in this sale price! Priced below appraisal at $698,900 Jaymar Rd. Stanley, NM – 77 acre horse property has 3 pastures fenced & cross fenced, 1 trap, 3 loafing sheds, hay storage & tack room. Incredible views from HQ home. Priced reduced to $355,000 Owner will lease back. Near Roswell, NM – 58,000 acre cow operation available. Call for details.
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Southwest New Mexico Farms and Ranches 5.34 ACRE FARM – with EBID located off Sayles Road in Mesquite, NM. Great little farm for your dream home. Horses or 4-H animals allowed. Telephone & electric available. Owner financing available. Pri ced at $111,500 MAHONEY PARK – Just 10 miles southeast of Deming, N.M. The property consists of approx. 800 acres Deeded, 560 acres State Lease, & 900 acres BLM. This historic property is located high up in the Florida Mountains & features a park like setting, covered in deep grasses with plentiful oak & juniper covered canyons. The cattle allotment would be approx. 30 head (AUYL). Wildlife includes deer, ibex, javalina, quail & dove. This rare jewel would make a great little ranch with views & a home site second to none. Pri ce reduced to $550,000. 27.50 Acre Farm – Consists of 3 tracts – 8 Acres, 8 Acres, & 11.5 Acres – will sell separately. Full EBID & shared irrigation well. Community water, electric, telephone & gas on Camunez Road to adjoining property. Beautiful farm land, great mountain & valley views. Take Highway 28 south to San Miguel, east or left on Highway 192, first right or south on Las Colmenas, then left or east on Camunez to end of pavement. Pri ced at $467,000. Arrington Ranch – Located just west of Las Cruces, NM, between Highway 70 and Afton Road on County Road B006. 182 head permit. 81 acres deeded, approximately 3090 state lease and 32,760 acres BLM (approximately 37,508 acres total). 5 pastures, 4 wells and 2 dirt tanks. 1940 adobe home with 3 bedrooms, 2 DAN DELANEY baths and 1526 square feet. Reasonably priced at $399,000. REAL ESTATE, LLC Fancher Ranch – Located southwest of Las Cruces, NM off Afton Road. 318 W. Amador Avenue 198 head permit, 210 acres deeded, 19,224 acres BLM and 4666 acres state Las Cruces, NM 88005 land. 2 pastures, 3 wells, 1900 square foot home with 3 bedrooms and 2 (O) 575/647-5041 baths, bunk house, green house, horse barn, corrals, round pen, etc. Easy (C) 575/644-0776 access - 45 minutes from El Paso and Las Cruces. $550,000. nmlandman@zianet.com www.zianet.com/nmlandman
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C6 Ranch: Sonoita/Patagonia AZ. 165 head, 45 acres deeded, 8700 acres forest lease great water, good improvements. $725,000. Sam Hubbell-Tom Hardesty Stockton Pass: Beautiful SE AZ Ranch North of Willcox, Mountain Ranch 145 head AU, Deeded Surrounded by forest. Reduced to $975,000. Walter Lane Red Top Ranch: 3,800 deeded acres in SE AZ. Priced at $225 per deeded acre. Walter Lane Perkins Ranch: Yavapai County, NE of Chino Valley, 214 deeded acres, 51,625 acres forest lease, 266 AU, located on the Verde River $8,575,000. Andy Groseta Wildhorse Basin Ranch: Yavapai county, 864 deeded, 6701 State Lease, $3,900,000. Con Englehorn La Cienga: Mohave county, 122.83 deeded acres, 166,234 State/BLM Lease, 490 head $1,200,000. Paul Groseta Crooked H: Central AZ, 126 Sections, 450 head Winter Range/664 summer Range. $2,375,000. Traegen Knight Lazy EH: Western AZ, 122.5 deeded, 300,000 BLM/State Lease, 17,486 AUM ephemeral/500 AU yearlong. 18 wells, 4 pumps on CAP Canal. $600,000. Con Englehorn NI Ranch Tombstone AZ: The ranch consists of 6555 deeded acre & 6650 state lease, 250 head annually; all improvements are in top condition, the ranch is well watered w/8 wells, & pipelines. Good strong grass country. The Ni Ranch is one of the last working cattle ranches in the state with the majority of the land being deeded. Priced at $3,150,000
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BAR M REAL ESTATE New Mexico Properties For Sale... CHERRY CANYON RANCH: Secluded ranch located in the foothills of the Capitan Mountains in southeastern New Mexico. 10,000± total acres located in limestone hill country. Grazing capacity estimated at 200 A.U.s year-long. Improved with a two residence, mobile home, barns and corrals. Livestock water provided by three wells and pipelines. Abundant wildlife to include mule deer and Barbary sheep. Price: $1,800,000 – call for more information. SOUTH BROWN LAKE RANCH: Southeastern NM cattle ranch for sale. 5,700 total acres located in good grass country. BLM grazing allotment for 164 A.U.s year-long. Nicely improved with a modern residence, barns and corrals. Livestock water provided by three wells and pipelines. Easy to manage and operate. Sellers would like to retire. This is as good a buy as there is around. Call or view the information on my website.
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The Historic Fourr Ranch – Dragoon AZ: 225 Head Year-Long on 1200 Deeded Acres, State and Forest leases. Perfect mix of a functioning cattle ranch, rich history, and amazing headquarters. 4 Houses plus a main house and an indoor swimming pool. The ranch might be a guest ranch or large family estate. Asking $2,800,000
Reduced Price: Dripping Springs Ranch – Globe AZ, 202 Head Year Long, 1687 Deeded Acres plus State and BLM, some irrigated pasture, manufactured home, mineral rights. $1,479,680. Call Agent for Details! New Listing: K Bar W Ranch – 640 Deeded, 4880 State, Nicely remodeled stone and adobe home located at the end of the road in the middle of the ranch. 56 head year round. This is a perfect lifestyle ranch. Asking $500,000 Ranches are SELLING! d buyers looking We have many qualifie us if you’re for ranches. Please call considering SELLING!
New Listing: CK Ranch – Tonopah AZ, 50 acres deeded, 237 head year-long on state and BLM. The waters were recently reworked, and ephemeral increases can bump the numbers with rain. This ranch makes sense. Asking $425,000 Pomerene Ranch – Benson AZ, 81 head yearlong, 92 Acres Deeded, 7650 acres AZ State Lease, nice ranch with many new improvements. Ask Scott Thacker about the current FSA loan, EQIP Projects, & the Range Rest Rotation payments. Reduced Price to $399,000
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RANCHES/FARMS *NEW* 500 Head Ranch, Tucson, AZ Well improved HQ with 3 homes, pool, barns, corrals, airplane hanger & strip. State & BLM grazing leases. 80 Deeded Acres. $2,380,000. Owner may split.
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*REDUCED* 52 Head Ranch, San Simon, AZ – Indian Springs Ranch, pristine & private, only 12 miles from I-10. Bighorn sheep, ruins, pictographs. 1480 acres of deeded, 52 head, BLM lease, historic rock house, new cabin, springs, wells. $1,300,000 Terms. *NEW* San Simon, AZ – Indian Springs Farm 162 acres w/pivot, nice home, hay barn other utility buildings. $750,000 *N OW R EDUCED TO $780, 000* +/-128 Head Flying Diamond Ranch, Klondyke, AZ +/-1500 deeded acres, State & (2) USFS Grazing Leases. Main residence, guesthouse, barn, hay barn, & corrals at HQ. Good access, in a great location. *NEW* 314 Acre Farm, Pearce, AZ – Two pivots, three irrigation wells, charming +/- 2100 s.f. home, four car garage, large metal workshop, both with concrete floors, two railroad cars with cover between for horse stalls, hay and feed storage. $750,000 335 Head Ranch, Greenlee County, AZ – Near Double Circle Ranch. +/20 Deeded acres, w/two homes, barn & outbuildings. 58 Sections USFS grazing permit. Good vehicular access to the ranch – otherwise this is a horseback ranch. Scenic, great outfitters prospect. $850,000 *NEW* Graham Co, AZ 78 Plus Head Cattle Ranch – Approx. 640 deeded acres, 3633 acres USFS and 5204 acres BLM; 1 BR, 1 Bath
home/camp. Foothills of the Santa Teresa Mountains. $650,000 *REDUCED* Young, AZ, 65+ Acres – Under the Mogollon Rim, small town charm & mountain views. 2100 s.f., 3 BR, 2 Bath home, 2 BR cabin, historic rock home currently a museum, shop, & barn. Excellent opportunity for horse farm, bed & breakfast, or land development. +/- 65 acres for $1,070,000; home & other improvements. $424,500. *NEW* 137 Head Ranch, east of Kingman, AZ – 40 Deeded Acres, State Grazing Lease, Adverse Grazing, well watered, good mix of browse and grass, 5 wells, numerous springs, four corrals. Remote but easy access to town. Very scenic. $314,000 Terms. NEW MEXICO PROPERTIES Listed Cooperatively w/Action Realty, Cliff, NM, Dale Spurgeon, Broker – 575535-4177
*NEW* 316 Head Ranch, near Socorro, NM, +/-2663 scenic acres of deeded, 1917 acres NM State lease, 24,582 acres BLM. Solid working, cattle ranch in a good location w/excellent access. Good mix of browse & grass. 140,000 gallons of water storage, pipelines, wells, dirt tanks. HQ w/home, good corrals, in the foothills of the Ladron Mtns. $1,400,000
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* REDUCED* Virden, NM +/-78 Acre Farm, with 49+ acres of irrigation rights. Pastures recently planted in Bermuda. 3 BR, 2 Bath site built home, shop, hay barn, 8 stall horse barn, unique round pen with adjoining shaded pens, roping arena. Scenic setting along the Gila River. Great set up for raising horses also suitable for cattle, hay, pecans, or pistachios, $550,000 Terms.
*REDUCED* +/- 50 Head Ranch, Virden, NM – 367 Deeded acres, 4,000 acres BLM, nice HQ w/home, barn, corrals, along two miles of the beautiful Gila River. $525,000 $485,000 *REDUCED* Franklin, NM, 28 Acre Farm – Franklin, NM, 28 Acre Farm – 19 Acres of water rights from Franklin I.D., 5 BR, 3 bath Mfg. home, corrals, barn. Great for small farming operation, horses or cattle. Along the scenic Gila River. $125,000 Terms.
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HORSE PROPERTIES/LAND *NEW* +/- 480 Acres Oracle, AZ – One of the last remaining large parcels. Currently operating as a small cattle operation. Great prospect for future development in a desirable location. Fenced with a well, electric power, and two mfg. homes. $2,500,000. San Rafael Valley, AZ – Own a slice of heaven in the pristine San Rafael Valley, 152 Acres for $380,150 & 77 Acres with well for $217,000 Rodeo, NM, 160 Acres - on the western slope of the Peloncillo Mountains. 4-forty acre parcels surrounded by BLM land on two sides. Unimproved lots with electric nearby. $141,760 Willcox, AZ 40 Acres – Great views in every direction, power to the property. $85,000.
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JAMES SAMMONS & ASSOCIATES INC.
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JAMES B. SAMMONS III FARM & RANCH / COMMERCIAL / RESIDENTIAL T. 915.833.9373 • M. 915.491.7382 • F. 915.975.8024
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• 11,733 Deeded acres. (18½ deeded sections, 1 section State of NM) Located 53 miles north of Milan, NM. • Nice cattle producing ranch. 3 large fenced pastures. 3 smaller traps, all watering off the headquarters. Year round operation or good winter country. • Native grasses consist of galleta, blue grama, Indian rice grass, alkali sacaton and also fourwing saltbush. Partially wooded in pinon/juniper. Small sandstone mesas and outcroppings. Amazing Mesa top ruins with kivas and rooms. Near Chaco Canyon National Historical Park. • 4 producing windmill wells. Pumping from 250’ to 500’. 9 pit dirt tanks strategically placed throughout the ranch. Great water storage. 4 miles of pipeline. • Wildlife consists of Elk, Mule Deer, Antelope, Quail and Rabbits. Ranch received 2 Bull Elk tags and 2 Cow Elk tags in 2012. • Modest headquarters: Ranch house with kitchen, den and bunking quarters. 30x40 metal sided barn/ hay storage/tack Corrals with guard rail, squeeze chute, and certified scales/house, semi chute/ramp. • Call for photos and brochure. $250 per deeded acre – Open to offers HOWARD MICHAEL, QUALIFYING BROKER Coldwell Banker Legacy 617 W. Santa Fe Ave., Grants, NM 87020 Office 505-876-2222 • Cell 505-290-0761 Email: howmi7cities@yahoo.com Website:
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ST. JOHNS IRRIGATION & DITCH COMPANY The farm is located approximately two miles north of the main street (Cleveland Street) in St. Johns at the intersection of Water Street and 2nd West Street. There is 305 deeded acres with 58 shares of St. Johns Irrigation and Ditch Company. The Little Colorado River runs through the property from east to west approximately ½ mile. Farmland is irrigated via flood gravity flow ditch on native and improved pasture utilized for livestock grazing. Price $375,000
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IRRIGATED PASTURE Located in central Apache County, Arizona, between Alpine and Springerville along US Highway 180 in the Nutrioso Valley at the confluence of Colter Creek and Nutrioso Creek with over ½ mile of meandering Nutrioso Creek running through the property. Includes over 118 acres total with grand-fathered water rights for 33.8 acres of irrigated pasture. Farmable acreage has been utilized for livestock grazing on improved pasture and is irrigated via gravity flow dirt ditches. Beautiful views of Escudilla Mountain located in the heart of the White Mountains. There are numerous home sites on the property with excellent access including over ¼ mile of paved frontage along US Highway 180. Additional access is provided by county maintained roads on both the north and south boundaries. Price $1,200,000. REDUCED! $1,000,000
EASTERN ARIZONA RANCH North of St. Johns in Apache County, includes 1,760 deeded acres with State & BLM leases for 121 animal units yearlong. Newly improved with several miles of new pipeline, numerous storage tanks/drinkers supplied by four wells. Total ranch is over 11,000 acres with a five pasture rotational grazing system and one small holding trap. All ranch fences have been reworked including over two miles of new fencing. Price: $700,000
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Coon And Culbertson II Staley and McCrory Ranches by CURTIS FORT
t the peak of their operations Coon and Culbertson sold between three and four hundred young bulls to one outfit in Mexico, in addition to all the other bulls and heifers they sold. They were shipped from the Romero, a main railroad shipping point on the Culbertson holdings, to the Polomas Cattle Co. in Mexico. The Palomas ranch in Mexico extended from Juarez west to Douglas, Arizona, all on the Mexican side of the border . . . a big outfit! It was owned by three men: Billy Green, Ben Williams, and Alfonso Morales. Billy Green was the son of Col. Green, who was the copper king and owner of the huge Canenea Ranch in Mexico. This is where the Bells, under Albert K.’s direction shipped several thousand cows during the thirty’s drought. For several years the Palomas outfit bought that amount of replacement bulls from Coon and Culbertson. I can’t imagine the wet saddle blankets every day on an outfit like that. You are looking at a lot of mother cows and using lots of saddle horses to work and prowl a range that big. Wouldn’t you like to go there now with your bed and saddle and say, “Cut me a string of horses, just feed me all the beef and beans I can eat, whatever you pay will be just right, and if I want a raise, I’ll just eat more?” I had some good visits on the phone with W.O. III [Bill], who has done extensive research on Coon and Culbertson, especially their involvement with the crossing of Brahman and Hereford breeds. It seems, from visiting with Bill, that Coon and Culbertson were so well known in the Hereford world, that there were communications between them and Robert Kleberg of the King Ranch, which resulted around 1930, in the King Ranch shipping some Brahman bulls to Coon and Culbertson. They really began to work on the cross of Hereford and Brahman cattle to develop a cross that would work in the southern states. As we’ve come to find out, they
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work in a lot of ranges. It was a successful venture and credit is given to W.O. I and II for calling them Brafords. By the late thirties Uncle Dick was having health problems and their partnership was liquidated on good terms because of their great respect for each other. From that successful partnership W.O. acquired property in eastern New Mexico. All four of his sons fought in the Second World War, and the last of those properties was still held by “W.O. Culbertson and Son,” which was the Park Springs, and the outfit Myles and I pulled out for that day in May, 1979. Myles and I put our mounts into the horse trap at the first camp and there was Dick Sheppard’s chuck wagon, with fly stretched. We threw our beds off to the side. No telling how many spring or fall works Dick had cooked for them. I met him a few years before in 1971 when he cooked at the Bells for a couple months at the cookhouse. He had the real deal, a horse drawn chuck wagon. Many an outfit in the Texas Panhandle and eastern New Mexico ranges would hire him to cook for their works. That’s still the way to work a range most economically, and it’s good on men and horses! Cowboys like working with a wagon. You have the remuda, bed, chuck and everything needed to work all the country on an outfit, without all those rattling trailers, expensive pickups and gasoline. The hardest part is finding a wagon cook, especially one that knows how to cook, handle the wagon team and all. I’d never been around a team of horses or mules as that was all phased out about the time I left home. My dad and W.O., Jr. would be very close in age and I wish they could have met. They were raised with teams, wagons, and everything they did was on horseback. So I learned how to harness a team and how it comes off when you unhitch the team. Dick showed me how he liked the harness hung on the wagon tongue. I know his daughters, Jean Cates
and Sue Cunningham, who have continued the tradition by participating in and winning many a chuck wagon cooking contest. I talked with them recently about how Dick got started with the wagon cooking. They said he was building dirt tanks with a team for the Matadors at their Alamocitos division in the Texas Panhandle in the 1940s, and when the wagon cook had to be gone, they would ask Dick to fill in. Over the years he got into the cooking, and the Matadors sold the Alamocitos range to the Fultons to become the Quien Sabe outfit in the 1950s. Dick purchased his wagon from the old Bravo division of the XIT and rigged it up into a chuck wagon. He hired out to outfits like Culbertson’s for their spring or fall works. Dick did that for the next twenty years or so, then passed away in 1984. Jean and Sue still have his wagon in the barn. When I was at the Bells, Leo Turner, the Wagon Boss had a son-in-law, A.R. Green, that worked for the Quien Sabe. I met him when they were visiting Leo and Lana. He was a nice fella and you could tell he had a lot of cow in his blood. David Whatley told me A.R. lived at the Toro Peak Camp, and David’s father worked for the Quien Sabe fourteen years. The next ten days were as good a branding works as I have been on. Everyone wanted to be there as they were punchers, and were proud to be with the wagon. One night after a good day of gathering and branding works, a big wild lightning and thunder storm came up around one in the morning, and rained big. The wind was blowing that rain around, so there was no sleeping. We kicked some kindling on the coals of the fire protected by the fly and Myles fanned it with his sombrero. Pretty quickly we had hot coffee and Bull
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Durham “a-fogging”. Dick put us to cleaning the “Mountain Oysters” from the works the day before. He was grumbling about using them for breakfast but said Joe wanted to use them. So, there were some rank horses ridden and maverick bulls caught while the rain fell, as well as oysters cleaned, and more coffee made. Finally it was getting light and the wrangler went to jingle the horses. We had eggs and mountain oysters! David scattered the drive in the Bishop Pasture, and the drive came together at a big set of wire pens, on the south end. The pens were in a big, low place, and the big corral was mostly water from the night’s rain. So we put the calves in the smaller corral. As the irons heated, fresh smokes were rolled, leggings hung on the fence and the draggers were tying their ropes while waiting for the irons to heat. When the irons were right, Joe nodded his head, the ropes flew and they were coming to the fire. There was a big five or six weight calf in the pens that needed a brand. It was a late calf from last fall. Myles told the man roping to just neck him! So wearing a big grin, the roper did!
As Myles went down the rope he fell into him like he was going to eat him, and was twisting that critter’s head even though he had Myles raised up in the air. Myles stayed hooked just like a cur dog, and even though he was quite occupied I saw he was grinning, as me, Joe and David fell Dick Sheppard and Justin Wells; Salt Lake Pens; McCrory Ranch into that calf. Another man was hanging on his tail try- eral outfits, and the Culbertson’s do it ing to slow him down! Most involved lost right, they’re real cow folks and don’t half their shirts, and their” makings”, were mind if you have a loop built and your covered with dirt and manure, and their horn knot tied on when you’re penning a sombreros had a new crease. But we bed- herd. We worked through 120 sections of ded him down. Everybody was grinning, range, moving the wagon to each new even Jack and W. O. Working that Culbert- camp. Joe or David scattered a good drive son range was fun. The country was in each day, and luckily I came in on the drive good shape, as were the cattle, and it was a in the same place they dropped me. I made fun crew . . . plus we had a wagon. What new friends, and “shore” enjoyed working ■ more do you want? I’ve worked with sev- that Culbertson Range!
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With more than 20 bears running around Albuquerque foothills neighborhoods, we are getting a big dose of the NMDGF and the police chasing bears around in yards and in trees. When they are captured, they are returned to the “wild” according to the television news reports. Dictionary.com defines “wild” as: 1. living in a state of nature; not tamed or domesticated; 2. growing or produced without cultivation or the care of humans, as plants, flowers, fruit, or honey; 3. uncultivated, uninhabited, or waste 4. uncivilized or barbarous 5. of unrestrained violence, fury, intensity, etc.; violent; furious It is my sense that often wild means roaming free in pristine habitat that is untrammeled by man – some of this lan-
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