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“I’m worried that most Americans have forgotten about the most sacred values and traditions that built our country. Taking care of the land and the animals, the water and the air – this is the heart and soul of agriculture in America. We need to tell our story or we’ll be legislated and regulated out of business.” – Linda Davis, CS Cattle Company, Cimarron, New Mexico The Ranchers with Rep. Ben Ray Lujan

n late 2009, a loosely knit group of 15 ranchers came together in a groundswell of passion and action that is now known as The Ranchers. The group has no by-laws. They don’t collect dues or give out membership cards. They are simply agriculturalists on a mission to be sure that the range livestock industry and way of life gets a fair shake in Washington, D.C. and in our various states. They do not intend to replace or compete with mainstream cattle, beef and other organizations; instead they want to augment their fine work. During the last week in March 2011 The Ranchers quietly entered the beltway of Washington, DC and in three days time visited some 20 congressional, senate and committee offices from North Carolina to Washington state. The group was comprised of 15 people, including members and families from Wyoming, Oklahoma, Texas and New Mexico. For this first outing they took on the issues of tranmission lines, government funded environmental litigation that is driving ranchers from the land, federal lands grazing and the sustainability of rural communities. Those making the trip included Frank and Karen Budd-Falen along with their children Isaac and Sara, Wyoming; Terry Stuart Forst, President of the Oklahoma Cattlemen’s Association; Brad and Andrea Hutchinson, Oklahoma; Joe and Louise Leathers, 6666 Ranch, Texas; Dennis Braden and Suzette Suazo, Swenson Land & Cattle Company, Texas; Minnie Lou Bradley, Bradley 3 Ranch, Texas; Johnna Bruhn, Logan, New Mexico; Linda Davis, CS Ranch, New Mexico; and Caren Cowan, New Mexico Stockman and New Mexico Cattle Growers’ Association. Some quick math indicated that just that small group of individuals on the trip represented more than 6.5 centuries of livestock production in the West and produce the beef protein needs of more than 500,000 people every year. – America does not have to make a choice between a healthy environment and a strong economy; American agriculture provides ■ both, every day!

The Ranchers with Congressman Steve Pearce and his wife Cynthia (center) The Ranchers with Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers

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FEATURES 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, Bert Ancell; Executive Director, Caren Cowan; New Mexico Wool Growers, Inc. P.O. Box 7520, Albuquerque, NM 87194, 505/247-0584; President, Jim Cooper Executive Director, Caren Cowan

The Ranchers: Come Home America

NMCGA-NM CowBelles Mid-Year Meeting Schedule

2010 Sheepmen of the Year Pete & Sarah Gnatkowski

NMWGI Annual Meeting Schedule

Letter to the Editor

Agriculture Women Meet, “Honor Diamond In The Rough”

DuBois Winners

by Ed Ashurst

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

News Update

Scatterin’ The Drive

N.M. Federal Lands Council News

N.M.B.C. Bullhorn

To The Point

Cowboy Heroes

N.M. Old Times & Old Timers

N.M. CowBelles Jingle Jangle

Market Place

Seedstock Guide

Real Estate Guide

PRODUCTION

N.M. Livestock Board Update

Production Coordinator: Carol Pendleton Editorial & Graphic Design: Kristy Hinds Graphic Design: Becky Matthews

Estrays

In Memoriam

Coming Events

Advertisers Index

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“The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people, it is an instrument for the people to restrain the government — lest it come to dominate our lives and interests.” – Patrick Henry

Howdy Folks, hese letters have to be in to Caren on by the 15th of the month before the Stockman goes out, so sometimes we put in something that hasn’t happened yet, knowing it will. This happened in the May letter that I wrote in April. I bragged on the turn out for the Northeastern Regional Meeting scheduled for May 1st. Who was to know that a snow storm in May would cancel it. Well, here it is again, before the 22nd (the rescheduled date) and I will brag on it again. I hope a big rain cancels this one. Seriously though, I did go to the rally against endangered species listing of the Sand Dune Lizard in Roswell April 28th and it was a huge event. There was not enough seating room for all the attendees at the listening session. Representative Steve Pearce gave a couple of inspiring speeches at the rally and the listening session. He knows that these listings can and do cripple the economies of the localities, counties, and states. I know many U.S. legislators are timid because of the green movement, but these listings could and would affect wind and solar programs as well. If only some more in Washington would follow suit, some good could come out of it without as much governmental control and still save the species. I don’t know where our electricity, heating fuel, and gasoline would have to come from and how much we, as a state and region, would have to pay for our utilities. Congratulations or condolences to Scott Bidegain being appointed to the State Game Commission. From the meeting in Albuquerque on May 5, we are lucky to have a rancher on the Commission. Environmental groups were sure trying to sway the commissioners even though this was mainly a discussion meeting only. We are going to need to be vigilant on the trapping regulations in the future. Many attendees were asking the Commission to put a permanent ban on trapping for the whole state. I sit perplexed of the rationale of these folks painting a word picture on the beauty and grace of predators, and never mentioning the game these predators are decimating. Back in the old days, when the state had government trappers and such, anyone could buy a deer license over the counter. Now a person has to count on the luck of the draw. Do you think there might be a correlation between predator control and a more vibrant deer and antelope population? There was praise aplenty for the delisting of the desert bighorn from these groups though there was a very aggressive control of mountain lions around the sheep. Also congratulations to Jeff Witte, our newly appointed Director/Secretary of Agriculture. I am sure that with his experience and knowledge of the legislative process, that our industry will be well represented in Santa Fe and the nation. In one of my previous letters, I was hoping La Niña and El Niño would get in a fight, make up, and pour their tears out over New Mexico. I guess they’re still fussing. It sure has been windy without much moisture. But on the bright side, we’re one day closer to a rain. I hope all can attend the summer meeting the June 26-28 at Buffalo Thunder just north of Santa Fe. See you there.

May God Bless Us,

“Rejoice in the Lord your God! For the rains he sends are an expression of his grace.” – Joel 2:23

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Rex Wilson Carrizozo President Elect

Jose Varela Lopez Santa Fe Northeast V.P.

Ernie Torrez La Jara Northwest V.P.

Ty Bays Silver City Southwest V.P.

Pat Boone Elida Southeast V.P.

Lane Grau Grady V.P. At Large

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New Director/Secretary at New Mexico Department of Agriculture he Board of Regents at New Mexico State University (NMSU) announced the selection of Jeff Witte as the new director/secretary at New Mexico Department of Agriculture (NMDA) in early May. “I look forward to the opportunity to lead a great department, work with Governor Martinez and her administration as a strong advocate for agriculture; as well as continue the partnerships I have with the entire New Mexico State University family,” said Jeff Witte, newly selected NMDA director/secretary. “Most of all however, I look forward to working with our producers, processors, transporters, and retailers who are the heart and soul of our agricultural industry and provide the economic backbone in many communities in our great state.” Witte currently holds the title of director of the office of Agricultural Biosecurity and co-director for the Southwest Border Food Safety and Defense Center at NMSU. He served previously as NMDA’s assistant director and was the director of governmental affairs and field services for the New Mexico Farm and Livestock Bureau. Witte also served as a research specialist for the College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences at NMSU. He has a master’s degree in agricultural economics and economics from NMSU. “We are proud to select Jeff as the next director/secretary of NMDA and look forward to his leadership,” said Laura Conniff,

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New Ag Secretary: Jeff Witte (l) was named the Director/Secretary of the New Mexico Department of Agriculture in early May. He is pictured with his family (l to r), wife, Janet; daughter, Jennifer; son, Jeremy; along with dogs Manea and Buddy.

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Ford Commits to Reconsidering USCAP Membership Ford CEO Pressed on Ford’s Membership in Anti-Energy USCAP Lobbying Group at Annual Shareholder Meeting by National Center for Public Policy Research

ord CEO Alan Mullaly has committed to reconsidering his company’s membership in a corporate-environmental movement lobby organization, the U.S. Climate Action Partnership (USCAP), that exists solely to lobby for federal laws limiting greenhouse gas emissions. Mullaly was pressed on the matter at the company’s annual stockholder meeting by National Center for Public Policy Research Vice President David A. Ridenour. Ridenour and the National Center for Public Policy Research are Ford shareholders.

Ridenour asked Ford’s management: . . . My question pertains to Ford’s membership in the U.S. Climate Action Partnership, a corporate-environmentalist alliance that seeks, and I quote “legislation requiring significant reductions in greenhouse gas emissions.” Ford’s membership is USCAP surprising, given that Ford produces products that run on fossil fuels, less fuel efficient vehicles such as F-150s and Econoline vans accounted for 30 percent of your April sales, and some of its most reliable customers for these products, farmers, ranchers, and construction companies, run energy-intensive businesses that are highly sensitive to the fuel price increases Ford is lobbying for through USCAP. Furthermore, USCAP membership engenders ill-will for Ford among the new majority in Congress.

Will you re-evaluate your membership in USCAP especially in light of the fact that even Government Motors, excuse me, General Motors, has withdrawn from USCAP? As has John Deere and Caterpillar? Finally, I’d like to share with your board, with your permission, a poll we commissioned on the reaction of conservatives, who represent a strong plurality of your customers, to corporations lobbying for cap-and-trade, as Ford again effectively is doing through USCAP. We surveyed attitudes about two other corporations – but haven’t surveyed opinions about Ford . . . yet. One corporation’s favorability rating dropped 31 points while another’s dropped 50 points, because of their support for capand-trade. Have you fully analyzed the continued on page 15

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risks of continued USCAP membership poses to Ford’s reputation? “Don’t give the keys to your cars to Washington,” Ridenour concluded. Speaking publicly in response to Ridenour, Mullaly said Ford is constantly reviewing its memberships and alliances. Without expressly using the term, he said Ford had received public relations benefits from USCAP membership, and also specifically cited the benefit of being “to participate in the drafting of [the Energy and Security Act/cap-and-trade] legislation.” Ridenour met with with Mullaly privately following the shareholder meeting and was somewhat encouraged by the message he received. Among other things, Mullay acknowledged the risk that regula-

tion of carbon emissions could lead to government control of the auto industry and expressed concern about this possibility. He also implied that the fact that “cap-andtrade is dormant” in Congress now could be significant in terms of Ford’s future approach to these issues. “It is understandable, though intensely regrettable and keenly unfortunate, that corporate executives faced with an antibusiness, anti-energy Congress felt they had to join an anti-business, anti-energy lobbying coalition to get what Quislings often call a ‘seat at the table,’” said Ridenour after the meetings, “but the American people must press the point that if all business executives who know better were to refuse to participate in their own destruction, there wouldn’t be a dangerous table at which to sit. We need to fur-

ther encourage Ford, other corporate USCAP members, and the entire business community not to preemptively surrender to left-wing lobby groups. Surrender means dire costs not only to their business bottom line, but to the welfare and prosperity of the American people as a whole.” Ridenour also reminded Mullay the federal government cannot be an honest broker in energy regulation, as it has an interest in the profitability of both of Ford’s two largest domestic competitors. Corporate USCAP members, including Ford, reportedly provide six-figure grants to the green lobby group USCAP as a condition of membership. Following pressure from the National Center for Public Policy Research, Caterpillar, John Deere, ConocoPhillips, BP and ■ GM have all withdrawn from USCAP.

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Announcing NM Section SRM Summer Tour July 22, 2011 he New Mexico Section of the Society for Range Management has issued an open invitation to its July 22 summer range tour of the New Mexico State University (NMSU) Corona Range & Livestock Research Center (CRLRC). The tour fee of $30 includes lunch; proceeds will go towards the NM SRM Range Scholarship Fund awarded annually to both an upper and lower level Range Science student at NMSU. The tour will feature long term and current research including: ■ Juniper biomass study site. Discuss harvest study, use of juniper as biofuel, problems and opportunities. ■ Juniper sapling control plots inte-

grating herbicide, VLSA monitoring, and targeted grazing. ■ Wildlife – Livestock interactions utilizing GPS tracking collars investigating the woodland structures providing optimal habitat for both cattle and mule deer ■ PJ woodland hydrology exclosures examining soil water dynamics in relation to woodland control ■ Integrated PJ Control sites involving herbicide and prescribed fire treatments The CRLRC is a 27,886-acre working ranch laboratory located near the geographical center of the state of New Mexico, just east of the village of Corona. Land within the research center is characterized by rolling hills alternating with undulating to flat areas with the elevation ranging from 5,720 to 6700 feet. A transitional area runs the length of the ranch with the

southern half predominately piñon juniper woodland and the northern half described as a short grass prairie. The research center is operated by NMSU’s Animal & Range Sciences Department. Research programs, as well as graduate student studies are a major part of the research centers activities and are incorporated into the normal production cycle of the cattle and sheep commercial operations, a registered Angus seedstock herd, a native mule deer population and an introduced herd of pronghorn antelope. The tour qualifies for five (5) continuing education credits for SRM Certified Professionals in Range Management. For tour details/info on NM SRM membership contact NM SRM Pres. Elect Les Owen at 575/646-2642 or email lowen@ nmda.nmsu.edu) or visit nmsrm.nmsu.edu ■

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“Thank You” to the supporters of the 29th Annual New Mexico State University Cattle & Horse Sale held April 30, 2011. Buyers from New Mexico, Arizona, Texas, Louisiana, and Florida bid on cattle and horses produced from the teaching and research programs of the Campus Farms, Chihuahuan Desert Rangeland Research Center (i.e., College Ranch), and Corona Range and Livestock Research Center. Sales from this program in concert with scholarship donations help the department maintain excellence in serving missions of the Land Grant University in the Southwestern Livestock Industries. Sale reports were published by the American Angus Association, International Brangus Breeders Association, American Brahman Breeders Association, and American Quarter Horse Association. Catalogues, video and sale reports can be viewed: http://aces.nmsu.edu/academics/anrs/annual-cattle--horse-sal.html

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hat fall when I got back to Las Cruces, the Corralitos ranch wasn’t the outfit it used to be when Gene Nix was there. Someone told me to call Wilford Cothern. He had a farm in the valley with a nice ranch up close to Hatch that took in most of the Uvas mountains. The south side of Wilford’s outfit was the whole north boundary of the Corralitos, so I had prowled some of his country when I worked for the Corralitos. Wilford told me he could use some help and to bring a couple of other cowboys. I had met a couple of students from Montana who had cow written all over them, so that Friday we showed up before daylight at the farm as Wilford wanted to do three days then the same next week. He had eight or 10 horses in one corral, so we each saddled a mount. Along with Wilford and his son, we loaded them in a big gooseneck trailer. We went north 20 miles or so up the river, then back west several miles to some corrals called the Alamo pens. It was a neat place with good corrals made of railroad ties and two by eights. It had a windmill, cottonwood trees, and a little adobe one room camp house. It all set down in a little canyon, a pretty setting. The Uvas Mountains are big hills, six to maybe seven thousand feet with good grass, some cedar and other brush. As we hit a high trot up a canyon, we struck a trail that led us out on top of those hills. We pulled up and stepped off to reset our saddles. Some rolled a smoke, and we all paused to enjoy the beautiful sunrise with the deep blues of the San Andres and Organ mountains. The eastern sky was pink and red . . . God painted a picture no artist could touch. Looking to the north the lights of Hatch were shining far below us. Wilford pointed out the corrals down below us in the canyon, and scattered the drive. It was a great early fall morning, and cattle were in good shape and were goodbred Brangus. When you found some, a good holler and a pop of your leggings

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Fall 1970: Cothern & Lazy Ranches would sure start ‘em on their way, as they were pretty trotty. The cattle came off those hills and down those side canyons into the main canyon that the Alamo pens set in. The roundup came together, without any wrecks. We had around a 100 pairs, some drys and several bulls. We were getting close to the corrals, going down the canyon, a good fence on one side and a big canyon wall on the other. A big yearling heifer decided to turn back. I had stepped off, tightened up and pulled my horn knot down tight. She came out between Wilford and me. I whacked it on her, and whirled around in hot pursuit. She was headed for the far away, but I dropped the slack over her hip and turned off. It bedded her down good, but she didn’t lay. She bounced up blowing snot, so we really got to flying, I flipped my slack over her hip and really fairgrounded her hard. I let her soak and when she came up this time she was sure craving to go back to the roundup. As I followed her back toward the pens, I still had my rope on her. They had penned ‘em and here came Wilford waving his arms the way bosses do. I figured I might be in trouble, and my time on this outfit quite short. I was taught to be ready when you’re penning cattle. “Don’t let anything get away,” especially when you’ve used up company time and horseshoes getting within 100 yards of the pens. Mr. Cothern rode to the side to let

the heifer by. He was still excited and red faced. He rode up beside me grinning and said, “Those so and so’s have been doing that to me for years, you keep that rope down and use it anytime.” A rope is the best tool on a ranch, if you know how and when to use it! We stripped off the calves that needed weaning which were all but three or four late calves which we branded and put back with their mothers. There were five or six of the big calves that were slick ears, I guess them and their mama’s gave ‘em the “slip” in the spring roundup. Wilford had a calf table, I’d never seen one till we branded those late calves. He wanted to put those 500 pound ones through it, I didn’t see that happening. I had tied my mount in the water lot, where the chute and table stuck out. The calves were big and snuffy, and Montana was using the hot-shot on them quite freely. The first big calf just blew through that table. I got on my horse, brought that calf around the corral, and when he ran between me and the table I fore-footed him. It turned him over with a bang and those northern punchers knew what to do. One fell on his neck, the other in his flank, I held his forelegs a-horseback and they had him branded pronto. Wilford said, “You just stay on your horse and IF anymore jump continued on page 19

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out, you catch ‘em.” Needless to say, each one went over, around or through it. We laid them out flat in the same manner as the first one. We worked the dry cows out and they were fat and snorty. They were cutting ‘em down the alley, and into another big corral with a big round, steel water trough in the middle, about two feet high. Wilford was at the trough cleaning the vaccine gun. He had said to cut that wild heifer with the drys so she could go to town. Here she came, flying down the alley. I hollered at Wilford to lookout! I was setting on my horse in that same corral, and I never laughed so hard. She took him around that trough and then across it. She was blowing snot on him and would have got him, but she hung the float arm, breaking it off. Water was shooting in the air and it slowed her down enough for Wilford to make a break for the fence. I don’t think he would have made it, and she was about to catch him, when I ran into her. He had been so occupied with all the bellerin’, and sloberin’, that he didn’t hear my laughing, so I was in good standing! We had to hold up the works and fix that float before it drained the storage tank.

He had brought sandwich stuff, and had a pot of coffee and pot of beans on a fire over by the windmill. It really hit the spot. Then he and his son made several trips hauling the calves down to his feedlot at the farm, and me and the Montana boys trailed those drys to a trap at the ranch. I helped him a few more times while I was in school. The last time I saw him was 1986 or so. I stopped by to visit and it was a good powwow. He mentioned that first time I helped him, and that wild heifer. He got a big grin on his face and said you know I never did find that vaccine gun. He was a good fella. Another outfit I helped several times was the Lazy E. It lay on the west side of the Corralitos, and was 100 sections or so. Dick and Genivieve Davis lived on the ranch. Genivieve’s Father, L. F. Burris, came from Texas around 1915 and started the Lazy E. She was raised there along with two sisters and five brothers. Tink Burris who ranches at Cook’s Peak and Silver City was kind enough to help me with this history. His father Howard was one of the five brothers. Right in the middle of the ranch was Massacre Peak, a butte several hundred feet high. I climbed it once and from the top you could see the Butterfield Trail to the north which was the

southern mail route established in the 1850s. In the 1860s Apaches attacked a small wagon train of immigrants and killed everyone. Years later someone found several guns and bolts of calico that were hidden in the rocks up around the top of the butte. I always enjoyed cow works there on the Lazy E. The Davises became close friends, more like second folks. We spent many great times together and they passed away a few years back. But that May of ‘71, the branding irons had just been hung back on the wall at the Lazy E. I took my final exams for that semester and headed ■ for the Bell Ranch.

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enough to have much effect on slowing the growth of the federal government. One notable difference between now and the Sagebrush Rebellion days is that this time the movement has a broader base both in terms of the issues involved and the geographic areas affected. Will it continue or lose steam as others have in the past? Time will tell. The Endangered Species Act has been the cause of much of the dissatisfaction with federal management of natural resources. Wolves have been a big part of that. In the recent budget showdown between the Republican majority in the House and President Obama and the Democrats in the Senate, the wolf was delisted by congressional action bypassing environmental groups’ lawsuit to stop delisting under the terms of the ESA. Now those same environmental groups are back in court claiming that even Congress

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and the President can’t delist wolves while they have a lawsuit pending. Idaho is pressing ahead with its own management plan that includes authorizing outfitters to take any wolves they encounter during a spring bear hunt in one hunting zone. The Idaho Fish and Game Department unveiled their new fall wolf hunt plan at their mid-May meeting. Montana’s governor has informed Interior Secretary Salazar that they will deal with wolf problems as they see fit. Of interest to us here in New Mexico, Congresswoman Candice Miller of Michigan has introduced a bill to turn all wolf management over to states including New Mexico as long as populations stay above minimums specified in the bill. Even if they fall below the minimum, federal protection will only be reinstated temporarily until numbers rebound. The bill has cosponsors from Arizona, Utah, Wyoming, Minnesota and Michigan. The number for Mexican wolves in New Mexico and Arizona combined is 100. The last figures from the Fish and Wildlife Service document 42 wolves. For Idaho and Montana the bill only ratifies what they have already done. New Mexico should follow their example but if it doesn’t this bill would be the next best option. Congressman Steve Pearce has been active in opposing the listing of the dunes sagebrush lizard in southeastern New Mexico and west Texas as endangered. Although the environmental groups who petitioned for the listing claim otherwise opponents say it will curtail or eliminate oil and gas production and livestock grazing in the Permian Basin. The area is one of the most productive oil and gas producing regions in the country. We have mentioned Pearce’s support for his constituents in western New Mexico dealing with wolves and more recently the Forest Service travel management plan for the Gila. He has again shown his willingness to buck radical environmentalists on this issue. The proposed listing of the lizard has a lot of folks in New Mexico and west Texas

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Pete & Sarah Gnatkowski by CAROL WILSON diapered dogie lamb and two pre-schoolers accompanied Sarah Gnatkowski to Santa Fe. The legislature was holding hearings to cut funding of the Animal Damage Control program, and Sarah figured a good visual aid would make an impact. When she and the kids and the lamb finished testifying before the committee, they packed up and got home to Ancho in time to do evening chores. Pete was in southeastern New Mexico, classing wool. It was just a typical day in the life of the Gnatkowski family of Ancho, New Mexico, and they were just doing what they always did.

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Pete and Sarah’s unwavering commitment to always doing the right thing for the sheep and wool industry of New Mexico was recognized last summer when the New Mexico Wool Growers honored the couple from Jack’s Peak as their 2010 Sheepmen of the Year. Pete and Sarah are best known for their deep knowledge of sheep and sheep husbandry, their willingness to educate others about the industry, their love of the 4-H and FFA programs and the youth involved, and their leadership in all facets of the sheep and wool industry of New Mexico. Pete, son of A.W. (Gnat) and Janice Gnatkowski, grew up in the sheep business. The Gnatkowski family ran about 1,200 head in the high desert of south central New Mexico at the foot of Jack’s Peak between Carrizozo and Corona. In addition to the commercial RamboilletColumbia ewes, Pete and his brother, Mel, maintained a herd of Columbia sheep that put both brothers through college at New Mexico State University. Jim Sachse, extension sheep and wool specialist for New Mexico State University, first met Pete continued on page 25

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because of the Columbias. “He was a young man in high school and I was a certified Columbia inspector,” recalls Jim. “I went up every fall to inspect the yearling ewes and got to know the family. The whole Gnatkowski family had such a positive attitude about the sheep and wool industry. I was always amazed at the work they did to promote the industry and always left the ranch encouraged about the industry.” Sachse paused, then reflected, “I don’t know anyone more deserving of this honor than Pete and Sarah.” No one who knows the Gnatkowskis can keep from commenting on their involvement in the industry and their commitment to youth. To some, Pete is the sheepman who requests the Ramboillet Waltz at every dance. To others, he is one of the best wool judging coaches in New Mexico. To neighbors, he is a good friend and able help. Sarah is as adept at testifying before government hearings as she is to running the feed wagon and chopping ice for Gnatkowski livestock. She keeps the Wool Growers Auxiliary straight as a bookkeeper and treasurer. She has

instinctive knowledge about what others will like and orders pelts and other merchandise to be sold by the Wool Growers Auxiliary or at the sheep to Shawl booth. And she doctors sick children and ailing lambs with equal ease. Both Pete and Sarah are known for their attention to detail and their insistence that any job worth doing is worth doing right. The Early Years

Pete left Ancho for college at New Mexico State University, where he was a member of the Alpha Gamma Rho fraternity and roomed with Mike Casabonne of Artesia. Mike’s sister had a friend named Sarah, but no one really remembers how Pete and Sarah were introduced. However, the young sheepman and the dentist’s daughter from Artesia hit it off. Sarah left NMSU to get her nursing degree in Denton, Texas and Pete went to work in Mexico for two years after graduation. When Gnat got sick, Pete came home to the ranch to help out and he and Sarah made plans to be married. He took a job as the 4-H agent in Otero County in February of 1975 and Sarah nursed at the School for the Visually Handicapped. They lived in Alamogordo until 1977 when Gnat again experienced health problems and the

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do.” It was a big adjustment to move from Artesia to a remote New Mexico ranch with occasional electrical problems and an unreliable water supply. Sarah went to work to learn the sheep industry and used her nursing degree to care for the children who soon blessed their home and the livestock that needed constant attention. Growing up Gnatkowski

Callie joined the family first, soon followed by a young spitfire known as John. Both, like their father, grew up raising sheep. And they grew up trailing their parents as Pete and Sarah traveled miles and donated their time for a strong industry. When Callie was still in a stroller, someone snapped a photo of her conked out at the Sheep to Shawl exhibit at the New Mexico State Fair. John can’t remember his first Wool Growers’ convention, but has a picture of himself as a toddler, too young to stay awake for the banquet, asleep on a wool blanket. The pair also modeled wool, showed lambs, and fed dogie lambs for Ranch Tour audiences almost before they could talk. “We were always together,” noted Pete. “Callie always wanted to go to Chaco Canyon, but we always felt like we had to work. We’d say that we would go next year, but we never did.” Callie remembers the same days with

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fondness. “Dad says he wishes we’d have done more fun things, but we learned how to do so much,” she related. “I’m so glad I know how to do the things I do. Mom and Dad took us everywhere and we always did things together. Even if it was just cutting wood, we did the jobs together.” “As a kid, I thought I was so much help and so important,” she continued. “Now I realize I probably was in the way or too little, but when I got to go with Dad to do something, I always thought I was a very important part of the process. He always gave me something to do, and we always felt a part of what was going on. “I think the most significant thing that was taught us was the work ethic that is

Callie remembers that stewardship was modeled in everyday life. ingrained into all ranch kids,” John noted. “My most vivid memory of the sheep industry is the dedication that my folks put into taking care of their own sheep and speaking out for the welfare of the rest of the industry.” “I once questioned the productivity of going to the legislature to testify and driving all over New Mexico to counter the work of the environmentalists, the constant travel and expense that my folks put out to support the sheep industry,” John continued. “When I asked my Dad if it all made any difference, he replied, ‘I don’t know, John, but it is the right thing to do.’ That made an impact on me.” Callie remembers that stewardship was modeled in everyday life. “We knew how important it was to take care of things that depended on us,” she related. “No matter how cold you were or how miserable, we had to get outside and make sure that there was feed and water for the animals. Pipelines always froze in the worst weather, but we had to fix them because caring for the animals is what good stockman do.” A sense of patriotism was also deeply ingrained. “Sarah will buy American, even if it costs a little more,” noted Joan Kincaid. “She knows the importance of working at home and buying at home.” Besides Pete’s service at every level of the New Mexico Wool Growers, including president, and Sarah’s service as the secretary/treasurer of New Mexico Wool Growers’ and the American Sheep Industry Aux-

iliary, the couple were also active in the fair board, the school board, and the boards of the Natural Resource Conservation Service and New Horizons, a home for the developmentally disabled. “When either one of them serves on a board, they don’t just do it halfway,” noted Callie. “They work on it and are dedicated to what they are doing at the time. I really admire them for that.” Callie noted that her parents also taught them the right way to do any task. “It doesn’t matter if it is feeding a dogie lamb or testifying before a committee or fixing a pipeline, there is a certain way you are supposed to do things,” she related. “Mom and Dad always said if something was worth doing, it was worth doing right. It doesn’t matter if it a small thing or a big thing. Sometimes John and I would get into trouble for not doing something the way they thought we should. But looking back, I’m glad because there is a good way of doing things. I hope I can teach my kids the same things that I learned from my parents.” The Gnatkowskis also valued relationships. Neighbors could always count on a helping hand, whether it came in the form of a hot meal, or help in the middle of the night when someone was sick and needed an ambulance, or defense of the industry from some new attack. Family was a priority as well. “We never went anywhere without visiting family,” Callie recalled. “We didn’t take a vacation just to go somewhere.” For Pete and Sarah, raising their kids in rural New Mexico was just the right choice. Callie graduated with a class of four. John graduated with four others. “We were fortunate to be here,” Pete noted. “It is a good environment. Kids raised out here have values. And they never get into trouble.” “Callie had a college friend out here once who was amazed at all the things that Callie knew how to do,” he continued. “This girl was just amazed that Callie could cook and sharpen knives, weld, work on a pickup, and work on a windmill and doctor sick calves. All of those are just things we take for granted.” When Callie graduated from New Mexico State University she worked for New Mexico Woolgrowers and Cattle Growers and then went to work for U.S. Senator Pete Domenici. She and her husband, Todd Gibson, own T&T Trailer Sales in Los Lunas and have two children, Samantha and Zach. John graduated from Texas Tech, working several years as an EMT and continued on page 28

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The Hall-Gnatkowski ranch ran about 1,300 sheep, cattle and some Angora goats. “We felt we could better utilize the range with all three animals,” Pete explained. “The goats are browsers, the sheep eat forbes and the cattle’s primary diet is grass. Because of these diet preferences, the sheep enabled us to increase the animal units we ran on the place by about 10 to 20 percent. Most of the old places all over New Mexico originally ran sheep at some point in history.” Gnatkowski sheep were RamboilletColombia crosses, primarily because the cross produced a bigger sheep with ewes weighing about 150 pounds with around

The Gnatkowskis also valued relationships. Neighbors could always count on a helping hand, whether it came in the form of a hot meal, or help in the middle of the night when someone was sick and needed an ambulance, or defense of the industry from some new attack. 22 micron wool. This type of ewe produced an 85 pound feeder lamb and sheared around ten pounds of wool. “Our wool wouldn’t “top” the market but we were pleased with the weight, raised a good sized lamb and maintained an open face on the sheep. If the sheep aren’t open faced they can’t see when the wool grows over their eyes. We tried to maintain the best quality, most uniform wool clip that we could while raising a good sized lamb.” The family worked with New Mexico State University to utilize all the new technology available to sheep producers. Jim 28

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Sachse helped them get started running sonograms on the ewes so they could give the ewes carrying twins more nutrition than the ewes carrying singles. “If we could identify and feed the twin bearing ewes more, the lambs would be more robust at birth and the ewes would milk better,” Pete explained. Flushing the ewes as another technology employed with great success. “We fed them well prior to breeding season to raise the nutritional level, thereby increasing ovulation and number of lambs born.” Pete noted. “We just did our best to maintain a good nutritional plane. We’ve been real conscious of potential health problems and used vaccines to keep everything healthy.” Sarah has never seen Pete rope anything but a lamb, but it is generally common knowledge that anyone who ropes lambs get pretty good at catching them. On the other hand, the cowboy neighbors who helped the Gnatkowskis work their sheep always chased the sheep over a hill before building a loop so that no one would see how many loops they would have to throw before they were successful. Neighbors always call cold spring winds “good sheep shearing weather,” despite the fact that the Gnatkowskis tried not to shear before mid-April to avoid the Easter storms. Ewes were bred to lamb the first week of May. The lambs would be shipped in mid-October, typically weighing 85 pounds. “We never could get the really high percentage lamb crops,” Pete lamented. “We got enough predator pressure that we felt

like we were doing well if we hit a 90-95 percent lamb crop.” Sarah added, “We had to be in the pasture ready to gather by daylight, because the lambs would give out in the hot weather, especially if you were trying to bring them very far. And in the fall, it always seemed to be cold when we were working lambs to ship.” “No fun working wet lambs,” Pete added. One of John’s earliest memories of growing up on the ranch was the neighbors, some from as far away as Corona and Arabella, waiting at the Gnatkowski ranch for the fog to lift so they could hunt coyotes that had been killing the family’s sheep. Many times they would have to go home without hunting, but once in a while the fog would lift, the day would be calm and clear, the plane could fly and they would chase the sheep-killing varmints all day. “The next morning we’d get up and ride around and look for coyote kills,” John related. “We’d usually find one and the hunt would start all over. The increased and persistent pressure from predators was one of the things that forced the Gnatkowski family to leave the sheep business in the late 1990s. “It was the hardest choice the family ever made,” John related. “Obviously, we’d lost a lot of money. But the sheep had been part of the heart and soul of my family for generations. We did all we could to make the business work. But in the end, the predacontinued on page 30

A young marking crew, circa 1995. John Gnatkowski, unidentified boy, Bryan Hightower, Callie and Pete Gnatkowski front row: kendal, marshal and Justus Wilson, Pat Hightower.

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tors just got the best of us.” Sadly, the Gnatkowskis were a small model for what was happening to sheep producers all over New Mexico. The loss of the Wool Incentive coupled with the predator problems made it economically

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John feeding a dogie lamb late 1990s.

unfeasible to stay in the business that their family had stewarded for generations. The statistics in the Gnatkowski’s home county tell the story. There were over 100 sheep producers in the county 15 years ago. Today there are eight. There were 70,000 sheep on the tax rolls 15 years ago. Today, fewer than 8,800 ovines still live in Lincoln County. “My folks worked so hard to make the sheep deal work,” Callie commented. “They did everything they could to make the operation just as good as it could be. Now they work just as hard to make the cattle a better operation. They go to seminars and buy better bulls and keep learning, always trying to make things better if they can.” Still serving

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But Pete and Sarah are sheepman, and the fact that they don’t presently own sheep doesn’t mean that they aren’t still active, ardent spokespersons for the industry. “Sarah has traveled to Washington, D.C. many times to lobby for the industry,” related Joan Kincaid, a former president of the American Sheep Industry Auxiliary. “She still knows what sheep people need and can stand and does a good job of communicating those needs. She is still a sheepman at heart.” Pete became an ASI certified classer about 15 years ago. “Classing is much harder than just grading wool,” explained Mike Casabonne. “Pete is the only guy who has classed our wool for years. When you grade wool, you determine if it is fine wool or half-blood, or three/eighths. But when you class it, you have to evaluate many different characteristics of the clip and then sort it into uniform lots which will be the most attractive to the buyers and sell for the most total dollars. It is a lot more complicated than just determining the grade of the wool.” continued on page 32

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Classing wool used to take Pete away from home for weeks at a time. “New Mexico has some of the best wool there is because of our weather conditions,” he stated. “There are lots of rocks and dry country up here and that makes for nice, white, bright wool.” A wool wizard

(top left) Pete shearing sheep at the 1983 Ranch Tour. (top right) Pete & Sarah’s wedding photo. (right) Callie & John Gnatkowski learned to grade wool at an early age. (below) Gnatkowski Family: (l to r) daughter, Callie Gnatkowski Gibson, Pete holding grandson Zachary, Sarah trying to hold granddaughter Samantha, & son, John.

About 30 years ago, Pete became Jim Sachse’s assistant sheep superintendent at the New Mexico State Fair. “He understood wool and he knows how to promote it,” Sachse remembered. “He and Sarah were both willing to get their hands dirty and really pitch in and help. I really appreciate them.” Pete also worked with the wool show at the state fair, eventually taking over as superintendent. He and Sarah also put lots of time and effort into the Sheep to Shawl program, which was in part founded by

There were over 100 sheep producers in the county 15 years ago. Today there are eight. Pete’s parents. “They just did so much from the standpoint of promotion,” related Sachse. “The Sheep to Shawl display was the most educational display at the fair, and so well done.” Pete still puts in untold hours as Superintendent of the Wool Show. “His expertise is second to none in the state,” related David Lucero, director of the Market and Development Division of New Mexico Department of Agriculture. “He and Jim Sachse are the two people who understand sheep in the state. And Sarah is one of those who do whatever she can to help.” Pete noted that he has seen an increase in the number of niche-type markets in the sheep and goat business. He added a colored wool component to the wool show at the New Mexico State Fair simply because there are more small sheep producers now than ever, and fewer large sheep ranchers. “We’ve got to pull together and cooperate on the small things,” he noted. “You can’t just isolate continued on page 34

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yourself and expect to be there in another 100 years. It is important to try and gather support from all parts of the livestock industry.” When Joan Kincaid became president of the American Sheep Industry Auxiliary, she told Sarah that she was the only person who could become secretary/treasurer of the organization. Joan even told Sarah she wouldn’t have to work very hard at the position, but that was before she realized that they would have to re-write the bylaws. Sarah, in the meantime, had served for years at New Mexico Wool Growers’ auxiliary treasurer. Joan credits Sarah’s careful stewardship for allowing the association to spend their money wisely. “We contribute to the American Land Rights Association, thanks to Sarah because she has us on a budget and we know how much money we can spend,” she stated. “We also contribute to the New Mexico State University judging team, because of Pete and Sarah’s connections. And we sent wool wax cream to a platoon in Afghanistan last year, again thanks to Pete and Sarah and their connection to a Lincoln County serviceman.” Joan continued, “Even though they no longer have sheep, they have just always been there for all of us. They are there to support the sheep industry and have always been leaders in our organization.”

all the intricacies of wool judging. “He has probably trained more state-winning teams than anyone in the country,” stated Sachse. “He has gone to the national contest several times. He is just a good coach.” Mike Casabonne summed up the Gnatkowski’s expertise well when he noted that “it isn’t just about producing lambs and wool, it is understanding everything that goes into the production, especially the wool production. He has shown lots of young people things about the wool and sheep industry that they wouldn’t have learned if not for Pete. He has a way of relating to them so that they learn things beyond wool and wool judging.” Both of Jennifer Shafer’s elder siblings judged wool with Pete as their coach and had lots of success. When Jennifer got into 4-H and later FFA, she picked her judging contests based on the coaches. “Pete always made practice fun,” she remembers. “He always knew what he was talking about and we respected him a lot, but he never put too much pressure on us.” When judging season rolls around, Pete may be coaching teams from three or four different towns. “We just enjoy teaching the kids,” he commented.

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Callie and John began showing sheep at an early age.

“Working with kids is never wasted time,” Sarah added. In 1999 a part-time extension job came open in Lincoln County. Pete got the job, went back to school for his Master’s Degree, and today serves as the Lincoln County Extension Agent. He still considers himself fortunate to be working with youth. Sarah cares for the ranch, with help on weekends and holidays when everyone comes home. The couple completes each other’s sentences and bickers gently. They know each other well enough to read minds and form a team which benefits the entire agriculture industry. Sarah’s lifelong friend, Rosemary Shafer, lived out of town when she and Sarah were growing up, so she was given a key to Sarah’s house. She stated, “if I had to condense all the good things that I had to say about them into just a few words, I would say that Pete and Sarah are people who always try to do the right thing,

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they can to keep it viable.” Scott Shafer has known Pete since high school. “He is one of the best ranchers in our area and also the best extension agents I know,” Scott said. “There isn’t anyone more dedicated to his county, and he has a special dedication to the youth. He devotes countless hours to the 4-H program and is a heck of a wool judging coach. He and Sarah had a super herd of sheep before continued on page 36

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(Above) Former president of the NM CowBelles, Genora Moore Canon, and her husband, Gary Canon came all the way from Roswell to say hello to old friends at the WALC. (Above left) Kristina Harris Butts, Executive Director of Legislative Affairs for the NCBA spoke about her efforts in Washington, DC on behalf of the industry.

Matt Rush proved himself an admirable emcee of the Diamond in the Rough Awards ceremony.

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Dan Arterburn, a.k.a. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Dulcimer Danâ&#x20AC;? entertained the WALC audience with traditional western and folk songs on the banjo, mandolin, fiddle and dulcimer.

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EX-OFFICIOS: Jane Frost, Producer, Federation of State Beef Council Director; Tammy Ogilvie, Producer, Beef Board Director; Wesley Grau, Producer, Beef Board Director.

For more information contact: New Mexico Beef Council, Dina Chacon Reitzel – Executive Director 1209 Mountain Rd. Pl. NE, Suite C, Albuquerque, NM 87110 505/841-9407 • 505/841-9409 fax • www.nmbeef.com

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t never ceases to amaze the way that people think they can say or write to one another. The examples were many during this past Legislature. At one point Senate Majority Floor Leader Michael Sanchez opened a Floor Session pointing out that no matter what side of an issue an individual falls on, everyone involved is a person and that even via email or phone message, words cut deep. And, if they are written, they don’t ever go away. With all due respect to attorneys, including Senator Sanchez, our own Karen Budd-Falen and I am sure many, many others, I have spent way too much time in the company of lawyers in the past several months. It seems that virtually anything can be said in the pursuit of vic-

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tory. The things that are simply not true are the least of the transgressions. The belligerence and attacking nature is something you have to see to believe. A prime example of what I am talking about lies in the record of the Water Quality Control Commission’s (WQCC) hearing on the recent designation of hundreds of miles of perennial streams, lakes and wetlands as Outstanding National Resource Waters (ONRWs). The two weeks of hearings produced literally thousands of pages of transcripts, some of it pretty boring, but there are passages that most civil people won’t even believe. This and other such processes are purported to be “public” hearings so that members of the public can contribute and

represent themselves and their concerns as the government considers actions that might impact them. The transcripts tell a very different story. The way the public was treated during the ONRW would certainly make most people think twice about attempting to participate ever again. It is worth noting that these transgressions took place in the presence of a hearing officer who didn’t find the need to intercede on the part of individual citizens. Apparently accusing landowners and small business owners of perjury is the normal course of business in these circles. I have threatened to take the transcripts to the next hospitality suite and continued on page 43

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assign parts for a reenactment. I think that extra fortification will be necessary for me to relive the grueling two weeks. By Who’s Definition?

Then there is the use of the term “victory.” At a recent meeting on an issue that initially involved thousands of miles in New Mexico, New Mexico Cattle Growers’ Association (NMCGA) leadership was repeatedly asked why they just declare “victory” and go home when the impact was reduced to merely hundreds of miles . As President Bert Ancell pointed out after this meeting, the world would be a far different place if that was the attitude of our forefathers. Jim Bowie and Davie Crockett would have survived The Alamo had William Travis just declared victory and gone home after the first battle. But beyond that, it never ceases to amaze and frustrate me that people who come to drive the range livestock industry from the land with nothing to offer in return find it unreasonable for us to fight back and hold our ground. While there is a significant difference between thousands of miles and hundreds of miles, there is still great harm to families and the land

when regulatory burdens become so great that businesses, then communities go under. That harm is not just limited to the locals who are actually hurt. It is a broken record, but food does not come from the grocery store alone. Imported foods cannot match the safety of food produced in our own country. National security IS at stake as the country becomes more reliant on foreign products. A drive by any gas station in America is a quick barometer on what happens to the economy when we cannot produce for ourselves. These are all things that bureaucrats and politicians need to think about the next time they want to know why we didn’t declare victory and go home when it is only 30 or 40 businesses and families are going to be driven from their land and homes by government actions. Shame on you Mr. President

I approach this subject with great caution. According to the popular media, when a pre-teen posted that it was likely that there would be some retribution for the taking of Osama Bin Laden, he was visited at his school by the Secret Service. As a disclaimer, this is not – nor is it intended to be – a threat against anyone. It

is merely my opinion and observation about an issue that is near and dear to me, my family, my employers and the nation. It is also worth noting that there is respect that is due and must be accorded the President of the United States. That does not mean that his every action is above reproach. Things were bad enough when the Secretary of Homeland Security made repeated trips to El Paso to tell the nation how safe the international border with Mexico is. If only her statements would make it so. We know that friends and family remain in harm’s way as the border remains as porous as ever. The government reports may not reflect this, but are we going to believe a government report or our lying eyes? It was clearly insult added to injury when the President arrived in El Paso recently to tell the world that the border issue is nothing more than a partisan issue with Republicans trying to grab media attention. Not only was this a slap in the face to Americans who have lost family members to the border wars, it was an insult to a valued member of his own continued on page 44

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This lizard, a subspecies that can only be identified by catching it and looking at the scales under its legs, has habitat that by definition is shifting – sand dunes. The issue has become a hot item on Fox News and other national media outlets and the Texas House of Representatives have passed a resolution opposing the listing. Congressman Pearce has single-handedly changed the debate on the ESA, forcing the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (FWS) as well as radical environmental groups to debate the issue of jobs. Of course they are claiming the sand dune lizard won’t cost any jobs. That claim has been made about many species and has been proven to be wrong repeatedly. While there is a long, long way to go to see real change, the Obama Administration is at least paying lip service to the problems with the ESA. In late May the departments of Commerce and Interior announced that the FWS and NOAA Fisheries Service “launched a joint effort to identify and implement administrative changes to the Endangered Species Act aimed at accelerating recovery of imperiled species, enhancing on-the-ground conservation delivery, and better engaging the resources and expertise of partners to meet the goals of the ESA.”

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party. Wasn’t it just a few months ago that the President flew across the country to the bedside of critically wounded Congresswoman Gabriella Giffords? Who was one of the biggest champions of the need for border protection? Admittedly it took a senseless murder for Representative Giffords to focus on what was and is really happening in her own district. But once the realization came, she was tireless in her fight for the people of Cochise County and all along the Mexican border. She put the citizens on the ground in touch with those at the highest level in the government, including Secretary Janet Napolitano. I have beat the Napolitano drum all too often before. As the former governor of Arizona, there are few who know better just how dangerous our border is. There is enough shame to go around. Looks Like They Are Listening . . . Are They Hearing?

Congressman Steve Pearce has spent the last few months making the American public aware of the absurdity of the federal Endangered Species Act (ESA) with the sand dune lizard as the latest example.

While those words are not necessarily music to my ears, the release was a bit more pointed in places. “This review and update of regulations, policies, and guidance is consistent with President Obama’s Executive Order 13563, Improving Regulation and Regulatory Review and is outlined in the Department of Interior’s Preliminary Plan for Retrospective Regulatory Review.” I tend to agree with House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04) who said, “The Obama Administration is admitting that the ESA is failing to truly recover endangered species while it frequently hamstrings jobs and economic prosperity . . . However, the Obama Administration appears to purposefully be launching a substantial, unilateral rewrite of regulations. Instead of choosing to exercise bureaucratic fiat, the Obama Administration should sit down and work with impacted communities and their elected representatives in Congress to enact improvements to the law that will actually bring species to recovery, end the debilitating costly lawsuits, and utilize strong science to guide decisions in order continued on page 45

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plants. The Obama administration will resume talks with environmental groups, the CBD says.”

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Meanwhile back in the halls of Congress . . .

At the same time a Washington, D.C. Federal District Judge has stayed a settlement agreement between the WildEarth Guardians (WEG) and the FWS regarding the listing of hundreds of species – because of protests from the Center for Biological Diversity (CBD). According to a CBD press release, the WEG “reached a settlement with the agency in early May to potentially move 839 imperiled species toward federal protection, including final protection decisions for 251 species that have been stuck on the “candidate” list, many for decades; but the CBD objected that the agreement was too weak, too vague and ultimately unenforceable. They also objected to the fact that 87 percent of Endangered Species Act petitions affected by the agreement were petitioned or litigated by the Center and thus needed to be resolved with the Center’s approval.” The New York Times reported the CBD is “arguing that it was unenforceable and left out important species of animals and

While all of these dramas play out, legislation is being dropped on an almost daily basis in Congress that will impact natural resource use in the national and land use in New Mexico. Senators Jeff Bingaman and Tom Udall have reintroduced legislation that would turn the Valles Caldera National Preserve over to the U.S. Park Service and create a new Wilderness Area in Doña Ana County. Livestock producers have long been on record opposing both of these measures. In the case of the Valles Caldera, the enabling legislation has several years before it runs out. According to that statute, in the event that the operation cannot survive, the land is to be turned over to the U.S. Forest Service (USFS). It is a matter of record that I am not generally a fan of the USFS. However, if the Valles is not permitted to operate as envisioned by the statute, it would be better off in the hands of the USFS, where there is at least a multiple use mandate. While the current legislation does say

that grazing “may” occur, there is no certainty that multiple use will be continued. One can also question how the Park Service, with its back-log of maintenance issues and budget constraints, can take on yet another piece of property it cannot afford to manage. On the other side of the coin, in the U.S. House of Representatives there has been a host of bills introduced that would provide greater security to the grazing industry; would reform the Equal Access to Justice Act to stop the money train to environmental groups; put border security as a priority in federal land management along international borders; and release Wilderness Study Areas and roadless areas. There are probably many more and we will continue to monitor them. And here at home . . .

The Office of the State Engineer has proposed new and alarming regulations regarding domestic wells and the Renewable Energy Transmission Authority has proposed its own regulations regarding eminent domain. Please watch the website for comments and actions that need to be taken. See you at Mid Year for information on ■ these topics and many, many more!

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hange is a scary word to many. Like it or not, however, everything changes. Even the most formidable substances, such as rocks in a mountain, are being changed over time by elements. Slowly or rapidly, all is in a state of change. People, however, tend to resist it. When life throws changes at you, and I guarantee it will, you need to adapt with the situation, or before you know it, the world is moving on without you — you become dead weight. Once you have done all you can about a situation, you have done all you’re meant to do about it. Do you look towards the future with anticipation and excitement, or with dread and fear? Whether you think change is a good thing or bad, it doesn’t matter, for it is coming either way. Why not make the best of it? What worked yesterday, may not work today and probably will not work tomorrow. Yesterday, you knew how to deal with circumstances, today you need another plan, tomorrow yet another. Some gradual changes we have seen over the years: ■ In the days of the Old Testament, most Hebrews did not cut their hair or trim their beards. It was considered sacrilege to do so. Today, a lot of people shave

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from head to toe (yes, even Religious people). To my knowledge, God has not struck any of them down for it. ■ 100 years ago and beyond, God-fearing women would not dare dress in a manner, which showed any skin below the neckline. You were considered cheap if you did. Today, a woman may believe conservative dress refers to a one-piece swimsuit instead of the dental floss kind. None-the-less, someone calling a woman, “tramp,” just because some skin is visible would be considered out of step, old fashioned and chastised greatly. ■ Prior to 1537, mainly Church officials were the only ones allowed to read from the Bible. According to sources, the first man to completely translate the Bible from Greek and Hebrew into English was William Tyndale. He once told a Priest, “I will make the man who follows a plow know more about the Bible than you.” He was eventually strangled and burned for it, along with his Bibles, by Church officials! ■ Only when King Henry VIII changed the law was there English versions available. Even then, it wasn’t until 1611, when King James I ordered a new translation direct from old Greek and Hebrew manuscripts (The King James Version) that the Bible was made available to the common man en masse. Imagine a world where the most

important book in history was not readily available to the public. I don’t think so! ■ During what most consider “the time of the cowboy,” a period from the end of the War Between the States until the 1890s, anybody could become a cattleman. Entrepreneurs, who showed they had what it took could go into western states and gather maverick cattle for their benefit. Many large and wealthy ranches started in this manner. Men looked for opportunity, it came in the form of cattle; they seized the moment and did what was necessary to make it happen. They became successful and rich. Today, although there are still plenty of cowboys and cattleman out there, it is totally different. Ranching is now a commodity business with fairly small margins. Large amounts of capital are needed to even have a chance of making a living at it. When I was a kid, old men would tell me, “Cattle are the way to go. I raised so many children and provided myself a good living with cattle.” Traditions ran deep. Yeah, and they probably did it with under 300 head and on an inherited ranch. What worked back then does not present the same opportunity today. According to the 2007 USDA census of agriculture, the average beef cattle herd size in the United States is 78 head. That’s hobby ranching. As a matter of fact, only 5,813 out of 764,984 herds had 500 cows or more. 500 head being generally accepted by economies of scale measurements as where you ought to be if you’re actually going to make a decent living. While ranching is, at least in my humble opinion, a very good lifestyle, it’s appears that less than 1 percent of ranchers in this country actually make a living at it. Not the greatest business opportunity in the world unless, of course, you have large amounts of capital available or have inherited the ranch, but even then, there are other options with better margins. With few exceptions, cowboys of today live on smaller acreages and earn their living at just about anything but punchin’ cows. And when folks refer to a “ranch,” it could mean an acre in north Scottsdale, five acres in the Rio Grande Valley, 40 acres continued on page 47

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outside of Austin or pretty much anything where a few head of livestock are held. Yes, cowboys and ranching have changed forever and will continue to change. The preceding changes happened over a period of many years, even centuries. But these days, changes happen in hyper drive! In the latter part of the 20th century, people, without much backing (similar to the ranchers of the late 19th century), were starting companies from scratch and becoming rich. However, the game had changed. Internet businesses (.coms) were the mavericks of the day. Some manufactured opportunity from thin air, it seemed, which made them rich. Personally, I would rather punch cows. A world which gradually changed over six thousand years from the hunter / gatherer mentality to an agriculture mentality, then changed to the industrial age and before you could blink an eye (metaphorically speaking in the timeframe of the world) the technical age was upon us. One hundred short years ago people were getting off horses and out of wagons to drive an automobile. After thousands of year’s a-horseback, mankind stepped into the industrial age. Today, with technology making advances by leaps and bounds, you can talk to someone on the other side of the world while looking at them on a hand-held device; sending pictures and full color documents at the same time. And that’s just the tip of the iceberg! I knew guys back in the 1980s that swore if gas prices ever hit two dollars per gallon, they would go back to the horse and buggy mode of transportation. At the time, gas had broken the one-dollar mark, for good it seemed, hovering consistently around a dollar twenty-five. The two-dollar mark was such a great stretch, it would probably never happen in their lifetime. Well, most of those same folk are still around today and they would jump for joy if they only had to pay two dollars per gallon for fuel! How times have changed! Change comes at us faster and faster every day. A generation or two ago, people decided upon a career, got the education or training they needed and spent the rest of their lives doing that type of work. Sure, maybe along about retirement age they were becoming antiquated in their methods, but folks just called them outdated and let them go out to pasture when the time was right. Today, a lot of jobs are obscure within a decade!

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Barney Mason: Lincoln County War Figure “Probably [Sheriff Pat] Garrett tired of Mason’s lies, cold-bloodedness, small-time criminal activities, and general lack of dependability.” – Historian Leon Claire Metz “Mason went out [of prison] a better man than he came.” – Santa Fe Sun, March 1, 1890 t first glance, Barney Mason appears a bit contradictory as a frontier character. He was a member of several sheriffs’ posses, including Sheriff Pat Garrett’s group which captured Billy the Kid on December 23, 1880 at Stinking Springs, near Fort Sumner. On the other hand, he spent time in the New Mexico Territorial Prison at Santa Fe for “unlawfully stealing and selling a calf.” What made him unique was the fact that he was actually punished for his crime while most men on both sides in the Lincoln County War were not punished for theirs. Mason was born in Richmond, Virginia, in 1848¹ and made his way west by the late 1870s. Sources generally agree that virtually nothing is known of his activities before he arrived in New Mexico. Soon after his arrival at Fort Sumner in

1879, he was involved in an altercation with an itinerant named John Farris (sometimes spelled Faris). Farris is said to have fired first, two or three times, at an unarmed Mason and missed. Mason quickly secured a pistol with which he shot Farris dead. Other details concerning this affray are scarce although one correspondent suggested the matter resulted from an argument over cards, and that Pat Garrett was one of the card players at the time. The matter apparently generated little attention, and the Grant County (New Mexico) Herald for January 31, 1880, simply included this killing in a list of nearly a dozen other violent deaths in New Mexico for the preceding six weeks.² It is known that Mason and Pat Garrett became good friends — described as inseparable — about then. Mason married Juana Madril at Anton Chico in early 1880, at the same time and place that Pat Garrett married Apolinaria Gutierrez.³ Mason worked with Garrett in several capacities and with Garrett’s endorsement, he was employed by Azariah F. Wild of the United States Treasury Department to serve in an undercover capacity. He contributed very little to the investigation

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which had to do with the distribution of counterfeit money in and around the town of Lincoln in early 1880.4 When sheriff-elect — and deputy United States Marshal — Pat Garrett was accosted and threatened by Juanito Maes and Marino Leyba at Grezelachowski’s store in Puerto de Luna in early December 1880, Mason was present. Garrett was able to avoid a fight with a drunken Maes, but Leyba was more arrogant and aggressive. Garrett at last knocked Leyba off of Grezelachowski’s porch with an open handed slap, and Leyba went for his gun. He fired and missed. Garrett returned fire, and missed, too; although he fired again and hit Leyba in the shoulder. Leyba fled and one version of the story holds that Mason fired at him with a rifle as he ran, but he missed, too. Another version of that story is that Mason took aim and prepared to fire, but Garrett stopped him. (Leyba was later captured, tried and convicted of attempted murder for shooting at Garrett. He was fined $80.) San Miguel County deputy sheriff Francisco Romero attempted to arrest Garrett for shooting Leyba. Mason is said to have pointed his rifle at Romero and asked, “Shall I cut the sonofabitch in two, Pat?” That ended the confrontation as Romero backed away in the face of a cocked rifle. Mason also rode with Garrett in the short-lived LS Rangers in Texas in 1884 and 1885 and he participated in the search for, and capture of, horse thief and killer Nicolas Aragon in early 1885.5 The flipside of the coin is that historian Walter Noble Burns goes so far as to suggest that Mason was a coward who hid at the sight of Billy the Kid. Mason and Garrett reportedly had a falling out over Garrett’s unwillingness to share rewards he collected for killing Billy the Kid and other cases in which Mason participated, including the counterfeiting investigation. Garrett was the complainant and it was one of his calves that Mason was convicted of stealing; which resulted in Mason’s 18-month prison sentence in 1888.6 It is noteworthy that Mason, continued on page 49

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according to an 1890 newspaper report, was soon made a trusty and never violated a prison rule. Governor Edmund G. Ross reduced his sentence to one year, and Mason was released after serving about six months. The newspaper concluded that “Mason went out a better man than he came.” Later in life Mason homesteaded near Alamogordo and then ran a saloon in Portales, before he moved on to Arizona and finally to Bakersfield, California, in 1909, where he became a farmer. He must have enjoyed some success after he left prison because, according to a local California newspaper, he was able to purchase a house in Bakersfield, on M Street. When he died in 1916, he resided at 2605 G Street.7 1 Mark Lee Gardner in “To Hell on A Fast Horse,” averred that Barney Mason was 26 years old in 1880, which would make his year of birth 1854: a few years younger that Pat Garrett. 2 This information was reported by Albuquerque Tribune columnist Howard Bryan in “Off the Beaten Path,” April 25, 1975. 3 Historian Will Keleher incorrectly stated that Madril and Gutierrez were sisters. 4 Circulating counterfeit money at the time was referred to as “shoving the queer.” 5 One source reported that Aragon was killed in an attempt to arrest him. Aragon was actually captured and served about ten years in prison, and lived on for some years after that. 6 Historian Fred Nolan reported that Mason was sentenced in May 1887 and pardoned in November of the same year. However, a Santa Fe Sun news item dated March 1, 1890, indicated that Mason was “received by the penitentiary on May 13, 1888….” 7 Historian Leon Metz in Pat Garrett incorrectly reported that “Mason . . . died when the roof of an adobe house caved in ■ on him.”

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cheese was added they could have a well rounded meal from all food groups. Most Americans enjoy a good piece of meat and with the availability of 29 cuts of lean beef there are more choices for the consumers, which do include us as well. Home cooked meals are better than eating out and when you plan ahead you can “Cook once and Dine twice”. The “ I Heart Beef” (I love beef) campaign was kicked off in February 2011 and both of these promotions are designed to promote beef sales put forth by the Cattleman’s Beef Board and the Federation of State Beef Councils. There are summer promotions created to boost beef sales and the consumer’s appetites. Be on the lookout for the four new promotions in your stores: Summer Snacking Made Easy, Batter Up with Beef, Zesty Summer Steak Salad for the Health Conscious Consumer, and Build a Better Burger. For more information on these promotions or other Beef Checkoff programs, go to the web site

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ith 11 members present Lariat CowBelles met May 11, at the Rabbit Ears Café. The First National Bank of New Mexico in Clayton still had beef certificates available for purchase. Lariats received a thank you card for the memorial made to the Pat Nowlin Scholarship Fund for the late Marjorie McLaughlin. The group discussed an article in the New York Times, “Who Protects the Animals,” regarding alleged abuse of cattle. Masters of Beef Advocacy Alumni members posted comments correcting the information presented and promoting the beef industry. Lariat member discussed friend in Brazil having same issues being faced by the cattle industry in Brazil. At the Annual Union County Health Fair 325 people came through in the first two hours with a total of 630 people for the event. Lariat CowBelles scholarship applications are due by July 15. Lariats will present $20 to the mother of the first baby born at Union County General Hospital the week before or week after Mother’s Day. Lariats will have a pie sale on July 4 at the annual free barbecue. Each Lariat member will donate four pies. Pies must be at the booth before the start of the parade. Each pie must be in a large, labeled zip-lock baggie. Price of the pies will be $2 per slice and $12 per whole pie. Two Union County young people have applied for the Farm & Ranch Management Camp. They are awaiting word if they have been selected. Garland King gave an interesting presentation on the Ag Leadership two-year program he is participating in. So far, he has attended seminars in New Mexico, Puerto Rico and Washington, D.C., visited a prison in Estancia and a homeless shelter and a fire department in Albuquerque. After the regular meeting, the Five States Committee Meeting was held at the extension office. Respectfully Submitted, Marianne Rose, reporter The Chuckwagon CowBelles met in Mountainair at the Alpine Alley Café on May 10, 2011 with 17 members and three guests present with Toni Barrow presiding. Toni mentioned a silent auction that will take place for the remaining cookbooks during the next two meetings. Carolyn reported on the W.A.L.C. meeting. Toni read thank you notes for our donations to the ditty bags for W.A.L.C. and ANCW. She also mentioned the names of some groups that are against agriculture. Group was happy to hear that Jeff Witte has been appointed Secretary of Agricul-

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With 14 members present, Lariat CowBelles met April 13, at the Rabbit Ears Café. “We Care” gave updates on Lariat members and their families who are having health issues. On April 15, 12-15 universities throughout the country will promote Ag Facts by teaching where food and clothing comes from. There was a discussion of issues being addressed by the Masters of Beef Advocacy Alumni, such as the promotion of meatless meals by such publications as Taste of Home and Family Circle. There was also a discussion of the recent promotion in the news of buffalo meat consumption as being healthier than beef and misinformation on the raising of buffalo and its impact on the environment and health hazards to cattle. The next Kids and Cows presentation is to be held in Las Vegas on Tuesday, April 19. Expected attendance is 500 students and teachers. The New Mexico CowBelles is having a contest to submit a design for a tee shirt or bumper sticker promoting the beef and cattle industry. Deadline for submission is June 15 to Linda Lee. As the child of a CowBelle, Festus Farrington’s application for the Pat Nowlin Scholarship was approved for submission. Bryan Kimsey gave an interesting presentation on “Wildlife Biologist to Rancher.” He is a sixth generation Union County rancher who used to be a wildlife biologist. He discussed the differences and similarities between wildlife management and ranching. Also discussed were the differences between conservationists, who wish to conserve a resource, but promote its sustainability for present and future use, and preservationists who wish to remove people from the land and return it to the way it was before man. Respectfully submitted, Marianne Rose Reporter 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

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74 Ranch – $795/ deeded acre. Located 30 miles NW of Truth or Consequences NM, this property features 16,443.40 +/- deeded acres, 42,240.00 +/- USFS lease acres and 1,360 +/- NM State lease acres for a total of 60,043.40 +/- acres. 10 miles of LIVE WATER and abundent water rights make this property a rare opportunity. Land owner elk permits in Unit 17 & 21B (well known for producing quality elk), Sierra & Socorro Counties, NM. Canadian River Ranch, reduced to $293,000 – 39.088 +/- deeded acres, w/0.3 miles of the Canadian River going through the property. Excellent partially remodeled home, workshop on concrete slab, roping arena. Exceptional improvements at this price, located 6 miles east of Springer, Colfax County, NM. Great horse property, easy access off pavement. Miami Lookout, $395,000 – 80.00 +/- deeded acres in Miami, NM Approximately 60ft X 60ft metal building, utilities buried, water and septic in place. All back off highway up the mesa on private driveway, affording majestic views. Currently owner parks 5th wheel during summer months. Utilities could accommodate a 3 bedroom home. Has trees and irrigation shares. Colfax County, Miami, NM. Spear Road Ranch, $700,000 – 160 +/- deeded acres, w/exceptional three bedroom 3 bath home, approx 2,200 sq ft. Adjacent office, 3 car garage and workshop, one round pen, 150 ft X 300 ft arena. Convenient to I25, fantastic views of mountains and the plains. Second manufactured home on site. Water shares and three water meters. Approximately 5 miles NE of Springer, NM. Miami Mountain View – $697,000 - 80 +/- deeded acres, located 1 mile east of Miami, NM. Property has nice home, steel building with shop and barn, 150' by 230' roping arena with return alley, 80 shares of irrigation rights, irrigation pond,good hay pastures and awesome views of the mountains. Also other useful outbuildings and highway frontage onto SHW21.

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COMMITTED TO ALWAYS WORKING HARD FOR YOU! RANCHES / FARMS *NEW* 52 Head Ranch, San Simon, AZ – Great Guest Ranch Prospect Pristine, and 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. $1,500,000 Terms. *REDUCED* 250–400+ Head Cattle Ranch Sheldon, AZ – 1,450 deeded acres, +/-30 sections BLM, 150+ acres irrigated farm land. Nice HQ includes two rock homes, good set of steel shipping & horse corrals, 30' x 20' barn, 9 livestock & domestic wells & 4 irrigation wells. There is deeded access to the ranch off of a paved highway & power to the headquarters. $1,500,000, $1,250,000 Terms. *NEW* 70 Acre Farm, Springerville, AZ – Beautiful custom home with +/- 65 acres of irrigated ground. Includes two car garage, guest quarters, 3 BR, 2 bath home with vaulted ceilings, Beautiful tongue and groove pine interior with vaulted ceilings and wood laminate flooring. Well and ditch water, irrigated with gated pipe. Corrals and nice pipe perimeter fencing. $1,450,000, Terms. * R ED U C E D * 3 2 0 A c F a r m , K a n s a s Settlement, AZ – This working farm has 2–120 acre Zimmatic Pivots, a nice site built home, large workshop & hay barn. 5 irrigation wells, 2 domestic wells. The property is fenced & cross fenced. Great set-up for pasturing cattle. $1,250,000, $975,000, Terms. 35% down at 6% for 10 years. Wickenburg, AZ – 216 Head Cattle Ranch. Scenic, lush high desert vegetation. 103 deeded acres, State, BLM & 3,100 acres private lease. Well watered w/tanks, springs & wells. Abundant feed, numerous corrals & great steel shipping pens. $850,000. 85 Head Cattle Ranch Bisbee/ McNeal, AZ – AZ & private grazing leases HQ on 966 acres of private land including log home, bunk house, corrals, hay barn, well, arena,

tack house & storage sheds. $600,000. Purchase HQ on 244 acres & leases for $ 5 0 0 ,0 0 0 . *REDUCED* Rainbow Valley, AZ, 300 Head Cattle Ranch – Excellent desert ranch owned & operated by the same family for 40 years. Well improved w/BLM & State grazing leases. HQ on State land, well watered. $650,000. $ 5 0 0 ,0 0 0 . Young, AZ 72 Acre Farm – Under the Mogollon Rim, a must see, w/small town charm, mountain views. 1,000 gpm well, home, 1800s museum, 2 BR cabin, shop, & barn. Excellent for horse farm, bed & breakfast, land or water development. +/- 62 acres & well for $1,700,000; home & other improvements. $424,500, Seller Financing. Santa Teresa Mtns, Fort Thomas AZ – 200 acre Plus 17 head BLM allotment, private retreat, two wells. Very remote & extremely scenic w/sycamores, cottonwoods & beautiful rock formations. $300,000, Terms. Greenlee County, AZ, 139 Head Ranch – Year long USFS permit w/two room line camp, barn & corrals at HQ. Remote horseback ranch w/limited vehicular access. 10 acres of deeded in Sheldon, AZ. $275,000. NEW MEXICO PROPERTIES Listed Cooperatively with Action Realty, Cliff, NM, Dale Spurgeon, Broker 310 Head Cattle Ranch, Virden, NM – 4500+/- deeded acres, BLM, NM & AZ State Lease. HQ – 3 BR, 2 BA, MH, w/power & corrals. Well watered, 12 wells, 10 dirt tanks, 10 springs. 7 sets of working corrals. $1,700,000, Terms 112 Head Mountain Ranch, Collins Park, NM – This gorgeous ranch is now the total package w/a new log cabin completed in 2009 w/a new well & storage, septic, & solar package; finished tack/bunk house; & excellent set of working corrals, USFS YL permit & 115 deeded acres w/tall pines & meadows. Includes equipment $725,000 or less

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acreage and lower price call for details. Terms. *NEW* 189 Head, Reserve to Collins Park, NM Two USFS Allotments consisting of +/- 65 Sections and +/- 33.7 acres of deeded forest inholding. Beautiful setting in the tall pines and meadows. Improvements on deeded land include an old cabin, bunk house, corrals, and barn. Adjoins 112 head ranch combine them to run 300 head. $550,000, Terms. *NEW* 72 Acre Farm, Virden, NM – Charming 72 acre farm along the Gila River near beautiful Virden, NM. +/- 32 irrigated acres, 3 BR, 2 bath home, canal water, 2 wells, corrals. Don't miss out on this great opportunity. Nice little farms like this don't come along too often. $320,000 *REDUCED* 157 Acres Deming, NM – Fenced w/a nice pipe entry, close to town, paved access, mtn. views, power. Owner will split & carry! $160,000. $130,000. HORSE PROPERTIES *REDUC ED P RIC E – INC REA SED ACREAGE* San Pedro River north of Benson, AZ – +⁄-345 acre Professional Horse Breeding Facility, 55 acres of irrigated pasture, 900 gpm well. 2 homes; barn w/office, apt., tack room, feed room, & storage area; 12 stall barn; 7 stall mare motel; lab/vet room; lighted riding arena; insulated workshop; & hay storage area. $2.4M. Red uced to $2.175M. Terms Available. Willcox, AZ, +/-9 Acres w/Roping Arena – 3BR/2BA Shultz mfg. home w/many upgrades, roping arena, nice 4-stall horse barn w/tack room & hay storage, second barn, new well, a very private & nice location $210,000. Willcox, AZ 40 Acres – Great views in every direction, power to the property. $85,000. Vail, AZ Horse Property – 1+ Acre charming horse property w/guest apt., pool & bunkhouse. $275,000.

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Letters to the Editor There Are No Cool Heads in Portal egardless of which side of the political spectrum you reside, Portal, Arizona is a beautiful place. Located in the mouth of Cave Creek on the eastern slope of the Chiracahua Mountains, it is not much more than a hole in a road, which continues west to the town of Paradise, and eventually ascends to the top of the mountain at a campground located at a spot called Rustler Park. The small populace of Portal is partially made up of retirees, wealthy enough to own a piece of the pricey land; not a few who could be described as liberal academics. A short distance up the canyon is The Southwest Research Station of The Museum of Natural History. This area, and the Chiracahua range as a whole, is the best example of neo-tropical bird habitat in the United States. It is the home of: the greater and lesser long-nosed bat, the famous trogon, the so-called “endangered” spotted owl, and hundreds of other rare species. It is bird watcher’s paradise. It is burning down. In early May what is now being called Horseshoe Fire #2 was started by illegal aliens in the area of Burro Springs near the headwaters of Horseshoe Canyon. Border Patrol agents tracked four aliens to the very start of the fire. The first Forest Service fire fighters to arrive at the site observed the same tracks. Horseshoe Fire #1 was started near the same spot almost exactly a year ago, also ignited by illegal aliens. In the last three years alone no less than 11 fires have been started by illegal aliens in the Chiracahua Mountains and the adjacent Peloncillo Mountains. No less than 120 thousand acres have burned. The cost to the American taxpayers to fight these fires is nearing $70 million. The U.S. Forest Service itself admitted that Horseshoe Fire #1 cost in excess of $10 million to fight. The Three Triangle Ranch has a for-

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est grazing permit in Horseshoe Canyon. In the summer of 2010 the Three Triangle manager was told by the Forest Service that his permit numbers were going to be cut to less than 200 head of cattle in a pasture that previously ran in excess of 400. At this writing Horseshoe Fire #2 is still burning out of control, consuming everything in its path, but in the first stages its primary fuel was grass, amply available due to under grazing on the Horseshoe allotment. The wind, blowing southwest to northeast, carried the fire at an astounding speed down Horseshoe Canyon and over a ridge into Sulphar Canyon (another under grazed allotment). From the mouth of Sulphar Canyon it skirted around the foot of the mountains by Sanford Hill going north to the very edge of Portal itself. Three Triangle Ranch cows saved the town of Portal. The Forest Service will claim that a fire break made by their bulldozers should get the credit, but in reality, as the fire reached the edge of town it burned into a corner of a large cow pasture, one of the few that had been heavily grazed, and it simply ran out of fuel. In 1994 there was a fire in the area near Rustler Park that became known as the Rattlesnake Fire. Prior to this fire, Forest Service employees had collected seeds from this area, and nurtured thousands of seedlings ready to plant. After the Rattlesnake Fire the Forest Service proposed a sale of burned timber to finance the planting of these seedlings in the area destroyed by the fire. The fight was on. The local environmental community, with the help of The Southwest Center for Biological Diversity and other eco-terrorists groups, sued the Federal Government to stop the timber sale. The court ruled in favor of the environmental community, but the Forest Service appealed and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals eventually overturned the original decision of the lower court, and ruled in favor of the U.S. Forest Service. Not long before this, the Forest Service had proposed a small 10 acre timber sale near the same area which

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NEVADA RANCHES and FARMS Z Bar Ranch: Clover Valley Ranch: One of those ranches at the foot of the Mountains that everyone would love to own is now available. This ranch consists of 2,833 deeded acres of which approximately 650 acres are irrigated. Creek water to run one pivot and several wheel-lines plus flood water. An irrigation well supplies another pivot and a 50 acre grain field. The ranch has good improvements including 3 homes, two shops, two calving barns, and corrals with hydraulic chute. Price: $3,200,000. Tent Mountain Ranch: Starr Valley, Nevada. 3,435 deeded acres at the foot of the majestic East Humboldt Range, the northern extension of the Ruby Mountains. Several perennial streams flow through the ranch and wildlife are a daily part of the scenery. The owners run a guest ranch and guide service out of the ranch. There are multiple fenced pastures for grazing all with free water. Improvements are good with a large home approximately 5,000 sq. ft., plus a second modular home and mountain cabin, barn with water, hay barn and other storage. Access onto paved road. Price: $4,500,000. Waddy Creek Ranch: Located in a remote valley, two creeks provide water for approximately 138 acres of historic meadow. This property has quaking aspen groves and is quite beautiful. Access is on a County Road. There is a BLM grazing permit attached to the ranch for 71 head. Price: Reduced to $400,000. Indian Creek Ranch: White Pine County, Nevada. This is a great property for a hunter

Superior Farms Closes Iowa Lamb Plant ot quite seven months after announcing the purchase of Iowa Lamb Corp. in Hawarden, Iowa, Superior Farms has shut down the processing operation there due to a shortage of available livestock, Superior Farms spokeswoman Angela Gentry told Meatingplace. She added that at this point, Superior Farms considers the shutdown temporary. The plant had been running at about half capacity, due to a shortage of lambs. “We are not losing that asset,” Gentry said. “We are keeping the property and equipment and our intention is to open it back up as soon as we have the livestock.” The move eliminated another 49 jobs at the plant, which is located in a town of about 2,400. This, after Superior Farms cut 32 jobs at the facility in February, moving processing to a facility in Denver. The company plans to keep a half-dozen people working in Hawarden, buying lambs from local ranchers which then will be shipped to Superior Farms’ facility in Den■ ver.

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AHOO ANCH Approximately 40,976 acres: +/- 11,600 deeded, 6,984 BLM, 912 state, 40 uncontrolled and 21,440 forest. Beautiful cattle ranch located on the east slope of the Black Range Mountains north of Winston, NM, on State Road 52. Three hours from either Albuquerque or El Paso.The ranch is bounded on the east by the Alamosa Creek Valley and on the west by the Wahoo Mountains ranging in elevation from 6,000' to 8,796'. There are 3 houses/2 cabins, 2 sets of working corrals (1 with scales) and numerous shops and outbuildings. It is very well watered with many wells, springs, dirt tanks and pipelines. The topography and vegetation is a combination of grass covered hills (primarily gramma grasses), with many cedar, piñon and live oak covered canyons as well as the forested Wahoo Mountains. There are plentiful elk and deer as well as antelope, turkey, bear, mountain lion and javelina (47 elk tags in 2010). Absolutely one of the nicest combination cattle/hunting ranches to be found in the SW. Price reduced to $5,500,000.

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MAHONEY PARK - Just 10 miles SE of Deming, New Mexico. The property consists of approx. 800 acres Deeded, 560 acres State Lease, and 900 acres BLM. This historic property is located high up in the Florida Mountains and features a park like setting covered in deep grasses with plentiful oak and juniper covered canyons. The cattle allotment would be approx. 30 head (AUYL). Wildlife includes deer, ibex, javalina, quail and dove. This rare jewel would make a great little ranch with views and a home site second to none. Priced at $600,000. SAN JUAN RANCH – Located 15 miles south of Deming, NM east of Highway 11 (Columbus Highway) on CR-11. Approximately 24,064 acres consisting of approximately 2684 acres deeded, 3240 state lease, 13,460 BLM, and 4680 uncontrolled. The cattle allotment would be approx. 183 head (AUYL). There are 6 solar powered stock wells with metal storage tanks and approximately 6½ miles pipeline. The ranch has a very diverse landscape consisting of high mountain peaks, deep juniper & oak covered canyons, mountain foothills & desert grasslands. There is plentiful wildlife including deer, ibex, javalina, quail & dove A truly great buy at $600,000. 212 ACRE FARM BETWEEN LAS CRUCES, NM AND EL PASO, TX – Hwy. 28 frontage with 132 acres irrigated, 80 acres sandhills, full EBID (surface water) plus a supplemental irrigation well, cement ditches and large equipment warehouse. Priced at $1,696,000.

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immediately set off a firestorm of protest from the same group of enviros. Within a matter of a few days they were able to inspire thousands of letters of protest against the proposed timber sale. The word was put out that the Forest Service was clear cutting the entire Chiracahua range, when in reality the sale was not to exceed 10 acres. Hundreds of these protest letters were written on university letterhead paper and signed by many PhDs from all over the United States. In frustration the Forest Service cancelled the timber sale thinking it not worth the fight. The results of this mismanagement and hatred of loggers and cowboys has produced an unnatural forest that is virtually choking on its own excess of downed timber, undergrowth and unharvested grass, that is at best a time bomb waiting to be set off by a bolt of lightening or in this case, the match of a drug smuggler. The pendulum swings back and forth, with technique and practice going from one extreme to the other, and common sense often being overlooked. Our natural resources should be managed in a case by case manner with decisions being made by people with proven experience, (including permit holders), instead of being held hostage to the latest fad propagated by some PhD with no practical and hands on experience. The current method of managing fires is to let them burn from road to road or natural barrier to natural barrier. Fires, that twenty years ago would have been aggressively fought even in remote areas with destruction kept to a minimum, are now being allowed to burn over a greater expanse. The result is a forest habitat that is being nuked, with everything in its path being destroyed. Old growth timber on the Coronado National Forest is virtually gone as the result of fires. The enviros want to blame the loggers for this, but it is simply not true. As I write this on Sunday morning May 15, 2011, I sit on the porch and look north about 10 miles and observe Horseshoe Fire #2 still burning out of control. The first stage of the fire

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• Magnificent 90 Hunting – Cattle/Horse Ranch 50 miles E. of Dallas, 35 miles W. of Tyler, White pipe fence along FM Hwy. 3,700 sq. ft. elaborate home, flowing waterway, lake. Has it all. • 532-acre CATTLE & HUNTING, NE TX ranch, elaborate home, one-mile highway frontage. OWNER FINANCE at $2,150/ac. • 274 acres in the shadow of Dallas. Secluded lakes, trees, excellent grass. Hunting & fishing, dream home sites. $3,850/ac. • 1,700-acre classic NE TX cattle & hunting ranch. $2,750/ac. Some mineral production. • Texas Jewel, 7,000 ac. – 1,000 per ac., run cow to 10 ac. • 256 Acre Texas Jewel – Deep sandy soil, high-rolling hills, scattered good quality trees, & excellent improved grasses. Water line on 2 sides rd., frontage on 2 sides, fenced into 5 pastures, 5 spring fed tanks and lakes, deer, hogs & ducks. Near Tyler & Athens. Price $1,920,000. • 146 horse, hunting cattle ranch N. of Clarksville, TX. Red River Co. nice brick home, 2 barns, pipe fences, good deer, hogs, ducks, hunting priced at $395,000. • 535 ac. Limestone, Fallas, & Robertson counties, fronts on Hwy. 14 and has rail frontage water line, to ranch, fenced into 5 pastures, 2 sets, cattle pens, loamy soil, good quality trees, hogs, & deer hunting. Priced at $2,300 per ac.

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Agricultural Women Meet, Honor “Diamonds in the Rough”

nnovation and Collaboration was the theme of the ninth Women in Agriculture Leadership Conference (WALC), held recently in Albuquerque in conjunction with the American National CattleWomen (ANCW) Region VI Meeting. Nearly 200 women and a few good men from across the West’s agricultural industry came together to discuss current issues, network, and honor outstanding women in the group. This year Evelyn Carlisle Yates was honored by the group with the Diamond in the Rough Award. This award is given at each conference, recognizing outstanding women in New Mexico agriculture and highlighting her efforts and contributions. Yates is a cheerleader for New Mexico’s agriculture industry and the beef industry. As a rancher, she has been involved with the New Mexico CowBelles for over 40 years, as well as the New Mexico Beef Council and the New Mexico Cattle Growers’ Association. She was voted the CowBelle of the Year and nominated twice to the New Mexico Hall of Fame for her work with the wives and children of migrant workers. Evelyn has impacted everyone she comes in touch with and has carried the torch for a long time. From welding on tankers in World War II, to reviving the nearly depleted Sacaton CowBelles in 2007, she is an inspiration to women, young and old, in New Mexico agriculture. Dorothy Bess, Tatum; Deanna Perez, Fort Sumner; Melinda Jackson, Lake Arthur; Patty Waid, Albuquerque; Neline Dominguez, San Lorenzo; Lauren Nunn, Deming; and Fita Witte, Las Cruces, were also nominated for this year’s award and were recognized for their many contributions to agriculture in New Mexico and across the nation. The WALC conference, held every two years in different locations around the state, draws women from all types of agriculture. “Today’s agricultural women are integral parts of their families’ agricultural operations, in addition to their traditional roles,” said Shacey Sullivan, Farm Credit of New Mexico, Conference Co-Chair. “At these conferences, women are given information about issues that are impacting us all, and encouraged to get involved however they can, whether it’s attending a local county commission meeting, talking to a state legislator, or writing a letter to the editor. Every year, we in agriculture become more and more of a minority, and 70

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we need to make sure our voices are heard.” This year’s conference, enriched by the participate of ANCW members from Arizona, Oklahoma, California, Utah, New Mexico and Nevada covered a wide range of topics. Kristina Harris Butts, Executive Director of Legislative Affairs for the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, and Barbara Jackson, Vice President of the American National Cattle Women, spoke about beef nutrition and the politics behind the dietary guidelines and politics in general. Dr. Cynda Clary, Interim Department Head of Agricultural and Extension Education at NMSU, and Vera Gibson, Valencia County Cooperative Extension 4-H Agent, discussed strengths based leadership. Attendees also heard presentations on media training and tips on starting your own business, as well as an inspirational speech from Trent Loos on connecting rural and urban America by sharing the positive story of production agriculture. Some 35 sponsoring companies and individuals made it possible to bring nationally renowned speakers including

And The Nominees Are: Nominated for the 2011 Diamond In The Rough Award were (l to r) Evelyn Carlisle Yates, Fita Witte, Patty Waid, Deanna Perez, Lauren Nunn, Melinda Jackson, Neline Dominguez, and Dorothy Bess.

Trent Loos, Rebecca Long Cheney, Shana Gibson, Kristina Harris Butts, Congresswoman Heather Wilson, Barbara Jackson and Johanna Miller to Albuquerque. But it wasn’t all work and no play. In addition to two days of learning and growth opportunities (not counting the six meals) the women were treated to a tour of New Mexico’s Hispanic Cultural Center, Indian dancers, a silent auction to benefit future CowBelle and ANCW events, music and historical western women drama presentations and a hospitality suite sponsored by the New Mexico Cattle Growers’ Association and manned by Cabana Boys ■ Joel Alderete and Matt Rush. Photos by Joel Alderete

ANCW leader and second generation Cowbelle Barbara Jackson, Animal Health Express, Tucson, Arizona, lead the group in learning to tell the “It’s OK To Eat Beef!” story.

Cynda Cleary PhD, New Mexico State University, helped the gathering identify their leadership strengths and to build on them.

An optional event that many women took part in was the satellite rally opposing the endangered listing of the sand dune lizard in southeastern New Mexico and west Texas. The major rally took place in Roswell. Because of the scheduling, the women couldn’t attend so they took to the I-25 Frontage Road to protest the listing of the reptile while another 800 people gathered in Roswell in the same cause.

Even the presenters had a good time at the WALC/ANCW Region VI Awards Dinner. Authors and speaker Rebecca Long Cheney and Trent Loos share a laugh.

Brands No Longer “Official” Identification, If USDA Has Its Way

ot iron brands have been the mark of livestock ownership in New Mexico and across the West for over 400 years. First introduced to New Mexico in 1598 by Don Juan de Onate, who moved 7,000 head of branded cattle from Chihuahua, Mexico, to a location near present-day Santa Fe, brands carry a long history and tradition, in addition to serving their very practical purpose. Today, over 30,000 brands are registered with the New Mexico Livestock Board (NMLB), the state agency charged with registering, tracking and protecting the state’s livestock and brands. Currently, brands are listed in the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) as official identification for livestock. Rules soon to be released by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), however, would change that status. Under the new rules, brands would no longer be considered “official” identification by the USDA, although they would remain an acceptable form of identification. New Mexico, along with fourteen other western states with strong, established brand systems, has worked for the past several years to get the USDA to recognize brands as official identification in brand states. “We are continuing to work with the USDA on this issue,” said Myles Culbertson, NMLB Director. “The system we have in place in New Mexico allows us to easily trace livestock back to its origin, which is the purpose of the proposed national system.” “In New Mexico, brand and livestock inspectors know and work with ranchers on a daily basis,” he continued. “We see no reason to fix a system that is not broken, and in fact is in some ways superior to simply putting a tag in an ear.”

In addition to the importance of brands being accepted as official ID in and among the brand states, international commerce implications cannot be ignored, according to Culbertson. Cattle are imported into the United States from Mexico and Canada under an approved brand, plus additional identification including an eartag and/or tattoo. “Cattle entering the United States from Mexico are required by USDA to have an “M” brand along with identification tags. Because of the North American Free Trade Agreement, it would appear uncertain as to whether the “M” brand requirement can be enforced if brands are not deemed official in the United States. This is particularly important in the circumstance of “official” tags being lost or purposely removed, leaving no other means of identifying cattle as having been imported. This is an important consideration, not only for state and federal animal health officials, but also for cattle producers and feeders that need to know the origin of cattle they purchase and feed.” Both Canada and Mexico have computerized identification systems in place utilizing eartags and brands. Each year, a number of cattle imported from Mexico are diagnosed with bovine Tuberculosis (TB) at slaughter, and are identified as Mexican origin by their brands because eartags are missing. “It is not sufficient to simply acknowledge the brand as a useful identification method. As the only real final arbiter of ownership or origin, it must be able to stand up as official and undeniable if challenged. The concern has been raised that brand identification should not be forced on non-brand states. That is reasonable, but we believe language can be added to the proposed rule that would make the brand official while acknowledging its use by and between those states that choose to ■ use it,” he concluded.

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“This study shows that what we thought we knew about foot and mouth disease is not entirely true,” he said. “So what we think we know about human influenza and other infectious pathogens might not be completely accurate either.” Foot and mouth disease is one of the world’s most important infectious diseases of farmed animals and it is regarded as a major economic threat in Europe. Countries where FMD is endemic — in parts of Asia, Africa, the Middle East and South America — can spend vast amounts of money vaccinating their cattle every few months and farmers are often forced to kill off large numbers of livestock if a case of FMD is confirmed among their herds. In 2001, Britain suffered one of the largest FMD epidemics to hit a developed country in several decades and millions of animals were culled and their corpses burned on huge pyres. The outbreak devastated the nation’s farming industry and cost Britain an estimated 8.5 billion pounds ($14 billion). Woolhouse worked with Bryan Charleston and colleagues from Britain’s Pirbright Laboratory on new kinds of experiments in which they infected “source” cows with the FMD virus and then studied how it was transmitted to other, uninfected cows. “We have pinned down, very specifically, the relationship between when the animals are infectious . . . and when they show clinical signs of the infection,” he explained at a briefing about the study. The researchers found that diagnosis of foot and mouth disease infection is possible during the approximately 24 hours before the animal becomes infectious. This suggests that farmers might have time to remove the infected animals from a herd before they transmit the virus to continued on page 73

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inMemoriam Lessie (Smith) Porter, 84, Piñon died at her home on February 25, 2011. Lessie was a life-time resident of the Piñon area except for the years she attended school at Eastern New Mexico University (ENMU). Lessie was raised on sheep, goat and cattle ranches and continued as a ranch wife until the time of her death. Lessie was preceeded in death, in Sept 2010, by her husband of 62 years, Irving. She is survived by two daughters, three grandchildren & two great-grandchildren who miss her immensely. Molly Dean Snipes, 66, McAlister, died May 1, 2011, at Plains Regional Medical Center in Clovis following an illness. Molly was born November 15, 1944, in Sundown, Texas. She was reared and attended school at McAlister and House. She married Jimmie Snipes on November 17, 1963. Molly was a ranch and farm wife who loved riding horses and working cattle with her family. She was a member of Abundant Life Church in Tucumcari. Survivors include her husband, Jimmie; three daughters, Deanna Dane (husband, Michael) San Angelo; Sherri Bays (husband, Ty), Silver City; and Nicki Rogers (husband, Gary), Las Cruces; two sons, John Bill Snipes (wife, Valerie) Clovis and Joe Ben Snipes, Fort Benning, Georgia; and eleven grandchildren. S. Cooper Malone, 90, Lake Arthur, died May 6, 2011 at his home in Lake Arthur. “Coop”, as many knew him, was instrumental in the early development of agriculture in northern Eddy and southern Chaves counties. He was born June 18, 1920 in Roswell, the son of Ernest P. Malone and Mary (Cooper) Malone. He received a Bachelors Degree in Business from the University of Colorado in 1942. He owned and operator Malone Farms, LLC and served on the Board of Directors

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of the New Mexico Farm & Livestock Bureau, as well as First Interstate Bank of Roswell, and United New Mexico Bank of Roswell. He was also a member of the Artesia Industrial Development Committee and the Artesia Library Board. Coop was awarded Outstanding Conservation Farmer of New Mexico in 1976 by the N.M. Association of Natural Resource Conservation Districts, and honored by the N.M. Crop Association for cooperative work in developing improved crop varieties such as Malone Alfalfa. Survivors include a niece Elizabeth Malone of Albuquerque, and a nephew Thomas Malone of Boston. James Kirby McDaniel, 69, Capitan, passed away May 15, 2011 in the loving company of family and friends after a long battle with cancer. James was born on November 7, 1941 in El Paso to Joseph Alexander and Margaret Elizabeth Harrison McDaniel. James married his life long love, Gwenda, who survives him, in 1962. He is also survived by a son: Ron E. McDaniel (wife, Diane); daughters: Shawna L. Hidalgo (husband, Michael), Marnie L. Gossett (husband, Brent): brother: Roy Edward McDaniel (wife Gloria J.); sister: Vera Emily Lavin (husband, Joe); five grandchildren and nieces, nephews and cousins. James graduated in 1961 from Roswell High School and received his Bachelors in Range Management from New Mexico State University in 1966. He worked for the BLM from 1966 to 1968, and then moved to the ranch in May 1968 which he ran until his death. A selfmade rancher, he built the ranch with vigor, honesty and the joy of knowing he had the best job in the world every single waking day. He served as member and President on the Capitan School Board as well as the Lincoln County Farm Bureau. James served many roles within the Baptist Church including member, Deacon ■ and Elder. Editor’s Note: Please send In Memoriam announcements to: Caren Cowan, N.M. Stockman, P.O. Box 7127, Albuquerque, NM 87194, fax: 505/998-6236 or email: caren@aaalivestock.com. Memorial donations may be sent to the Cattlegrowers’ Foundation, a 501(c)3, tax deductable charitable foundation serving the rights of ranch families and educating citizens on governmental actions, policies and practices. Cattlegrowers Foundation, Inc., P.O. Box 7517, Albuquerque, NM 87194.

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others, potentially saving many animals from being culled. Charleston described the discovery as good news but cautioned that it would be some years yet before the findings in laboratory conditions could be translated into new disease control methods capable of handling a real large-scale outbreak. “This result emphasizes the need for practical tools for pre-clinical diagnosis and at present we don’t have an affordable, reliable, test to use on farms,” he said.

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smuggling of their product. This last week these outlaw scouts were heard cursing the fire that they started, which now transcends the entire eastern slope of the Chiracahua range. They are being forced to send their contraband west to the Silver Creek area (the home of Roger Barnett) and on north across the western slope of the mountains. While all this goes on I’m sure our politicians will make hay laying the blame on each other and their respective political parties. The result of all this will be more bureaucratic quagmire completely void of common sense or solution, and the fire continues to burn the trogon and spotted owl out of house and home. The fire still looms uphill from Portal whose residents are still in danger of losing everything, and dozens of federal employees sit down at their base camp six miles east of Portal on Highway 80 staring up to the top of the mountain hoping the wind will stay calm. All weather forecasts call for the wind to return on Monday the 16th. While all this goes on, Janet Napolitano and our Campaigner in Chief assure us that our southern border is safer than ever. Try telling this to a trogon or spotted owl or perhaps a homo sapien living in Portal. They’re not playing it cool any longer and they won’t believe you. ■ – Ed Ashurst, Apache, AZ

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DuBois Rodeo Scholarship Recipients Named by CALLIE GNATKOWSKI GIBSON leven members of the New Mexico State University (NMSU) Rodeo Team received extra help with their college expenses this year through the DuBois Rodeo Scholarship. “I am really pleased with the caliber of student athletes involved in NMSU’s Rodeo Team,” said Frank A. DuBois, former secretary/director of the New Mexico Department of Agriculture and founder of the DuBois Rodeo Scholarship. Michael Bates, Mexican Springs, received the Ham Scott Memorial Scholarship. Bates competes in team roping, calf roping, and steer wrestling. Westin Fowler, Las Cruces, received the F.F. “Chano” Montoya Memorial Scholarship and participates in bull riding. Shiann Irwin, Bosque Farms, received the Bud Eppers Memorial Scholarship. Irwin competes in barrel racing and breakaway roping. Dixie Richards, Winnemucca, Nev., received the Pete and Lucy Leach Memorial Scholarship. Richards competes in the goat tying and breakaway roping events. Bryce Runyan, Silver City, received the Bob Jones Memorial Scholarship. Runyan participates in calf roping and team roping. Cody Runyan, Silver City, received the GB Oliver, Jr. Memorial Scholarship and calf ropes and team ropes. Johnny Salvo, Horse Springs, received

the L.J. “Curley” McCarey Memorial Scholarship. Salvo calf ropes and team ropes. Jessica Silva, Tularosa, received the Dick Green Memorial Scholarship. She competes in the breakaway roping, goat tying and barrel racing events. Bo Simpson, Las Cruces, received the Bubba Echols Memorial Scholarship and competes in the calf roping and team roping events. Staci Stanbrough, Capitan, received the Charlie Lee Memorial Scholarship. Stanbrough competes in breakaway roping, barrel racing and goat tying. Rodee Walraven, Datil, received the Jim Carter Memorial Scholarship and team ropes. Students must maintain a 2.75 or higher GPA, participate in team activities, maintain their status as a full-time student and participate in National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association (NIRA) rodeos to qualify for scholarships. DuBois, a former rodeo cowboy, established the scholarship program in 2000, the first permanent award program for NMSU rodeo athletes. “The goal is to help the NMSU Rodeo Team attract and keep talented competitors, and to keep rodeo alive and well in New Mexico,” DuBois said. “College, combined with the rodeo team, is an expensive proposition. These kids are not going to stay in New Mexico, no matter how much they might want to, if they can’t afford it.” Scholarships are funded by contributions, which can be made to a specific memorial scholarship or to the program in general. For more information on the DuBois Rodeo Scholarship, please contact Coach Jim Dewey Brown at brownji@ nmsu.edu or call Frank DuBois at 575/523■ 4151.

2011 DuBois Award Recipients Johnny Salvo, Horse Springs (left) and Staci Stanbrough, Capitan (right) pictured with Frank DuBois. The DuBois Award is a Curtis Fort original bronze presented to the all around cowboy and cowgirl each year at New Mexico State University (NMSU), based on National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association (NIRA) points won in two or more events.

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Darrell Triplett, Waterflow, NM, (l) won bronc riding in April 2011’s Frank DuBois Bronc Riding & Calf Roping. NMSU Rodeo Coach Jim Dewey Brown (r) presents.

competition. “We sponsor this event so NMSU student athletes can compete against the best in the West,” said Frank DuBois, NMSU Rodeo supporter, former director of the New Mexico Department of Agriculture and the event’s namesake. Thirty two ropers entered the Calf Roping. Top times in the first round went to Casey Wilson, with 10.1 seconds, and Royce Lynch, 11.4 seconds. Johnny Salvo, Horse Springs, and J.P. Etcheverry won the second round, made up of the top ten ropers from the first round, with 11.4 seconds each. The top eight ropers made it to the third round, won by Etcheverry who caught his calf in 8.8 seconds, followed by Bryce Runyan with 10.5 seconds. Of the six ropers in the fourth round, Kyle Dutton won the fourth round with 9.4 seconds, followed by Runyan with 10.9 seconds. The four fastest times proceeded to the fifth round, won by Dutton with 9.0 seconds followed by Etcheverry with 9.6 seconds. Etcheverry beat Dutton in the sixth round, the Showdown Round, with a time of 8.1 seconds to win the event. In the first round of the Bronc Riding, Olan Borg and Darrell Triplett split first and second place with scores of 78, Jeb Loney placed third with a score of 77, Dylan Henson scored 74 to place fourth, Steve Hacker and Rawley McFarland split fifth and sixth place with scores of 72, and Kevin Cox and Brandon Biebel split seventh and eighth place with scores of 70. The top four riders went to the second round, won by Darrell Triplett who scored 75, followed by ■ Olan Borg, with a score of 65.

J.P. Etcheverry, Carlsbad, NM, (l) won calf roping April 2011’s Frank DuBois Bronc Riding & Calf Roping. NMSU Rodeo Coach Jim Dewey Brown (r) presents.

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Desert Scales & Weighing Equipment . .54 Directory Form . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75 Domenici Law Firm PC . . . . . . . . . . . . .36 E Elgin Breeding Service . . . . . . . . . . . . .58 Alice Eppers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35 F Fallon-Cortese . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67 Farm Credit of NM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8 Farmer’s & Stockman’s Bank . . . . . . . .68 Farmway Feed Mill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44 FBFS / Monte Anderson . . . . . . . . . . . .58 FBFS / Larry Marshall . . . . . . . . . . .23, 38 FBFS / Rutalee Todd-Jernigan . . . . . . . .27 Five State Livestock Auction . . . . . . . . .16 Flying W Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57 Fury Farms Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13 G Gallup Lumber & Supply . . . . . . . . .21, 55 Giant Rubber Water Tanks . . . . . . . . . .50 Gnatkowski - Gibson Family . . . . . . . . .35 Grau Charolais . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56 Tom Growney Equipment Inc . . . . .55, 79 H Hall & Gnatkowski . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31 Harrison Quarter Horses . . . . . . . . . . . .55 Hat Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29 Headquarters West Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . .61 Henard Ranches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16 Hi-Pro Feeds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 Bob Homer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35 Betty Houston / Coldwell Banker . . . . . .61 Hubbell Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22, 56 Hugley Co. Land Sales . . . . . . . . . . . . .67 Hutchison Western . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 I Inn of the Mountain Gods . . . . . . . . . . . .4 J Joe’s Boot Shop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19 Punch Jones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27 K Kaddatz Auctioneering & Farm Equip. . .54 Kail Ranches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57 David & Joan Kincaid . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31 King Hereford Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2

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Principal Financial Group . . . . . . . . . . .73 Purina-Land O Lakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . .80 R Ranch For Sale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .66 Ranch Land Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .66 The Ranches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60 Riley & Knight Appraisal, LLC . . . . . . .67 Rim Fire Stock Dogs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42 Robertson Livestock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54 Roswell Livestock & Farm Supply . . . . .27 Roswell Livestock Auction Co. . . . . . . . .12 Roswell Wool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25 Running Creek Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57 S S/4 Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29 Sachse Red Angus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29 Sandia Trailer Sales & Service . . . . . . . .55 Santa Gertrudis Breeders International . .57 Santa Rita Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56 Scott Land Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63 Scott Shafer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36 Scott Thacker / Arizona Ranch RE . . . . .69 Singleton Ranches . . . . . . . . . . . . .27, 57 Mary Skeen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29 Southwest Ag Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20, 22 Stockmen’s Realty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62 Joe Stubblefield & Associates . . . . . . . . .67 Swihart Sales Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55 T Tire Water Troughs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59 Tri-State Angus Ranches / Puppies . . . .54 U USA Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57 V Virden Perma-Bilt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38 W Wesley Grau . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27 Western Heritage Bank . . . . . . . . . . . .11 Western Legacy Alliance . . . . . . . . . . . .53 Westlake Cattle Growers LLC . . . . . . . . .37 Williams Windmill Inc . . . . . . . .37, 55, 58 Rex Wilson Family . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27 Pat Woods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27 Y Yavapai Bottled Gas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56 Yocom-McColl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33 York Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67

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