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VOL 79, No. 6

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

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Dairy Producers of New Mexico Convention Schedule

Official publication of:

2013 Women in Agricultural Leadership Conference

New Mexico Cattle Growers’ Association Email: nmcga@nmagriculture.org; 2231 Rio Grande NW, P.O. Box 7517, Albuquerque, NM 87194, 505/247-0584, Fax: 505/842-1766; President, Rex Wilson Executive Director, Caren Cowan Deputy Director, Zach Riley Asst. Executive Director, Michelle Frost

The Shameful & Painful Spotted Owl Saga: Shooting Stripes To Save Spots by Teresa Platts / Environment and Enterprise Institute

Riley Joins NMCGA Staff

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

News Update

N.M. CowBelles Jingle Jangle

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N.M. Federal Lands Council News

EDITORIAL & ADVERTISING

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

On The Edge of Common Sense

New Mexico’s Old Time and Old Timers

Cowboy Heroes

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New Mexico Livestock Board Update

NMBC Bullhorn

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Production Coordinator: Carol Pendleton Editorial & Advertising Design: Kristy Hinds

Scatterin’ The Drive

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New Mexico Wool Growers, Inc. P.O. Box 7520, Albuquerque, NM 87194, 505/247-0584 President, Marc Kincaid Executive Director, Caren Cowan Asst. Executive Director, Michelle Frost

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Dear Fellow Cattlemen nother month has come and gone and still no rain for most of us. We are past the time that it really should be raining for at least a few weeks. We will continue to pray.

It is hard not to know that New Mexico is the epicenter of the unwanted/abandoned/feral horse debate if you spend any time at all following the local. Several nights a week horse slaughter and/or animal cruelty is the teaser story. Animal cruelty complaints, found and unfound, are on a steep incline. With all of this scrutiny, the stakes could become higher. The horse issue has brought ranchers and ranching into sharp focus. Couple this with the severity of the ongoing drought, people are likely look at every animal, including cattle, on our operations. We all have tough decisions to make, if we haven’t made them already. From here way out West it doesn’t look like many are stepping up to the plate to face the reality of the mess our country is in. On our ranches, do more with less has been the charge for generations. A five percent spending cut is not a big deal. If leadership was truly interested in addressing spending they ought to give that direction to their staffs and let them work it out. The current upheaval in the name of “sequestration” is an embarrassment to many federal employees who are left with no budget and no direction. Rather than knuckling down and making appropriate cuts, furloughs and other headline-making actions are taking center stage rather than prudent management. We spend a lot of time working with federal employees. There really are some good ones working on our behalf of our ranches and our families. They are just as frustrated as we are. I would be remiss if I didn’t offer our prayers and support to our friends and neighbors in Oklahoma. I guess we are fortunate that we here in the Southwest don’t suffer from tornados, hurricanes and tsunamis. We just have drought. However one ranch wife made the comment with those sorts of disasters, even if you lose everything, you have a point to start over. With drought, it just wears you down. The Mid-Year Meeting is just a few weeks away. I hope you all have made plans to come and share the fellowship and learning that will sustain us until the rains come. See you there! PS, A bit of good news. Membership in NMCGA continues to grow. Sincerely,

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clearly stated, only one in every 20,000 sheep is infected with scrapie. There are currently four confirmed cases of scrapie in sheep and goats in the United States – three in sheep and one in goats. Revisions to the import regulations for sheep and sheep products should be published for comment by the end of the year, according to Clifford. Sheep and sheep product export opportunities will become easier to address when the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) changes the BSE classification for the U.S. A vote on a new BSE classification for the United States is expected at the OIE meeting later this month. Clifford was pleased with the work of the federal-state-industry partnership that has led to the current low prevalence of scrapie and that the hard work through those joint efforts, along with past appropriated federal funds, got us to this point. He also commented that as the prevalence of scrapie reduces, it takes more surveillance to find the last pockets of infection (a needle in a haystack scenario) and thus more funding in the future. Commenting on sheep meat exports, Clifford stated that he has met with Foreign Agriculture Service (FAS) and U.S. trade representative staff and expressed APHIS/VS willingness to proceed with

those agencies towards efforts to open trade channels. “A call for nominations to the National Sheep Industry Improvement Center (NSIIC) and to the American Lamb Board (ALB) was posted this week,” reported Craig Morris, Ph.D., deputy administrator, Livestock and Seed Division, Agriculture Marketing Service (AMS). Morris emphasized his excitement that AMS and the industry, through funding received from ALB and NSIIC, will be conducting a field trial very soon on the instrument evaluation of lamb carcasses. The project will be a two-phased approach to hopefully finalize a USDA/AMS voluntary standard for yield and quality and to evaluate the benefits and return on the investment to the industry. AMS continues to analyze the current Livestock Mandatory Reporting (LMR) system for lamb and how it can make more lamb marketing data available to the industry. Some new reporting recommendations will require a change in the regulations; therefore, the importance of open dialog between the industry and the agency at this time was stressed. Current discussions include updating regulatory guidelines to better reflect the continued on page 16

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Arkansas are on the FY-2014 research facility closure list. “The news that the sheep industry could be losing the wool research lab in Pennsylvania after the scientists were able to make a break threw on keratin research that the rest of the world has been trying to come up with for years is very disappointing,” related Krebs. The research to understand the relationship between domestic sheep and bighorn sheep continues to move forward. Kappes iterated that with 48 percent of all domestic sheep spending some time on public lands, this remains a critical area. The sheep industry provides an economic benefit of $232 million at the farm gate and $576 million in supported economic activities. One of the latest findings is that bighorn sheep are not necessarily more susceptible to pneumonia than domestic sheep; their immune system has less exposure to it than other animals resulting in a much different result. The next step in the research is to do more proximity testing in range environments versus in confinement and investigate potential mitigations to disease development. Other sheep projects underway across the country include an easy care sheep project targeted to reduce labor costs, identifying the genetic marker to reduce the risk of OPP, including lifetime productivity and parasite resistance. When quizzed about the future of the U.S. Sheep Experiment Station (USSES) in Dubois, Idaho, Kappas delivered the news that he doesn’t believe the USSES is currently in a good place to face the future. Combining budget cuts, law-suits with retirecontinued on page 19

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ments, the station and its resources will need to be reconfigured to keep it functional and moving forward. Montana sheepmen expressed their concerns about any thought of closing of this important research station to the sheep industry and posed the question about the possibility of collaboration with other grazing sites to at least keep the research activities moving forward. Larry Mitchell, administrator, Grain Inspection, Packers & Stockyards Administration (GIPSA), discussed the open investigation underway pertaining to lamb markets. Producers, feeders and processors have been interviewed as well as the data from AMS and Risk Management Administration. “Although no conclusions have yet been determined, to date, we have not identified any market manipulation,” said Mitchell. “We will continue to review all of the data and look at any contradictory information in hopes of completing our report by the end of the month and making it public after that.” He believes the result of the investigation will show that a number of factors caused the price crash including the severe drought in the United States, weather patterns across the world, the value of the U.S. dollar in the international market, the number of lambs in the feedlots and the number of large lambs, to name a few. Covering the issues within APHIS’s Wildlife Services (WS) was Janet Bucknall, deputy director, Wildlife Operations. WS is one of the few agencies anticipating an increase in funding for the next fiscal year to cover a program to reduce feral swine in

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WE’RE PROUD TO BE PART OF THE N.M. WOOL GROWERS ANNUAL CONVENTION! To be held jointly with the N.M. Cattle Growers, CowBelles and N.M. Farm & Livestock Bureau’s Mid-Year Meetings, June 16-18. We hope to see you in Albuquerque for this, the largest agricultural gathering of the summer. C o n g r a t u la t i o n s t o o u r f r i e n d , D a n L i e sn e r, la s t y e a r ’s N M WG I A m igo Aw a r d r e c ip ie n t ! Joan, David, Marc, Tammy, Cole & Clay Kincaid

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jinglejangle Dear Ladies, ust hoping that each of you has received a little rain. Don’t forget to send your registration for the summer meeting; I am looking forward to seeing you all at the meeting. Sounds like we are going to have a good meeting. Just a suggestion, get that new member and bring her with you. Each person in our organization has a purpose, they are needed. We need new members; we need their ideas and input to improve our organization. We need some new blood that will generate enthusiasm, share ideas and be creative. We are all skeptical of trying new ideas, but we never know until we try them, don’t be afraid, and go for it. We need each and every one that is involved in agriculture to get involved, get out there and tell the world we feed them; we furnish pharmaceuticals and beauty product, plus many other things that the beef cattle contribute to everyday life of the American people. Our cattle not only feed the world but

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contribute to conservation, prevention of fires. There are 2 percent of farmers and ranchers feed the world. We have to get out there explain what we do and where the food that goes on their plate comes from and what those by-products are how they contribute to their everyday life. There are lots of different ways in which one can promote agriculture and beef. Participate in legislation which is one of the very most important things CowBelles can do, write letters, email, phone, go to Santa Fe or Washington, make sure we have a voice and are heard. Participate in health fairs, put out flyers, information and recipes in doctors’ offices. Tell how healthy beef is and what it contributes to the health of your body. Help educate the youth, be it in elementary school, high school or college. You can take a tool kit to school and show the elementary where their beef comes from and how cattle are managed. To high school, get the tool kit and take it to your FFA advisory and offer to help. Get a colle-

DATES TO REMEMBER JUNE – BEEF MONTH 16 – Father’s Day 16 – Beef Ambassador Contest 16 – 19 Summer Meeting 17 – CowBelle Board of Director/General Meeting JULY 27 – Food Truck Throwdown, Albuquerque AUGUST 6-8 – Cattle Industry Conference, Denver, Colorado

giate group started, pay their dues or pay expenses to a district or state meeting. These are the future of our organization and our agriculture, let’s get them involved and keep them involved. Remember each person has a purpose here on earth, each has a talent, some of us find them and others don’t realize how valuable there talent is. As CowBelles don’t let things get in your way, try new and different ways of promoting beef, some may work and others may need to be revised

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but go for it. Each person is important. Importance of one, that one may be you. Don’t let the chain be broken, be the link that makes the chain stronger. See you June 17 in Albuquerque, bring a new idea and share it with us. Always a CowBelle Friend, – Sharon King, N.M. CowBelle President The April meeting of the Luna County Borderbelles was held at Ranchers Grill on April 17, 2013. Beef Promotion – The Father’s Day beef promotion was discussed at length. There will be beef items given away on the quarter hour and $25 beef cer-

tificates at the top of the hour. Samples of Margarita steak, a recipe from the national website will be also be provided. Kim Allen is working with Peppers Supermarket on the promotion for June 15, 2013. Raffle – a Savage 270 rifle will be first place. The tickets will be $5 each or 5 for $20. The group will work with D & M Sporting Goods to facilitate the transfer of the rifle. The second place is a $100 beef gift certificate and the third place a $50 beef gift certificate. The raffle will be drawn at the livestock auction at the Southwestern New Mexico State Fair. Kim Allen stated the belt buckle for the steer exhibitor has been ordered. Beverly Butler will be attending the Region VI Meeting in Utah at the end of the month. The mid-year state meeting and the Beef Ambassador contest will be held June 16 at the Albuquerque Embassy

Suites. The group is encouraging all to attend and to talk to people about the Beef Ambassador contest. BorderBelles’ own Courtney Hurt will be completing her year as New Mexico Senior Beef Ambassador. There may be changes to the State Fair Beef Booth in that it may not be manned full time. There will be more information forthcoming. On July 27 in Albuquerque there will be a Food Truck Beef ThrowDown to promote beef. It is a state-wide event and we will need a lot of volunteers. Also please think about participating in the Pumpkin Patch event at the end of October. Respectfully submitted, Tamara Hurt Reporter The Otero CowBelles have been busy promoting BEEF and the Beef industry continued on page 22

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with cooking demonstrations, health fairs, etc. After the April meeting, Debi Rupe, Estelle Bond and Madalynn Lee gave a cooking demonstration to the culinary class at Mt. View Middle School. Twelve students, the teacher and principal enjoyed learning how to prepare a complete meal of shish-kabobs, fruit and vegetables cooked on the grill. Otero CB are out telling the “Beef Nutrition” story at every opportunity. Madalynn Lee, Debi Rupe and Estelle Bond attended the Region IV meeting in Amarillo. They opted for that Region meeting as Estelle hoped to be able to have a great-grand-daughter arrive while there and she did! Danika Estelle Lowe made her appearance right on time. The ladies toured the Tyson Beef facility at Hereford. They learned that a side of beef goes from the rack to the boxes ready to go out in six and a half minutes! Tyson contracts with the Wendy’s chain to supply the square hamburger patties. Over 1.6 million patties are made each and every day. WOW! May 7-8 saw our local CB participating in “Kids, Kows, and More” at the fairgrounds, with Estelle as the leader of the BEEF station and Judy Ferguson,

Roma Duncan, Barbara Wagner, and Linda Mitchum assisting. Debi Rupe and Maddie Lee shared the duties of manning the Branding station. Over 700 fourth grade students from Otero County schools came on buses and most of the children were very attentive. Both days were busy but it is very gratifying to be able to get the “Beef” message out to parents through the students. As we are well aware, we must start with the youngsters. There were 18 members and one guest at the May 9 meeting. The guest Janet Styger joined our local before the meeting was over. On May 11, Otero CowBelles cooked and served the beef, beans and rolls to the celebrants at the Old Timer’s celebration at Cloudcroft. It is very rewarding to have our new members take part in making this a vibrant group of BEEF promoters. Barbara Wagner reporting for Tena Beanblossom, sec. The Chamiza CowBelles May meeting was called to order by President Gloria Petersen with eight members present. Gloria expressed her thanks to all who helped out at Ag Day and asked if there were suggestions for any changes in next year’s Ag Day. Regarding lunch – pickles could be eliminated because they are very messy; waste of apples, and water bottles were tossed on the ground. Jodell has

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Belles met on May 8, at the Rabbit Ears Café. Hostess was Carrell Blakely. Owaissa Heimann has the agenda and registration forms for the Midyear Meeting in Albuquerque in June. Lariats will donate a silent auction item and a door prize. Mary Coffman is working to set up a Beef Education table at Ranch Market. Sharon King has distributed information to the schools on scholarships. Mindy King was the only applicant. Legislation is concerned with upcoming legislation on endangered species. Kathryn Malcolm-Callis has lined up one speaker for 5 States and is working on getting MicroBeef as another speaker. The theme for 5 States this year is Beef is Relevant Today and Tomorrow. Sharon King gave an update on the Region 3 and Region 4 meetings. The goal is Legislation, Beef Promotion and Youth Involvement. Z tags have been distributed to the states. Beef Council is sponsoring Beef Speakers education. There are beef toolkits available online; the next one is for Father’s Day. Beef Ambassador applicants can now send in videos of their presentations instead of giving them in person. July 4 is pie sale in the fair barn at the fairgrounds. Advantages to the move in location are the availability of bathrooms and air conditioning. The barbecue is still free. Lariat members

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already spoken to purchase the other half of the raffle beef. Kaye Diamond gave an update on the wolf situation. Even though the wolves have become a huge problem for area ranchers and outfitters, the environmentalists have just released another pair believing they would remain in a specific area. The female has remained fairly close to the release area because she is due to have pups, but the male is long gone. They also believe the “problem” wolves can be captured, rehabilitated, and returned to the wild. There are now approximately 70 wolves in New Mexico and all seem to have settled in the southwest area of the state. In Idaho and Montana, there is no hunting because the wolves have killed all the wildlife. It’s only a matter of time before the same thing will happen in New Mexico, and our hunting outfitters will be out of business. Mention was also made of the upcoming horse slaughterhouse in Roswell. Most of us feel this is greatly needed as a humane alternative for starving horses. Meeting adjourned at 12:25 followed by a delicious potluck lunch. Submitted by Cathy Pierce With 12 members present, Lariat Cow-

will submit four pies or the equivalent in money. Cost to the public will still be $2 per slice or $12 per pie. Pies must be fruit, labeled as to type, and put in 2-gallon zip lock bags. Pies should be fresh and not hot. They must be brought to the booth by 10 a.m. on the 4th. Beef Council will no longer have a manned booth at the State Fair. There will be a small booth with handouts only. The new Food Truck Beef Throwdown will be held July 27 in Albuquerque. Seven trucks will be set up. Beef will be provided. There will be a competition between trucks with beef recipes. One thousand tickets will be available to the public at $10 per ticket to sample and vote on their favorite recipe. Beef Council is asking for 50 New Mexico CowBelles to assist with this event. A potential new sale item for New Mexico CowBelles is a trailer hitch cover in the shape of the State of New Mexico, with NM colors and the logo ‘Enjoy New Mexico Beef.’ 5 States will be held on Wednesday, October 2 this year. Traci Williams gave an educational presentation on Ag in the Classroom. The goal is to encourage teachers at the local level to include agriculture in their curriculum. continued on page 54

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Perhaps more frustrating is the total absence of truth in the media. The horse issue remains front and center both locally and nationally. When I went to journalism school you were supposed to at least try and report both sides of a story and/or be able to document what you report. As I have frequently pointed out, that apparently is not the case anymore. The last few weeks there have been two stories of extreme cruelty — to the truth — on the horse subject. One aired on NBC nationally, the other on CBS locally. NBC’s TODAY Show did a “report” on wild horses. As much as it pains me, I will have to give them some credit. They apparently were talking about horses recognized and “wild” by the federal government. The story was about rounding up these horses because of their over-population and harmful impacts on the environment. Viewers were warned that some of the footage was graphic and could be upsetting. What they should have warned anyone concerned with reality. There were some unpleasant scenes of horse roundups. The reality is that Bambi doesn’t live in an old growth forest being cared for by rabbits. Mother Nature isn’t always sunlight and roses. There are harsh realities that at some point must be faced. Much more upsetting to me was the woman in western wear not addressing the reality that wild, feral abandoned and unwanted horses are starving and dying of thirst all over the West. Instead she professed the need for horses to remain with their “families” and being allowed to die of old age on the range. Hasn’t she bothered to learn that horses are not monogamous? That they run in herds, not families? That studs have bands of mares and they kill each other in fights over those bands? That young studs are kicked out the band? continued on page 25

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Rather than focusing on reality of the state of the range due to the ongoing drought or the laws that say “excess animals” means wild free-roaming horses or burros (1) which have been removed from an area by the Secretary pursuant to application law or, (2) which must be removed from an area in order to preserve and maintain a thriving natural ecological balance and multiple-use relationship in that area” the “reporter” questioned on rancher. He noted that he didn’t want the horses on the land because it reduced his ability to run cattle. I am sure what he said is true, but he failed to mention the condition of many wild horses or the damage they are doing to the range. So much for journalism.

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The local CBS news is no better. They ran a “report” that alleged that there had been a skyrocketing escalation of horse theft in the area any time that a horse slaughter plant opened, putting all horses at risk. Their “expert” was a woman who in the past has sworn on “her dog’s life” that she was telling the truth to the New Mexico Livestock Board. It is worth noting that several years ago when the woman first got publicly involved with the horse issue, she came to the NMCGA office and told us that all she wanted was just a few populations of 200 horses each. When it was pointed out that ranchers had been told the same story when elk were reintroduced several decades ago, yet today elk populations are in the thousands, her solution was that ranchers could start shooting any over population of horses. That was more than 10 years ago. She has since started a group call WHOA — the Wild Horse Observers Association. The group and her passion are based around the feral horses that have strayed in the Placitas area and Bureau of Land Management (BLM) lands from surrounding lands. Several horses were gathered many years ago. Although she thinks those horses may have been shipped to Mexico for slaughter, she and her supporters think the animals should roam freely on private property and anywhere else they may want to be. Trouble is that the horses in the area continued on page 26

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continue to stray and to reproduce to the point that many Placitas residents have had enough. There are car accidents involving these horses, thankfully, thus far, with only the cost of property damage. Sooner or later there will be a human cost if the horses are allowed to continue their presence in a human populated area even if it is suburban. Our responsibility

With all that said, we are not good at telling our story. As you may have noticed, we have been encouraging our elected officials to let the Roswell slaughter plant open — with visible success. I had an email from a lady who couldn’t understand why we want to eat horse meat and why we weren’t working on other solutions. In my abrupt fashion, I responded that we aren’t encouraging the eating of horse meat, but had no right to dictate what others choose to eat. I further noted that our concern was a humane end of life, not starvation or dying of thirst as is happening RIGHT NOW. I probably could have left out the “who

cares what happens to the meat after death.” But if Hillary Clinton can get away with it when talking about the loss of human life, why should I have to restrain myself? (you don’t have to answer that.) The why is that I promptly got an email back calling me “almost rude” and really cold. I had asked the lady what solutions she had. She didn’t have any but was willing to work on them. It did not seem to her that anyone was doing anything other than proposing slaughter as the preferred option. That night I took the time to send her a long email about everything we ARE doing to try and figure out a way out of this problem. New Mexico Livestock Board Chairman Bill Sauble and New Mexico Department Director / Secretary Jeff Witte put together an unwanted horse working group at least a year ago that has met several time to wrestle with the issue. That group is extremely diverse ranging from NMCGA to Animal Protection of New Mexico and the New Mexico Horse Council and has met several times during the past year. There hasn’t been a suggestion yet that wouldn’t erode private property rights and elevate horses to a status well above live-

stock. The solution of choice is to pass a law to require all horses in the state individually identified with a micro chip so that the person not caring for their horse can be identified and prosecuted. That is followed closed by the suggestion that a tax be put on feed that RESPONSIBLE owners purchase to help pay for those who are irresponsible. Then we have the suggested mandated spaying and neutering to prevent anyone from breeding horses without paying a high cost of permits. While I seriously object to each of these suggestions, even if we didn’t, how long would it take to put any of them into action? What good will they do to help the tens of thousands of starving horses in New Mexico TODAY? The “swear on my dog’s life” expert challenges that number, but it has been confirmed and documented by many sources including the Navajo Nation and the BLM. When I explained these facts to my email pal, I got a nice “thank you” back. Note to self . . . we need to take the time to explain everything to those who do not continued on page 27

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Our efforts to correct the course of the leadership at New Mexico State University (NMSU) paid off early in May when the Board of Regents selected former Governor Garrey Carruthers, Ph.D. as the president of the institution. We in agriculture have been liberal with advice to the Regents and we need to say thank you for hearing us and taking action. President Carruthers fits to a tee the requirements NMCGA saw as necessary to put NMSU back on the right track. We look forward to working with him and the Regents as NMSU takes its’ rightful place on the land grant university map.

the past two decades at least not openly, but from a Moveon.org backed group vowing to stop the ravages of climate change on earth. The campaign entitled ReInventing People-Powered Politics has been fully embraced by several Albuquerque area legislators who are looking for support to take the agenda to the New Mexico Legislature in 2015. They aim to bring back the coyote hunting ban as well as the trapping ban and probably a whole lot more. Everyone needs to keep an eye the “progressive” movement underway. As a “denier,” I believe that it is fairly arrogant to think that man has the ability

How can you worship Mother Earth . . . and have no respect for Mother Nature?

We have seen another re-emergence of the term “Earth First.” Not from the openly radical environmental group that has undergone many reincarnations over

to affect the climate . . . but the term global warming wasn’t selling so the radicals had to come up something else. Apparently because the climate does change several times a year, that it seemed to be something easy to sell to the people of the world. Proponents were right. The sell has been easy. No one has taken into account that perhaps Mother Nature is the controller of Mother Earth But even consideration of that theory doesn’t support an ability to regulate dust or the regulation of the kind and size of car that we drive. Nor does it support the use of the cheapest energy supply available. Mid Year Just A Few Days Away!

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The Saga of M113 n January 8th of this year the United States Fish & Wildlife Service (FWS) released a male four-year-old wolf named M1133 into the Apache National Forest near the New Mexico border. The alpha male of the Bluestem pack had been shot by a hunter and it was hoped M1133 would mate with the pack’s alpha female. However, the pack rejected M1133 and he wandered into New Mexico and outside the Blue Range Recovery Area, resulting in him being returned to captivity. M1133 was returned to the Sevilleta Wolf Management Facility in New Mexico

and was paired with F1108. Tests showed F1108 was pregnant and on April 27 the pair was released in New Mexico’s Gila Wilderness. Once again M1133 failed to bond and after travelling over 75 miles and outside the Blue Range Recovery Area, the wolf was captured on May 11 and returned to the Sevilleta Wolf Management Facility. That’s the official version. Here is the information I received from NM ranchers Joe Bill and Loren Nunn. On the morning of May 11 Loren received a phone call from Mike Kelly with USDA Wildlife Services saying they had a wolf on their San Juan Ranch. When Joe Bill and Loren arrived at a site just east of headquarters and on private land, they found one calf down, the cow standing guard and the wolf still hanging around. Also present were two employees of the FWS and Mr. Kelly. The calf was still alive

at this point but died later that afternoon. Joe Bill said the ground was tore up all around the calf where the now exhausted cow had been fighting off the wolf. The FWS made several attempts to dart the wolf, all unsuccessful. All this time the cow was still standing guard. Finally Wildlife Services was allowed to set traps for the wolf and he was captured nearby later that day. And that cow was still standing guard. There should be no doubt this was a wolf kill, right? Joe Bill says one lady with the FWS “had mentioned to me when we first met her around noon that they thought the cow may have injured her own calf while protecting it from the wolf. She also said there was a coyote in the area and she continued on page 29

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thought the coyote may have attacked the calf and then the wolf just happened to show up and ran the coyote off.” That bit of fancy reasoning was put to bed after the calf died. Joe Bill says, “Mr. Kelly removed the head and the hide back over the neck of the calf. It was clear due to the size of the teeth marks and severe damage to the inside of the mouth and the bites on the neck that it was a wolf kill.” It was a “slow, painful and agonizing way for a calf to endure a wolf attack” said Joe Bill. According to Joe Bill, the FWS then agreed it was a wolf kill. Can we in NM look forward to more of this? Benjamin Tuggle, the FWS Southwest Regional Director, says “Our strategy for 2013 will be to increase the genetic viability of the wild population, and implement management activities that support more wolves in the wild. Releases are one of the important tools we use for improving the genetic viability of the wild population.” And that cow stood guard for several more days, her “genetic viability” laying dead at her feet.

tions, access roads are closed, and unreasonable restrictions placed on fire suppression actions within Wilderness Areas, early containment and control of wildfires is significantly hampered which drastically damages overall forest health.” And speaking of Wilderness… Columbine-Hondo Wilderness

NM Senators Udall & Heinrich have introduced legislation to designate 45,000 acres as the Columbine-Hondo Wilderness. The acreage is in Taos County, in the Carson National Forest and is currently managed to protect its wilderness characteristics. Representative Lujan is introducing companion legislation in the House of Representatives. “Designating the Columbine Hondo as wilderness will only increase profitable tourism opportunities and provide for continued traditional land uses, such as hunt-

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Senator Tom Coburn of Oklahoma has written to Interior Secretary Jewell and raised some interesting questions on sequestration. For instance, Interior has warned that sequestration would shorten park hours, close hiking trails and campgrounds and reduce the season of some parks. The U.S. Geological Survey also has warned it would be forced to shut down hundreds of flood warning gauges across the country. Meanwhile, according to Coburn, Interior plans to keep spending on low-priority programs that could be cut to spare parks from closing. A program that uses military drones to study pygmy rabbits in Idaho, observe elk in Washington and count sheep in Nevada continued on page 59

Pearce report on NM wildfires

U.S. Congressman Steve Pearce has released a report he requested last summer on recent fires in New Mexico. Pearce says the report is “a step toward the transparent, locally-driven approach to forest management that New Mexico needs.” Pearce also stated “New Mexicans have expressed anger and frustration over the handling of recent fires, which needlessly cost hundreds of millions of dollars, destroyed hundreds of thousands of acres of habitat, and killed countless plants and animals. By understanding thoroughly what has gone wrong with fire management in past summers, we can work to improve our fire prevention and forestry policies, starting now.” The report was written by Bill Derr, who retired as special agent in charge of the California Region for the US Forest Service. The report contains six recommendations and among other things states, “This inability of the Forest Service to implement sound forest management practices helped create some of the “Perfect Storm” conditions which allowed the Whitewater-Baldy Complex Fire and Little Bear Fire and numerous other fires to escape early containment and control. When the responsible harvesting of forest products and thinning of hazardous fuels are precluded by appeals & court injunc-

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passed that love on to her daughter. She never left farming, these days she and her husband grow alfalfa on a farm south of Las Cruces. As a retired educator from the Las Cruces Public Schools, Mary-Esther continues to involve and educate people in the value of agriculture via Ag in the Classroom, Dona Ana Soil & Water Conservation District, Earth Team, NM Farm & Ranch Museum, Doña Ana County 4-H, Las Cruces Public Schools Advisory Committee, and the Jornada Resource & Conservation District. If she’s not officially volunteering, rest assured she is still promoting the value of agriculture at the grocery store, the corner café, the doctor’s office, wherever she goes. Family, friends and past students all know her favorite saying is “You Can’t Have an Ag-less Day.” Carrie Frances Goss, Weed; Welda McKinley-Grider, Carrizozo; Anna Lyles, Las Cruces; Chaddy Robinson, Las Cruces; April Romero, Cuchillo; Becky Smith, Mills; and Fita Witte, Las Cruces, were also nominated for this year’s award. This 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 Caren Cowan, Conference CoChair. “At these conferences, women are

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A long term goal for the Women in Agriculture Leadership Conference (WALC) has been to generate enough money from the meeting to be able to donate to worthy causes. For the first time, WALC was able to make that donation. The group gave $2,000 to the Horses for Heroes Cowboy Up program. The first day of the conference was dedicated to military heroes who participate in the Horses for Heroes program earning the cowboy version of the purple heart – the purple wild rag. Conference attendees wore lilac or purple. Pictured (l to r) Rick and Nancy de Santos Iannucci, Horses for Heroes, with Shacey Sullivan and Caren Cowan, WALC Co-Chairs.

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 we need to make sure our voices are heard.” This year’s program linked each topic with one aspect of being a hero. These included Giving, Inspiring, Courageous, and Generous, to name a few. Participants heard presentations from Cooperative Extension, Horses for Heroes, Roadrunner Food Bank, NMDA and saw an inspirational show from singer/songwriter Brenn Hill. New to this year’s program was an outreach to young women who also share a love of agriculture and want to improve themselves to make the industry better. These participants were teamed with a mentor, with the goal of teaching them about the various agricultural opportunities throughout the state and hopefully ■ create valuable contacts for them.

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The Shameful & Painful Spotted Owl Saga: Shooting Stripes To Save Spots by TERESA PLATTS, ENVIRONMENT & ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE pots versus stripes? Which do you prefer? Our federal government prefers spots and is moving forward with a million-dollar-a-year plan to remove 9,000 striped owls from 2.3 percent of 14 million Western acres of protected spotted owl habitat. Our government is shooting wood owls with stripes to protect those with spots; to stop the stripes from breeding with the spots. It had to come to this. The 1990 listing of the Northern spotted owl under the federal Endangered Species Act (ESA) gave the bird totem status in management decisions. It didn’t work. Spotted owls declined 40 percent over 25 years. Timber sales on federal government-managed lands dropped,

too. Oregon harvests fell from 4.9 billion board feet (1988) to less than 5 percent, 240 million board feet (2009). Beyond the jobs and business profits from making lumber, the Federal and County governments used to benefit from these harvests, too. Harvests down: tax receipts down. Today, with cutbacks in Federal budgets and sequestration, the States are arguing about how much of your tax dollars the Federal government should give them to keep impoverished County governments afloat in timber-rich areas. Beyond competition from barred owls, and after years of not enough logging, mega-fires fueled by too many trees now threaten spotted owl survival. An exhausted veteran of the spotted owl wars, who lives dangerously close to a federally”managed” forest that is expected to go up in smoke soon, explained: You have to realize that even moving a biomass project forward takes a court battle. No salvage of dead or burned timber it just rots. Not much thinning or fuel reduction – without a two-year court fight the Forest Service usually loses. Hell, the agency is still fighting lawsuits over the Sierra Nevada Forest Plan Amendment started in ‘97 – after four revisions and sev-

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It is theorized that striped and spotted owls were once the same species of wood owl before separating into East and West Coast versions during the last Ice Age. The common striped barred wood owl (Strix varia) has expanded its range westward, establishing itself at the expense of the less aggressive, less adaptable and smaller spotted wood owl (Strix occidentalis). By 1909, barred owls were found in Montana. They made their way to the coast, taking up residence in British Columbia (1943), Washington (1965) and Oregon (1972). A spotted owl family. Are any of these “sparred owl” hybrids? Hard to tell. The owls, striped or spotted, are so closely related they successfully interbreed and their fertile offspring, “sparred owls,” are hybrids that look just like spotted owls. The ESA does not protect the hybrids or their offspring so the birds are breeding their way out of the ESA! Says Susan Haig, a wildlife ecologist at the U.S. Geological Survey, is exasperated by the interbreeding: It’s a nasty situation. This could cause the extinction of the Northern spotted owl. The ESA measures and categorizes, then stands steadfast against change. It is attempting, by shotgun, to separate the birds. Are these kissing cousins from the East invasive and unwanted when they turn up out West? Or just mobile and happy to mix it up with their spotted relatives? Whatever, and wherever, they are, striped and spotted owls are not the only birds moving around. continued on page 33

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One hundred and eleven species, almost 20 percent of the total bird species in North America, have expanded into at least one new state or province with 14 species expanding into more states and provinces than the barred owl. Changing climates and habitats are the cause of 98 percent of range expansions. The birds go where the food is. Thirty-eight states or provinces have gained at least 10 new bird species, some moving into a niche inhabited by an ESA-listed avian cousin. Beyond birds, the last Ice Age killed off the North American earthworm. It’s since been reintroduced, only to be labeled – by our government scientists – as an invasive species, an undesirable. And – oh no! – earthworms are beating millipedes in the game of survival. The policy we embrace today for striped and spotted birds can be transferred to other birds and other animals, even earthworms. If this continues, will we be reduced to digging up and killing earthworms to save millipedes? The ESA is written thus and lawsuits by “green” groups – many paid for by our tax dollars – are herding us in this direction. A spotted owl in Arizona – the Mexican spotted owl – considers moving East vs West. Court challenges may kill forest thinning (logging) recommended by scientists for his habitat.

The spotted owl species (Strix occidentalis) is broken down into three subspecies ranging across the western parts of North America and Mexico. The “threatened” Strix occidentalis lucidaof Arizona and Mexico, the California spotted owl subspecies, Strix occidentalis occidentalis, and the endangered Northern spotted owl, Strix occidentalis caurina, the sub-species of greatest concern. The Northern spotted owl ranges from California, through Oregon and Washington, and up into Canada. The Northern barred owl, Strix varia, is breeding with the Northern spotted owl, Strix occidentalis caurina, causing hybrid havoc.You can break this down even further, if you’d like, into regional sub-stocks of sub-species. If you have the time (our government does) and the money (our taxes), you can follow family units, individuals, and all the new hybrids, the result of striped owls breeding with spotted ones.

government workers from shooting stripes to save spots. Since the spotted owl wars resulted in the export of so many timber jobs, Northwest timber communities contribute far fewer tax dollars to the communal treasury, so the costs of megafires, mudslides and lawsuits will be borne by Eastern and urban taxpayers. That’s where the people – and the taxes – are. The striped owl may be relentlessly working its way West, but its costs are steadily moving East. Teresa Platt is the Director of the Environment & Enterprise Institute at the Nat’l. Center for Public Policy Research & a PERC Enviropreneur Institute alum.

The Wise Old Owl Asks, “Who Pays?”

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In the Kingdom of Animalia, the Phylum of Chordata, the Class of Aves, the Order of Srigiformes, are two Families of birds of prey: the typical owls (Strigidae) and the barn owls (Tytonidae). The Strigidae Family is the larger of the two Families with close to 190 species, covering nearly all terrestrial habitats worldwide, except Antarctica. 95 percent are forest-dwelling; 80 percent are found in the tropics. The Strigdae Family includes 11 species of the genus Strix, characterized by a conspicuous facial disk and a lack of ear tufts. They are known as screech owls, wood owls, the great gray, the chaco in South America. The Ural wood owl alone boasts 15 sub-species in Europe and Northern Asia. Within this Strix genus, in North America, the barred wood owl is broken into three sub-species (the Northern varia, georgica in Florida and helveolain Texas), with a fourth (Strix sartorii) found in Mexico. JUNE 2013

Rangeland Management: Drought NICK ASHCROFT, PH.D. EXTENSION RANGELAND MANAGEMENT SPECIALIST EMAIL: NASHCROF@NMSU.EDU hile a majority of NM ranchers have experienced and adapted to drought (figure 1) over the last two years, they remain hopeful the rain will return in 2013. Many ranchers are already considering the best plan to pursue when the rains return. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Climate Prediction Center (NOAA) predict that “Under neutral Pacific Ocean conditions, the general winter outlook for much of the country is for equal chances of above-average, average, or below average precipitation” (www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/predictions/long_range/fxus05.html). NOAA also predicts persistent drought through July (Figure 2). What is clear is that the future climatic conditions are unknown and planning for the next year, one way or

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7. De-stocking plan in writing – probably already implemented, but may need revise de-stocking plan if drought continues into a third year. Prolonged drought has likely caused: 1. Plant mortality – previous drought estimates of up to 50 percent mortality even on ungrazed pastures. 2. Decreased production – surviving plants have been stressed and unable to replenish roots. 3. Tanks and ponds will take time to refill. 4. May see an increase in forbs 5. Possible increased risk from poisonous plants By now ranches have already reacted to the range conditions that accompany the drought, if not it is probably too late. So what should be done if the drought breaks and we can start rebuilding? Research indicates that if you maintained proper stocking rate relative to forage conditions from the beginning to the end of the drought that range plants will recover faster than if you didn’t stock properly. Whether in drought or not, the key is to balance forage demand and supply. When we do receive moisture it is going to take time for the rangelands to recover, soil moisture has been depleted and forage plants have been stressed. Assessing and planning are important regardless of drought conditions. Know what forage and water you have and how long it will last. This is also a good opportunity to evaluate grazing management, is what you have been doing working or is there areas for improvement. If you have been keeping track of precipitation and production an assessment not only provides information on the current conditions, but also provides an indication of how the resources have responded to management. An assessment is the first step in determining appropriate actions for recovery of the rangelands and any financial considerations. Assessment factors include: 1. Vegetation composition – forage and non-forage plants, desirable and undesirable. 2. Ground cover – important in maintaining soil and soil moisture 3. Production – important in determining stocking rate 4. Utilization – how much was used and where, identifying overused and underused resources 5. Precipitation records 6. Water availability for livestock-

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this; in fact survived Johnson’s massacre. He was called Mangas Coloradas. Mangas Coloradas was a leader fueled by the need for revenge. He possessed a talent for leadership which allowed him and his followers, the Copper Mine band, to wreck havoc on Mexican people initially and Americans after the American Occupation of 1846. Numbers are not available, but they killed all non-Indians with whom they came into contact. One story goes that the Apaches laid siege to Santa Rita, and when the fourhundred Mexican miners and their families were obliged to seek refuge in Chihuahua, they were slaughtered along the way. Only six of them reached Chihuahua. Other historians simply note, “there was a long hiatus in mining activities at Santa Rita.” The Apache war against Mexico and the United States lasted for nearly a half century; from what came to be called the Johnson Massacre of 1837 until Geronimo finally surrendered in 1886. Hundreds of lives were lost along the way, on both sides. As an aside, Johnson never collected any bounty for the Apache scalps. Depending on the source, he was either forced to leave the scene of the slaughter by a counter attack by the Apache survivors (lead by Mangas Coloradas), or he was subsequently put to flight by the Apaches and escaped to California where he died in poverty. In modern times, Santa Rita is well known as the birthplace of Harrison “Jack” Schmitt who as a NASA astronaut was the first, and only, civilian to walk on the moon (1972). He also served as a United States Senator from New Mexico (19771983). Santa Rita is a town that is no longer there. As the open-pit mine grew, the town was literally moved out of the way, until there was nothing left. One can view the huge mine and imagine a town somewhere out there in space. Selected sources: Howard Bryan, “Off the Beaten Path,” Albuquerque Tribune, December 30, 1957 Fugate & Fugate, Roadside History of New Mexico Robert Julyan, The Place Names of New Mexico William C. McGaw, Savage Scene John L. Sinclair, “Santa Rita – the town that vanished into thin air,” New Mexico Magazine, March 1985

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of the 1926 Cheyenne Frontier Days program, featuring her as a bronc rider, from the same rodeo in 1924. Amazingly, she was smiling and waving to the crowd while riding a bad bronc named, Stranger. She was the first woman ever to grace the cover of Cheyenne’s rodeo program. In all her years of riding, she was only seriously injured once. Mabel was performing in trick riding at the Madison Square Garden “World Championship” rodeo. She attempted to pass under the horse’s neck and grab the saddle on the other side as they go around the arena fullspeed. Even though she had done this numerous times before, somehow, she lost her grip, fell beneath the horse and was trampled. She was severely injured and reported as “near death.” She recovered however, and went on to continue her winning ways. A few championships credited to Mabel include: Pendleton, Oregon; Cheyenne, Wyoming; Walla Walla and Ellensburg, Washington; Dewey, Oklahoma and Madison Square Garden, New York. Once, when asked in an interview if she hoped her daughter, April, would follow in her footsteps, Mabel said, “I don’t want her to follow my game. It’s too hard for a woman, and then, maybe when she is old enough, there won’t be any contests.” Mabel was right, by depression years of the 30s, rodeo opportunities for women had all but disappeared. It wasn’t until the formation of the Women’s Professional Rodeo Association (WPRA) in 1948 that women began competing in all rodeo events once again. (Although this time it was only against other women, not men as well, like back in Mabel’s day.) During the 1930s, Hugh and Mabel relocated to Hollywood to work in the movies as many rodeo cowboy of that day wound up doing. They were in high demand for bits in Western movies, which were becoming very popular. Mabel preformed stunt work and had minor acting roles in many films; her pinnacle part being in Rhythm of the Range with Bing Crosby. While filming a scene for Rhythm, a set was duplicated to look like the arena at Madison Square Garden — where she had been badly injured in 1926. As Mabel walked on set, she fainted in front of a gate looking just like the one where she had been trampled. She was rushed to the hospital where physicians reported a hemorrhage had reappeared at the site of the old

wound! Later Mabel, along with Bonnie Gray and Bertha Blancett, founded the Association of Film Equestriennes, an association of women stunt riders and actresses. Mabel established herself as a sought-after movie actress and stunt woman in Hollywood. In 1941, Hugh Strickland passed away from a heart attack and Mabel then remarried to a man named Sam Woodward. The couple lived in Buckeye, Arizona where Mabel served the Appaloosa Horse Club on their Board of Directors from 1949 through 1965. As one of the first women elected to the board, Mabel was active in both the local and national levels. She was respected by her colleagues because of her determination and extensive experience as a professional horsewoman. Mabel owned, bred and showed Appaloosas for many years after leaving the rodeo and Holly-

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have individual identification and be accompanied by a certificate of veterinary inspection, greatly increasing the time and cost involved in shipping a load of cattle. In most cases, feeder cattle can move without restrictions. However, those regulations also provide for the option of using brands as identification, as long as an agreement has been reached between the states involved. The NMLB and New Mexico Cattle Growers’ Association have started work by reaching out to bordering states like Colorado, Texas, Oklahoma and Arizona to work on an agreement. Currently, the proposal would require: 1.) Official ID and Interstate Veterinary Health Certificate on all cattle 18 months and older, excluding cows going directly from farm or ranch to slaughter. 2.) Calves and yearlings under 18 months of age can travel on a brand inspection or other official documents as states agree. Prior entry permit numbers could be part of thebrand inspection or other official documents if receiving states so desire. 3.) Cows going directly from farm or ranch to slaughter can travel on a brand inspection or other official documents as states agree. Prior entry permit numbers could be part of the brand inspection or other official documents if receiving states so desire. The NMLB has strong ties with other brand states, and will continue to follow

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that tradition as much as possible, depending on those states’ policies, according to Ray Baca, NMLB Interim Director. “We are here to protect and serve the integrity of the industry. We can’t just be a regulatory agency, we need input from producers on these issues up front, because they are the ones who will be affected.” Both the NMLB and NMCGA worked hard as the ADT regulations were developed to have brand identification included in the final version. “We are hopeful that between the industry and the state veterinarians, we can reach an agreement with the other brand states,” said Caren Cowan, Executive Director of the New Mexico Cattle Growers’ Association (NMCGA). Speed of commerce is the big concern for Charlie Rogers, who owns the ClovisLivestock Market and represented New Mexico at the Western States’ Animal Health Meetingearlier this year where this issue was discussed between states. “There is a certain time of year – between September 15 and November 15 – when there are a lot of calves and yearlings moving out of New Mexico. If you had to have a health certificate on every delivery, you could not find enough veterinarians in the state who would be willing to leave their practice for that time to write health certificate for those cattle. It becomes almost an impossibility.” “The ADT rule allows states to make their own agreements,” he continued. “We hope to get the brand law states to band together and use what we have – our brands – which has been successful in the past, especially on cattle under 18 months of age.” “This is a work in progress, and we are asking for industry input,” Baca said. “I encourage anyone with questions, ideas, concerns or suggestions to contact me at 505/841-6161 or raye.baca@state.nm.us”■

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Riley Joins Cattle Growers’ & Wool Growers’ Staff ach Riley recently joined the staff of the New Mexico Cattle Growers’ Association (NMCGA) and New Mexico Wool Growers, Inc. (NMWGI). “Zach hit the ground running, coming to work for us during one of our busiest times of the year, and fit right in. We are glad to have him on board,” said Rex Wilson, NMCGA President, Carrizozo. “With his strong background in leadership and agriculture, Zach will be a great addition to the staff. We are looking forward to working with him,” said Marc Kincaid, NMWGI President, Hope. Riley will be working as an administrative assistant to both associations, focusing on policy and working through social media to reach a different demographic. Prior to joining the NMCGA and NMWGI, Riley worked almost two years as a field representative for Congressman Steve Pearce, serving as a liaison between the Congressman and constituents, organizations and local government entities. Before joining the Congressman’s staff, Riley worked as Executive Director of both the Lubbock and Amarillo Independent Electrical Contractors. “Over the past two years, I have worked closely with some of the issues the association has been engaged in,” Riley said. “I have been around cattle my whole life, when this opportunity arose, going to work to help safeguard the industry that I know and love seemed like the right direction for me.” A New Mexico native, Riley grew up in Melrose, near Taiban where the Riley family operates a cattle ranch, and graduated from Melrose High School. He received an

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inMemoriam Jimmie Dee Fox, 44, Fort Sumner, died of a heart attack on May 14, 2013 at her home. She was born January 6, 1969 in Portales, the daughter of Jimmy H. and LaHonda (Prather) Fox. She attended Fort Sumner schools, graduating in 1987, attended South Plains Junior College in Levelland, Texas and later computer school in Albuquerque. She worked for Team Builders in Fort Sumner. She served as a 4-H leader, President of the County Fair Board, Chairman of the Old Fort Days Rodeo, and Chairman of the De Baca County Democratic Party. She was a member of the Fraternal Order of Eagles, and the Valley Quilting Club. She was appointed by Governor Bill Richardson to the Eastern Plains Housing Authority. Jimmie Dee was a member of the Professional Bull Riders Association, she loved Professional Bull Riding. Survivors are her father Jimmy H. Fox of Fort Sumner; sister Robbie Andes, Portales; brother Rick Andes, Clovis; two aunts, Maurcenia Cross, Fort Sumner, Cloreta Hawk, Clovis; two nephews, two great-nieces, and a great nephew. Also surviving is a cousin raised in the family home, Tell Montoya, Artesia; along with several cousins, other relatives and many friends. Jack B. Bruton, 85, passed away on Saturday, May 18, 2013 at the Bruton Ranch with his family at his side. Jack was born on April 7, 1928 in T or C to Wesley and Allene (Gauwain) Bruton. His parents were Socorro County pioneer ranchers. Five generations of the Bruton family have ranched in New Mexico. Jack’s grandparents, Charlie and Agnes Bruton, ranched for a time in Texas and began ranching in New Mexico in the 1880s. Jack married his high school sweetheart, Grace Harriet, in 1948. In 1952, Jack and Grace started ranching on the San Augustine Plains. The Bruton family has ranched on those plains ever since. Jack served on the Socorro Electric Cooperative Inc. Board for 40 years. He was on the Salado Soil Conservation Board for 15 years and on the Good Samaritan Planning Board for Socorro County. Jack was also a member in the New Mexico Cattle Growers’ Association and the New Mexico Farm Livestock Bureau. He enjoyed roping in the “Round Belly Roping Club,” a group of ranchers who practiced roping on weekends for fun, and the Datil-Pietown Cowboy Polo Club, friends who played polo without the stan-

dard rules. Jack was honored as Grand Marshall of Magdalena Old Timer’s Reunion in 2008 and featured in the New Mexico Magazine article and the book, Making a Hand: Growing up Cowboy in New Mexico in 2005. Jack is survived by son, Jack W. Bruton (wife, Bonnie) Datil; daughter, Doreen Threet (husband, Bill) Jonesboro, Arkansas; daughter, Sharon Bruton, Belen; brother Neil Bruton (wife, Pauline) San Antonio; sisters Marianne Porter (husband, Al) Socorro; Alice Duquet (husband, Bob) Socorro; and Sue Harriet, Datil. He is also survived by eight grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren, many nephews, nieces, and friends. Grover Xavier (G.X.) McSherry, 88, Deming, passed away surrounded by family members on May 5, 2013. He started his life on November 23, 1924, in Dwyer, the son of Grover Cleveland McSherry and Mary Ellen (O’Connor) McSherry. G.X. grew up on the Mimbres River Valley during by the Great Depression and the fallout of the Dust Bowl. He was always proud of the acres of apple trees that he helped his parents plant in the valley, a traditional crop that followed both lines of his parents’ families from Pennsylvania and West Virginia. G.X. met his future bride, Clara Jo (Jody) Remondini, during World War II. They married in December 1945 and settled on Remondini the homestead east of Deming, to expand the farming and ranching operation. In the nearly 70 years that he farmed in Luna county, he increased his farming operation five-fold, moved from horse-drawn to high-tech methods, and was a constantly vigilant steward of the soil and water around his feet. G.X. was once quoted that his farm focused on producing the Three C’s: cattle, cotton and children. G.X.dedicated years to improving the marketing of crops and livestock (including serving on state and national commodity boards; being a founding member of the local cotton cooperative; and leading the New Mexico Hereford Association); he worked for 35 years on advising Luna County banks on agricultural financing; he was committed to sensible and balanced water use for agriculture and communities in the local, interstate and international arenas (serving on committees, commissions and holding national appointments to conservation bodies). He defended and expanded the rights and protection of New Mexico

farmers and ranchers during his sixteen years as a State Representative, having been elected by voters from Luna, Hidalgo, Doña Ana, and Sierra counties over the course of his political career. In a fitting tribute to a man who ‘finished’ high school at the age of 14 and lacked the financial wherewithal to attend college, G.X. received an honorary doctorate from New Mexico State University in 2003. He also received the Philip J. Leyendecker Agriculturalist of Distinction Award from NMSU’s college of Agriculture in 1991. As a farmer/rancher and as a legislator, G.X. was one of the staunchest advocates of NMSU (and going back to the days of New Mexico A&M), participating in extension activities and eventually securing legislative funding for expansion of research and education facilities at the university. Another indication of his indelible support for education was his insistence that every one of his seven children received a university degree. G.X. was proud to be part of a dynamic border community and used his bilingual and bicultural abilities to strengthen relations with business, political and service organizations in Mexico. His cross-border identity made him a much sought-after advisor to Governors, Congressmen and businessmen. One of his many important contributions to bilateral relations between the U.S. and Mexico was his work on the New Mexico Border Commission, which eventually led to the development of the international port of Santa Teresa, New Mexico. G.X. was a past president of the local Rotary Club. He was baptized in San Jose Church in Faywood, but was a strong supporter of Holy Family Catholic Church since 1945. G.X. was also a Knight of Columbus and a long-time contributor of beef to barbecue and cotton to the annual Parrish Klobase.G.X. is survived by Jody, his wife of 67 years, and seven children: Paul, Patricia, Michael, Marcia, David, Keven and Rod, their spouses, plus seventeen grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Two sisters, Rose and Vera Jo, also survive him. Tommie Pauline Bennett, 91, Rogers, passed away on April 28, 2013, following a short illness. Tommie was born July 5th, 1921 on her ranch, the land which was homesteaded by her father. Tommie lived continued on page 68

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Tequesquite Ranch by CURTIS FORT

bout the end of May I got word from my friend Wallace Cox, to come and help them brand a couple thousand calves at Tequesquite Ranch. I first knew Wallace and his wife Sandy when we all went to school at New Mexico State University. He was a few years ahead of me, and when he finished college he became the Luna County Agent at Deming. In May of 1978 Wallace was hired as assistant manager at the Tequesquite Ranch, and he and Sandy moved to headquarters. So I rolled my bed, gave my saddle a good oiling and pulled out for that good cow country north of Logan, New Mexico. The ranch has been owned by the Mitchell family since the 1890s. From working at the Bells I was aware of the legendary status of Albert K. Mitchell, and I was fortunate to meet him once. Thanks to George Ellis and the Mitchells, I was given the T. E. Mitchell Scholarship for my junior and senior years at NMSU. When I was registering for my fall classes in 1969, as I started to write a check for my tuition and books, the secretary, as she poured over paper work, smiled and said, “Wait! You have the T. E. Mitchell Scholarship!” I’ve always been grateful for that and it helped my folks, also, who had been paying tuition and books. I wrote A. K. a letter and thanked him . . . and still have his return letter. I knew that George had something to do with it but never really heard the full story until I talked with Linda Davis at a Will James get together at Santa Barbara, California in 2011. Linda said she happened to be at the Tequesquite when George called about the possibility of giving me the scholarship. It seems the scholarship was set up to help young folks from ranches in northeastern New Mexico. She said her dad asked George a few questions, such as . . . was he good with a young horse, did he come in on the drive where he was dropped off? . . .

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or at least most of the time. With George’s persuasion he said, “Okay let’s do it!” The T. E. Mitchell and Sons history is quite a legacy in the cattle industry. T. E. was born in 1864 at Cripple Creek, Colorado, became a cowpuncher and was wagon boss for the Huerfano Butte Cattle Company as a young man. In the early 1880s he became manager of the Bar T Cross, located on the Tequesquite [alkali] creek in New Mexico. In the 1890s Mitchell bought the Bar T Cross and over the next sixty years the family built it to around 300 sections. T. E.’s son Albert K. is a legend himself. He was born in 1894 at Clayton, NM, and was a cowpuncher from the word “go”. He was educated at the ranch by private tutor, then attended college at Cal Poly and Cornell. He also enlisted in the army to serve his country, and when finished, returned to the Tequesquite outfit in 1919. He became manager in 1925, also managing the Bell Ranch, which was one thousand sections from 1933 to 1947. He was a founder of The American Quarter Horse Association and had a long, productive career. He passed away at the Tequesquite Ranch on May, 28 1980. AK’s daughter is Linda Davis, of the CS Outfit. Linda has plenty of cow and horse in her veins and it would take a book to tell of it. As I turned off the highway at the bottom of David Hill and headed for headquarters, I was impressed with the condition of the range, fences and improvements … a ranch well managed for years! The cattle were big boned, well bred horned Herefords, from well respected lines of the breed. As I pulled into headquarters, established in the middle of the Tequesquite Valley in the late 1890s, I was impressed with the buildings, and all. It was just like pulling into the Forks, Sixes or any other well run cow outfit! A chore man pointed me to the bunkhouse, and I threw my bed and war

bag in a corner. Then I drove a little ways over to the horse corral and Wallace showed me an empty saddle rack, where I put my kak and all my cowboy stuff. About that time Albert J., who ran the outfit, walked into the corrals and up to that neat rock saddle house. I had met him at the New Mexico Cattle Growers’ Convention a few months before in Albuquerque. “Lil’ Al”, as we called him, was a nice fella, and fun to be around. He had come over from the office to welcome me. That’s rare on most outfits as he was the “big dog”, and I was another cowboy who had just unloaded most all that I owned. Over the next few years, I had many an enjoyable evening at the ranch with him and his wife Sherry, when I would come by and spend the night. The next morning we had breakfast at the cook-house, we saddled up, jumped our mounts into a couple of goose-necks and went to the Sabino Camp. It was way north of headquarters, up on top, above the head of Tequesquite Canyon. The next several days we worked several hundred yearlings in that country. As we put the last ones through the gate and loaded our mounts, Al called on the two-way in the helicopter, and asked me if I wanted to fly with him. About that time he set the chopper down by the road and Metti Gutierrez, a good hand, stopped the pickup and let me out. As Al flew us south from the high plains, the Tequesquite Canyon became a big gash below us and we saw wild burros. Soon we were at headquarters. The next morning Wallace roped out our mounts from the remuda, all well bred. There was a cowpuncher working there from the Deming range named Steve Allen, who was just out of high school. He was a good hand and fun to work with, as he always had his rope down, and a miscontinued on page 51

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chievous grin! We went south to the Cerro Camp, or as they referred to it “Tony’s Camp”, as Tony had held that camp for 40 years or so. We started branding the registered herd calves. We branded five-hundred or so calves over the next ten days. There were an average of forty cows to each pasture and we held them up “outside”. They would pair up and the roper could see the horn brand on the mother cow. He would then pass that along to the bookkeeper and the guy doing the tattoos in the calves’ ear that corresponded to its breeding through that horn number. There was the Revol, Tejano, Rincon and several other smaller pastures with registered cows, calves and a bull in them. All that record keeping is what took so much time. So, if we got eighty or less calves branded each day we did good working out of headquarters. Besides the Cerro Camp, there was the Bar T Cross Camp in the southern part of the ranch, where we worked those registered calves. I remember one pasture, named the Carrizo, from the creek that flowed through it from the west side of the ranch to the Tequesquite

Creek. We would usually make a big corral with some panels and a pickup and trailer. That way they would pair up and Al usually roped them. A calf got through the fence at the start but worked its way back and was just outside the fence as Al had roped the last one. He eased over to the fence a-horseback, with his loop made, tryWallace Cox, Tequesquite Ranch, NM, June, 1979 ing not to scare the calf. Al could throw a good “Hoolahan”. As he sharpen our knives and get the branding stood up in the saddle and leaned forward rig all ready for the commercial herd. So a to throw the loop, he also stuck that chest- few days later we would make a drive each nut colored horse in the flank. The horse day on some big pastures, and brand twopromptly fell apart and threw Al plumb hundred or so calves a day. Every body got over the fence, with Al not even touching to drag calves. It was a good and fun crew the top wire. The calf ran through the loop to work with. The range was in excellent as Al was too busy sailing through the air shape with the Gramma grass heading out, to jerk his slack. He usually tied on, but it and we threw thirty heifers in the horse was good that he had untied it to reach pasture as the yucca blooms were thick! that calf, or it would have been a bad After fifteen-hundred calves we were wreck. I really had fun over the next few through and I went south to help work the years reminding Al of that incident! Question Mark. I’ll never forget a great When we finished the registered cattle, works at the Tequesquite, with green Wallace said we’d take a few days to grass, good horses and good men. ■

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H BLACK & IRISH RED IRISBulls & Females For Sale These cattle are renowned for their grade-ability, early maturity & growth, marbling & cut-out percentage. Irish Black & Irish Red sired calves are a favorite among feeders & packers alike. Cow-calf operators like them because of their exceptional calving-ease & high fertility.

JARMON RANCH

575-318-4086 575-318-4086

Cortez, Colorado Please call Steve Jarmon

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She showed and read from a Dr. Seuss book, The Bippolo Seed & Other Stories. There is a chapter entitled “Steak for Dinner.” Ms. Williams has a Classroom Visit Survival Guide for how to prepare and present to children in a classroom where their food comes from. It ties into science, nutrition and history. Ag in the Classroom supports both Kids, Kows and More and Pumpkin Patch. To counter the misinformation by PETA and HSUS, children need to be shown that killing an animal provides more than meat. Every part of the animal is used in medicine and other products that help people in their daily lives. Ag in the Classroom is a national association with bureaus in each state. Agriculture is not a separate study, but must be incorporated into the teaching core curriculum. The information on agriculture must be given to each adult and child is such a way as to open the door so they question their assumptions that are not based on fact, but on media bias. Lariat CowBelles joined teachers for a training session on Ag in the Classroom that was held that afternoon at Alvis School. Respectfully submitted, Marianne Rose Reporter, Lariat CowBelles. New Mexico CowBelles: Thank you to all who have submitted their news to “Jingle Jangle.” Please send minutes and/or newsletters to: Jingle Jangle, Janet Witte, 1860 Foxboro Ct., Las Cruces, NM 88007 or email: janetwitte@msn.com by the 14th ■ of every month.

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KAIL RANCHES Quality Registered Romagnola and Angus Bulls & Replacement Females Disposition and Birth Weight a given. STOP BY – SEEING IS BELIEVING! R.M. Kail, Owner 307/367-3058

Raul Munoz, Manager 575/461-1120

P.O. Box 981 • Conchas, NM 88416 State Hwy. 104-3 miles north, mile marker 66

Producers of Quality & Performance Tested Brahman Bulls & Heifers “Beef-type American Gray Brahmans, Herefords, Gelbvieh and F-1s.” Available at All Times Loren & Joanne Pratt 44996 W. Papago Road Maricopa, AZ 85139 520 / 568-2811

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YANMAR DIESEL

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Drinking Water Storage Tanks

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A Ag New Mexico FCS ACA . . . . . . . . .6 Agrow Credit Corporation . . . . . . . .21 Ken Ahler Real Estate Co Inc . . . . .60 American Galloway Breeders Assn .55 American Water Surveyors . . . . . . .29 Arizona Ranch Real Estate . . . . . . .61 Artesia Trailer Sales . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 B Ken Babcock Sales . . . . . . . . . . . .43 Bar J Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55 Bar G Feedyard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13 Bar M Real Estate . . . . . . . . . .61, 66 Tommy Barnes Auctioneer . . . . . . .57 Barzona Breeders Assn of America .37 Beaverhead Outfitters . . . . . . . . . .67 Big Mesa Realty . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61 BJM Sales & Service, Inc . . . . . . . .56 Border Tank Resources . . . . . . . . .56 Bovine Elite LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55 Bradley 3 Ranch, LTD . . . . . . . . . .53 Brennand Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54 C C Bar Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55 Mike Casabonne . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17 The Case Company Real Estate & .63 Casey Beefmasters . . . . . . . . . . . . .55 Caviness Packing Co Inc . . . . . . . .20 Cattleman’s Livestock Commission .36 Don Chalmers Ford . . . . . . . . . . . .31 Charter Capital Realty . . . . . . . . . .64 Clovis Livestock Auction . . . . . . . . .14 Coba Select Sires . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54 Coldwell Banker Legacy/ Howard Michael . . . . . . . . . . . . .66 Conniff Cattle Co LLC . . . . . . . . . .69 Cooper Brothers . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17 Cowboys Real & Imagined . . . . . . .25 Cox Ranch Herefords . . . . . . . . . . .54 D D Squared Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . .39 David Dean/Campo Bonito . . . . . .62 Dan Delaney Real Estate . . . . . . . .64 Desert Scales & Weighing Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56 Domenici Law Firm PC . . . . . . . . .40

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G Gallup Lumber & Supply . . . . .41, 57 Giant Rubber Water Tanks . . . . . . .17 Grau Charolais . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53

K Kaddatz Auctioneering . . . . . . . . . .56 Kail Ranches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55 Kern Land . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64 David & Joan Kincaid . . . . . . . . . . .19 Bill King Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2

R Ranch For Sale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67 The Ranches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52 Red Doc Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 D.J. Reveal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56 Riley & Knight Appraisal, LLC . . . .62 Rim Fire Stock Dogs . . . . . . . . . . .26 Robertson Livestock . . . . . . . . . . . .57 Roswell Livestock Auction Co . . . . .12 Roswell Wool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15

L L & H Mfg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40 Lakins Law Firm PC . . . . . . . . . . .14 Lazy D Ranch Red Angus . . . . . . . .53 Lazy Way Bar Ranch . . . . . . . . . . .55

S James Sammons & Associates Inc . .67 Sandia Trailer Sales & Service . . . .56 Santa Rita Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55 Scott Land . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59

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J JaCin Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54 Jarmon Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53 JMT Pipe & Service Company, LLC .57 Joe’s Boot Shop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51

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H Hall-Gnatkowski Inc . . . . . . . . . . . .17 Harrison Quarter Horses . . . . . . . . .56 Headquarters West Ltd . . . . . . . . .61 Headquarters West Ltd/Hubbell . . .62 Henard Ranches . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43 Hi-Pro Feeds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 Hubbell Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55 Hudson Livestock Supplements . . .27 Huguley Co. Land Sales . . . . . . . . .67 Hutchison Western . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6

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was one of several singled out by Coburn “While these studies may provide some interesting information about rabbits, sheep and other animals, cancelling or delaying them is not life threatening. Yet shutting down vital flood gauges, by the agency’s own admission, could be,” Coburn said. Is it just me or is Interior becoming the King of Sequester Jesters? Till next time, be a nuisance to the devil and don’t forget to check that cinch. Frank DuBois was the NM Secretary of Agriculture from 1988 to 2003, is the author of a blog: The Westerner (www.thewesterner.blogspot.com) and is the founder of The DuBois Rodeo Scholarship (www.nmsu.edu/~duboisrodeo/).

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MAJOR RANCH REALTY RANDELL MAJOR Qualifying Broker

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Cell: 575-838-3016 Office: 575-854-2150 Fax: 575-854-2150

P.O. Box 244 585 La Hinca Road Magdalena, NM 87825

■ LOW ROLLING PLAINS OF TEXAS - 10,500 ac. +/ranch, large lake w/permits for dam & right-to-impound in place to add tremendous esthetic quality to the ranch together w/hunting, boating, fishing & commercial & residential development potential. Please call for details! ■ OCEANS OF WATER III - Lipscomb CO., TX. - 2,403 ac. +/- of sprinkler irr. farmland w/excellent improvements for livestock, pvmt. & all-weather roads, excellent area for corn, seed milo, peanuts, cotton & alfalfa. Section of native grass can be purchased w/property.

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RANCH 16,400 Deeded Acres Santa Rosa, New Mexico Headquarters is an Historic Stagecoach Stop 3 Additional Houses Extensive Improvements

Horse Walker Running Water Springs Pre-Conditioning Facility

Indoor Arena

Rolling Hill Country

Outdoor Arena

Sub-Irrigated Meadows

Horse Stables

Call for Price

Water Rights (Ditch and Sprinkler) Deer and Antelope Hunting

CHARLES BENNETT United Country / Vista Nueva, Inc. (575) 356-5616 • www.vista-nueva.com

Little Cayuse Ranch – Horse & cow ranch operation near Cedarvale has 1,680 deeded acres + 230 ac state grazing lease, HQ home, foreman’s home, barn, sheds, tack room, 3 excellent wells, 4 pastures. 80 acre pivot waters hay land. Priced at $850,000 Villanueva Ranch – on Hwy 3 has 285 deeded acres + 4,450 acre NM state grazing lease. Fenced, several dirt tanks, 10,000 gallon water storage tank & pipeline drinkers. Price reduced to $698,900 Anderson Ranch – also on Hwy 3 has 9,024 total acres w/HQ home, Foreman’s quarters, equipment shed, 3 excellent wells, 3 pipelines, working pens and 1,000 deeded acres all for $1,600,000 You can’t ranch any cheaper than this one... La Cueva Canyon Ranch – 1,595 deeded acres w/240 acres of BLM. Scenic parcel has tall pines, canyon springs, dirt tanks, new fence on NE corner. Turkeys, deer & other native specie abound. Priced reduced: Now $677,875 Owner will finance! Trigg’s Ranch – 720 deeded acres lies adjacent to La Cueva Canyon ranch on Apache Mesa. Good access & incredible views. Off the grid in the tall pines Priced at $306,000. and a smaller 200 acre parcel available! Owners will finance... Ledoux, NM – Perimeter fenced 60 acre dry land terraced farm has overhead electric, sub-irrigated pasture county road access! Located ½ mile north of Ledoux. Price Reduced: $228,000 Dilia, NM – 35 acre fenced & irrigated farm for sale, 35 ac/ft water rights plus farm equipment. Stocked fish pond, mobile home on site w/community water & septic. Priced at $548,000 Anton Chico – BUYERS’ MARKET!! 65 acre irrigated farm has 100 + ac/ft ditch rights. HQ home on historic register. Bunkhouse, storage shed, shop + irrigation & farm equipment go w/sale. Great value in this sale price! Price is $698,900 Jaymar Rd. Stanley, NM – 77 acre horse property has 3 pastures fenced & cross fenced, 1 trap, 3 loafing sheds, hay storage & tack room. Incredible views from HQ home. Owner will lease back. Make an offer we can’t refuse. Near Roswell, NM – 58,000 acre cow operation has reduced their price to $204 per acre. Call for details.

KEN AHLER REAL ESTATE CO., INC. 1435 S. St. Francis Drive, Suite 210, Santa Fe, NM 87505

Office: 505/989-7573 • Toll Free: 888/989-7573 • Mobile: 505/490-0220 Email: kahler@newmexico.com • Website: www.SantaFeLand.com

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NEW MEXICO RANCHES – A Premier Ranch, Approx. 30,000 Ac. with 1/3 Deeded & 2/3 State Lease, two great headquarters, running creeks and irrigated pasture, Union County. – Mixed land status on this good summer yearling operation for 850-1,200 hd. 14,680 acres, open rolling country, well watered, good corrals with scales. – Private Hunting Retreat, 5,000 Ac. Deeded + State, no public access, Mule Deer, Elk, Bear, Lion, Quail & Turkey, beautiful & rugged, electricity & phone. – Just east of Moriarty, 1,365 Deeded & 1,810 State, Mobile Home, barns & small set of corrals, has irrigation rights for 50 Acres, good accessibility. – San Lorenzo, only 15 miles SE of Silver City, beautiful, treed country, fronts on paved highway, has over 63 Acre Feet of very valuable water rights, for residential development, 1,273 Deeded Ac. & 1,320 Acres of State Lease. – Nogal Canyon, between T or C and Socorro just off of I-25, a scenic ranch with complete headquarters offering fantastic views, 2,068 Deeded Ac., 837 Ac State & a small Forest Permit. Good Hunting in this area, especially in the Canyon! Being farmed.

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

haybarn/equipment shed, all for $1,700,000, plus an additional 160+/deeded acres w/142 water shares avail. $560,000 (subject to purchase of 77.5± deeded acre parcel.) Miami Mountain View. 80± deeded acres w/80 water shares & house. $550,000. Miami. 10± deeded acres, awesome home, total remodel, awesome views $295,000. Miami WOW. Big home in Santa Fe Style great for family on 3 acres. $274,900. Miami Tangle Foot. 10.02± deeded acres w/water shares & meter. $140,000. Maxwell. 19.5± deeded acres, water, outbuildings, great horse set up. $269,000. Canadian River. 39.088± deeded acres, w/nice ranch home & river. $288,000.

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C6 Ranch: Sonoita/Patagonia AZ. 165 head, 45 acres deeded, 8700 acres forest lease great water, good improvements. $725,000. Sam Hubbell-Tom Hardesty Stockton Pass: Beautiful SE AZ Ranch North of Willcox, Mountain Ranch 145 head AU, Deeded Surrounded by forest. $975,000. Walter Lane Red Top Ranch: 3,800 deeded acres in SE AZ. Priced at $225 per deeded acre. Walter Lane Perkins Ranch: Yavapai County, NE of Chino Valley, 214 deeded acres, 51,625 acres forest lease, 266 AU, located on the Verde River $8,575,000. Andy Groseta Wildhorse Basin Ranch: Yavapai county, 864 deeded, 6701 State Lease, $3,900,000. Con Englehorn La Cienga: Mohave county, 122.83 deeded acres, 166,234 State/BLM Lease, 490 head $1,200,000. Paul Groseta Crooked H: Central AZ, 126 Sections, 450 head Winter Range/664 summer Range. $2,375,000 Traegen Knight Lazy EH: Western AZ, 122.5 deeded, 300,000 BLM/State Lease, 17,486 AUM ephemeral/500 AU yearlong. 18 wells, 4 pumps on CAP Canal. $600,000. Con Englehorn NI Ranch Tombstone AZ: The ranch consists of 6555 deeded acre & 6650 state lease, 250 head annually; all improvements are in top condition, the ranch is well watered w/8 wells, & pipelines. Good strong grass country. The Ni Ranch is one of the last working cattle ranches in the state with the majority of the land being deeded. Priced at $3,150,000

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Pomerene Ranch – Benson AZ, 81 head yearlong, 92 Acres Deeded, 7650 acres AZ State Lease, nice ranch with many new improvements. Ask Scott Thacker about the current FSA loan, EQIP Projects, & the Range Rest Rotation payments. Asking $425,000

on 1200 Deeded Acres, State and Forest leases. Perfect mix of a functioning cattle ranch, rich history, and amazing headquarters. 4 Houses plus a main house and an indoor swimming pool. The ranch might be a guest ranch or large family estate. Asking $2,800,000

Marana Farm – 130 Acre farm, 22 acres irrigated, pecans & pastures, 2 shops, nice large house, spa, pool & huge tree lined pond. Great lifestyle ranch, Close to Tucson & convenience. Asking $995,000

Split Rock Ranch – Paradise AZ.: 6,000 acres deeded, 200 head year long, State, BLM, Forest, Increased AG production could be developed, basic ranch housing, beautiful setting. Asking $3,631,800

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C6 Ranch – This ranch is located at Patagonia AZ. The ranch consists of 40 deeded acres & 8,000 plus acres National Forest Lease. This ranch is rated at 165 head annually. Great water system & good strong grass. Improvements include 1600 sq. ft. home built in 2006, barn & corrals. The Ranch has easy access to town & beautiful views. $725,000. Santo Nino – This Ranch is located 7 miles south of Patagonia on the western edge of the beautiful San Rafael Valley. This ranch consists of 62 deeded acres & 12,000 plus National Forest Lease. The ranch is rated at 185 head annually. The land contained in the ranch consists of steep sided ridges to rolling hills along the side of the valley floor. Improvements include 3,000 sq. ft. owners home, cowboy house, barn & corrals. Rarely does a ranch in this area come on the market. $899,000 including cattle. NI Ranch Tombstone, AZ – The Ranch consists of 6555 deeded acres and 6650 state lease, 250 head annually; all improvements are in top condition, the ranch is well watered with 8 wells, and pipelines. Good strong grass country. The Ni Ranch is one of the last working cattle ranches in the state with the majority of the land being deeded. Priced at $3,150,000. K Bar Ranch Datil, NM – 160 deeded acres, 6000 forest permit. Rated for 70 head year-long. Nice improvements, close to town. $950,000

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STALLARD REAL ESTATE SERVICES NEW - LINCOLN COUNTY, NM CATTLE & HUNTING RANCH ~ Prime elk hunting & cattle grazing opportunity on 1,356 deeded & 2,000 acres forest allotment west of Capitan NM. Same family ownership for over 100 years. Elevation from 6,700 – 7,200’. Good water with 3 live springs, 2 wells, & lake bed. Ranch only elk tags. NM CATTLE & HUNTING RANCH ~ The best small ranch around! 2,560 deeded acres w/ 2,000+ ac full mineral rights. 80 acres BLM lease. Near Lincoln Nat’l Forest south-central NM. Great hunting w/elk (5 bull & 2 cow tags allotted), deer, more. Approx. 60 AU & possibility for future wind energy income. Home, barn, pens, good water, bunkhouses for hunters. 6,400' elevation EAST CENTRAL NM RANCH ~ 2,560 deeded ac w/3 wells & good setup. 4/2 home, corrals, scales, 30'x75' hay barn, shed. 2 antelope tags, blue quail & dove. Native NM gramma grass. REDUCED - FORT SUMNER NM HORSE PROPERTY ~ 15 irrigated acres w/ pipe fences. Improvements include metal horse barn w/covered stalls/runs, tack room, 2 other metal barns, & a 2,745 SF home. Landscaped. Near town, but in the country. EAST OF FT. SUMNER ~ 262 acres native grass with 2 homes, barns, corrals, stalls, & well. Highway frontage. Only 5 miles from town. John Stallard, Broker • 575-760-1899 • 575-355-4454 office • 866-781-2093 toll free 26230 US Highway 60-84 East • Ft. Sumner, NM 88119 realestate@plateautel.net • www.RanchEtc.com

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520-275-7106 Southwest New Mexico Farms and Ranches 5.34 ACRE FARM – with EBID located off Sayles Road in Mesquite, NM. Great little farm for your dream home. Horses or 4-H animals allowed. Telephone & electric available. Owner financing available. Pri ced at $119,000 MAHONEY PARK – Just 10 miles southeast of Deming, N.M. The property consists of approx. 800 acres Deeded, 560 acres State Lease, & 900 acres BLM. This historic property is located high up in the Florida Mountains & features a park like setting, covered in deep grasses with plentiful oak & juniper covered canyons. The cattle allotment would be approx. 30 head (AUYL). Wildlife includes deer, ibex, javalina, quail & dove. This rare jewel would make a great little ranch with views & a home site second to none. Pri ce reduced to $550,000. SAN JUAN RANCH – Located 15 miles south of Deming, N.M. east of Highway 11 (Columbus Highway) on CR-11. Approximately 24,064 acres consisting of approximately 2684 acres Deeded, 3240 State Lease, 13,460 BLM, & 4,680 uncontrolled. The cattle allotment would be approx. 183 head (AUYL). There are 6 solar powered stock wells with metal storage tanks & approximately 6½ miles pipeline. The ranch has a very diverse landscape consisting of high mountain peaks, deep juniper & oak covered canyons, mountain foothills & desert grasslands. There is plentiful wildlife including deer, ibex, javalina, quail & dove. A trul y great b uy! Pri ce reduced to $550,000. 27.50 Acre Farm – Consists of 3 tracts – 8 Acres, 8 Acres, & 11.5 Acres – will sell separately. Full EBID & shared irrigation well. Community water, electric, telephone & gas on Camunez Road to adjoining property. Beautiful farm land, great mountain & valley views. Take Highway 28 south to San Miguel, east or left on Highway 192, first right or south on Las Colmenas, then left or east on Camunez to end of pavement. Pri ced at $467,000. Arrington Ranch – Located just west of Las Cruces, NM, between Highway 70 and Afton Road on County Road B006. 182 head permit. 81 acres deeded, approximately 3090 state lease and 32,760 acres BLM (approximately 37,508 acres total). 5 pastures, 4 wells and 2 dirt tanks. 1940 adobe home with 3 bedrooms, 2 baths and 1526 square feet. Reasonably priced at $450,000.

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

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This extremely well improved working cattle ranch is located near Tucumcari, New Mexico. The terrain varies from low lying flats to elevated rocky mesa side slopes. Fences are good to excellent and the ranch is one of the best watered properties in Eastern New Mexico. Improvements include a good ranch home, new barns and outstanding shipping pens and working pens. Everything is extremely well maintained. This is a rancher’s ranch priced to fit a rancher’s pocket book at only $325 per deeded acre. Offered co-exclusively with WIN Realty.

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RANCHES/FARMS *NEW* 500 Head Ranch, Tucson, AZ Well improved HQ with 3 homes, pool, barns, corrals, airplane hanger & strip. State & BLM grazing leases. 80 Deeded Acres. $2,380,000. Owner may split. *REDUCED* 52 Head Ranch, San Simon, AZ – Indian Springs Ranch, pristine & private, only 12 miles from I-10. Bighorn sheep, ruins, pictographs. 1480 acres of deeded, 52 head, BLM lease, historic rock house, new cabin, springs, wells. $1,300,000 Terms. *NEW* San Simon, AZ – Indian Springs Farm 162 acres w/pivot, nice home, hay barn other utility buildings. $750,000 *N OW R EDUCED TO $780, 000* +/-128 Head Flying Diamond Ranch, Klondyke, AZ +/-1500 deeded acres, State & (2) USFS Grazing Leases. Main residence, guesthouse, barn, hay barn, & corrals at HQ. Good access, in a great location. 335 Head Ranch, Greenlee County, AZ – Near Double Circle Ranch. +/20 Deeded acres, w/two homes, barn & outbuildings. 58 Sections USFS grazing permit. Good vehicular access to the ranch – otherwise this is a horseback ranch. Scenic, great outfitters prospect. $850,000 *NEW* Graham Co, AZ 78 Plus Head Cattle Ranch – Approx. 640 deeded acres, 3633 acres USFS and 5204 acres BLM; 1 BR, 1 Bath home/camp. Foothills of the Santa Teresa Mountains. $650,000 *REDUCED* Young, AZ, 65+ Acres – Under the Mogollon Rim, small town charm & mountain views. 2100 s.f., 3 BR, 2 Bath home, 2 BR cabin, historic rock home currently a museum, shop, & barn. Excellent opportunity for

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

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*NEW* 316 Head Ranch, near Socorro, NM, +/-2663 scenic acres of deeded, 1917 acres NM State lease, 24,582 acres BLM. Solid working, cattle ranch in a good location w/excellent access. Good mix of browse & grass. 140,000 gallons of water storage, pipelines, wells, dirt tanks. HQ w/home, good corrals, in the foothills of the Ladron Mtns. $1,400,000 * REDUCED* Virden, NM +/-78 Acre Farm, with 49+ acres of irrigation rights. 3 BR, 2 Bath site built home, shop, hay barn, 8 stall horse barn, unique round pen with adjoining shaded pens, roping arena. Scenic setting along the Gila River. Great set up for raising horses also suitable for cattle, hay, pecans, or pistachios, $550,000 *NEW* +/- 50 Head Ranch, Virden, NM – 367 Deeded acres, 4,000 acres BLM, nice HQ w/home, barn, corrals, along two miles of the beautiful Gila River. $525,000 *REDUCED* Franklin, NM, 28 Acre Farm – Franklin, NM, 28 Acre Farm – 19 Acres of water rights from Franklin I.D., 5 BR, 3 bath Mfg. home, corrals, barn. Great for small

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farming operation, horses or cattle. Along the scenic Gila River. $125,000 Terms. HORSE PROPERTIES/LAND *NEW* +/- 480 Acres Oracle, AZ – One of the last remaining large parcels. Currently operating as a small cattle operation. Great prospect for future development in a desirable location. Fenced with a well, electric power, and two mfg. homes. $2,500,000. *NEW* Sonoita, AZ, 60 Acre Western Gentlemen’s Ranch Located in the middle of the beautiful Coronado National Forest. Charming main residence, guest house and caretakers home. Former ranch HQ with barn, corrals, round pen and arena. Great retreat, bed and breakfast or family residence. Purchase main home and guest house on 40 Acres for $725,000 or purchase all for $925,000.

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San Rafael Valley, AZ – Own a slice of heaven in the pristine San Rafael Valley, 152 Acres for $380,150 & 77 Acres with well for $217,000 *NEW* Rodeo, NM, 160 Acres - on the western slope of the Peloncillo Mountains. 4-forty acre parcels surrounded by BLM land on two sides. Unimproved lots with electric nearby. $141,760 Willcox, AZ 40 Acres – Great views in every direction, power to the property. $85,000.

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

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National Day of the Cowboy in New Mexico

In Memoriam

by RICHARD BEAL

on the homestead most her life. She was a true Roosevelt County Pioneer who loved the farm and home where she was raised and in turn where she and her husband raised their family. Tommie attended NMSU until ENMU became a four-year college. She transferred and continued her education, lacking only one semester when she met Charlie Bennett and decided to leave college to marry. Tommie was an avid sports fan and watched hours of basketball, baseball, football and rodeo activities on television. She never missed an opportunity to attend many of these events that her children, grandchildren and great grandchildren participated in. Tommie was closely associated with planning the Roosevelt County Fair Old Timer’s Day visitation for many years and received the “Pioneer of the Year” award. Tommie is survived by her five children, Patricia (husband, Duwain) Bullock, Roswell; Gail (husband, Cotton) Patton, Roswell, Phyllis (husband, Allen) Ivey, Roy, Sue Nash, Lubbock, and Charles (wife, Beverly) Bennett, Portales, eleven grandchildren, seventeen great-grandchildren, her sister-in-law, Margaret Brown, and many other close family members and friends. Lois W. Claridge, 91, passed away quietly on May 4, 2013 at her home in Safford, Arizona. She was born in Paxton, Illinois, a small Scandinavian farming community, to Anton and Ellen Pearson Wesslund. She moved to Chicago with her parents and brother Richard when she was 12 years old. She attended North Park Junior College and graduated with a Bachelor of Science Degree from Northwestern University and a diploma in Nursing from Evanston Hospital, serving these last two institutions as an instructor in Medical and Surgical Nursing during World War II. For health reasons, she moved to Arizona in 1946 and was employed as a nurse by F.W. Knight, M.D. at the Safford Medical Clinic. While working there she met and was courted by local Gila Valley pioneer family rancher Samuel Ray Claridge. They married in 1948. Lois served as the Safford School Nurse from 1954 to 1965. In 1965 she began a lengthy career in social work

he New Mexico Legislature unanimously passed a resolution introduced by Rep. Brian F. Egolf and cosponsored by Rep. Candy Spence Ezzell declaring July 27, 2013 as National Day of the Cowboy in New Mexico. Local ranches and businesses are encouraged to hold special events that day at their facilities . . . a BBQ with a western flair, a square dance, a special sale of cowboy clothing, a western celebrity guest, horse clinic, book signing, horseback trail rides, hotel discounts, restaurant special meals, featuring western art, trunk shows, special western buckles, maybe some cowboy singing and food? Clint Mortenson will be holding a free event at 96 Bonanza Creek Road, Santa Fe on that day featuring team roping, barrel racing, arena polo, kids games, tack swap, vendor booths, horse demonstrations, and lots more! Cowboys have been part of New Mexico history even before it became a state so it seems very appropriate to honor the past and current contributions and encourage events to commemorative them. There are 6,800 livestock producing ranches in New Mexico and with the support organizations and services they employ 18,000 people and produce about $2.1 billion in economic activity each year. The National Day of the Cowboy is a day Congress has set aside for Americans to celebrate and honor their pioneer heritage and the contributions of the Cowboy and Cowgirl to America’s culture and economy. This resolution, naming the fourth Saturday in July as a national day to honor the Cowboy, has passed in the U.S. Senate for five consecutive years, beginning July 23, 2005. In 2008, for the first time, the National Day of the Cowboy resolution was sponsored and passed in the U.S. House of Representatives, by Arizona U.S. Congresswoman, Gabrielle Giffords (yes, that Gabby). In June 2008, the National Day of the Cowboy resolution also passed in the Arizona State Legislature, making Arizona the first state to pass a Cowboy Day resolution. In 2009, it passed in the state legislatures of Texas, Arizona, New York, Kansas, and Oklahoma.

Richard Beal is a writer and a cowboy who loves working with horses and cattle. He and his family live in the town of Lamy overlooking the beautiful Galisteo Basin. He is also a member of the NMCGA

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with the Arizona Department of Public Welfare. She was supervisor in Graham County for the Food Stamp Program, and was also involved in child protective services, adoptions, and other activities. When the Department of Public Welfare became a part of the Department of Economic Security, Lois assumed the role of Office Coordinator for the Graham County D.E.S. and continued in both positions until her retirement in 1983. Lois belonged to numerous organizations including the Safford Woman’s Club, Swift-Murphy American Legion Auxiliary, Graham County Historical Society, Safford-Graham County Public Library Board, Graham-Greenlee Health Planning Council, Arizona Easter Seal Society, Arizona Nurses Association, and Arizona Community College Board. A founder of the Mt. Graham Cowbelles chapter in 1953, she was active at the state level and served a year as president of the American National Cowbelles in 1962. She is survived by her son, Cliff, twin daughters Lynne and Lois Ann, 12 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren. Dustin Nathaniel Sultemeier, 30, Carlsbad, died in an automobile accident on April 23, 2013. He was born May 30, 1982 in Hobbs to Allen and Kristin Sultemeier. Dustin attended elementary school at Corona Elementary, then moved to Capitan in 1995, where he graduated from high school. He was a dedicated athlete and was active in both 4-H and FFA in judging and showing. He went on to complete the Building Trades Certificate from ENMU Ruidoso He worked as a journeyman electrician then as an oilfield electrician. Dustin is survived by his parents, Allen and Kristin Sultemeier; brothers, Wade, Capitan and Keith, Carlsbad; maternal grandparents, Madie and Virginia Sansoucie, Roswell and Jack and Willie McCaw, Rye, Colorado; paternal grandmother, Allene Sultemeier, Albuquerque; aunt, Judith McCaw, Pueblo, Colorado; uncle Jack McCaw III and aunt Becky Watterson, Ruidoso; uncles and aunts, Mark and Barbara Sultemeier, Corona and Bunk and Laurie Mullins. Las Cruces; five cousins, and many friends. 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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As the presiding judge for Pima County’s Civil Arbitration and Alternative Dispute Resolution program, Cornelio oversees between 70 and 80 settlement conferences a year, according to documents. Cornelio said he met with a representative of the judicial commission to discuss the complaints and they “reached a resolution that is mutually satisfactory.” In addition to the censure, it was agreed Cornelio will be assigned a mentor in at least 25 percent of his settlement conferences for six months. He is allowed to offer suggestions for who his mentor should be. “I’m working with the conduct commission on finding a mentor with the idea that I’ve been doing these a long time and been successful at it, there’s always something I can learn,” he said. In addition, Cornelio agreed to attend at least one educational course “related to appropriate judicial demeanor.” Cornelio was previously censured in 2010 for cursing and showing his middle finger to an attorney, who was a personal friend, at a settlement conference. In 2007 he was reprimanded for confronting “a ■ court employee on a public street.”

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