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

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Horse Section

Horses in Crisis

Heart Disease in Horses

Factors That Affect Breeding Ability In Bulls

Standing Out In The Crowd

Beauty for Ashes

by Rusty Cook, New Mexico Horse Council President by Heather Smith Thomas by Callie Gnatkowski Gibson

by Kyra Grant

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

News Update

N.M. CowBelles Jingle Jangle

Missions Accomplished

N.M. Old Times & Old Timers

To The Point

Scatterin’ The Drive

Cowboy Heroes

EDITORIAL & ADVERTISING

N.M. Federal Lands Council News

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Estrays

New Mexico Livestock Board Update

NMBC Bullhorn

Seedstock Guide

Real Estate Guide

In Memoriam

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Dear Fellow Members, t the risk of sounding like a broken record or maybe a scratched CD — I don’t know if iPods stick — but be that as it may, I have one more “all hands on deck” call to ensure that our families turn out the vote for the upcoming general election. In the past, Election Day was a family event where everyone went to town as a family, often spending the day in town visiting other families and friends on the same mission. It was almost a holiday, but our parents and grandparents instilled in us that it is not only a right to vote, but a responsibility. Today’s ease of voting early and absentee — plus the hectic lives the electronic age has created — makes those family election days truly a thing of the past. And today that responsibility has never been heavier. The choices to be made on the ballot from local elections all the way to the presidency have never been more important and may never be again in our lifetimes. Your efforts to vote paid off in the primary in many races and we must carry that success forward. Whether it was a fair project or high school sports, it was ingrained in us to win. On my Carrizozo football team, anything short of a State Championship was not an option. We expected to win, we were expected to win and we did. We must apply that same mind set and determination to this election. There are races at every level that we simply cannot afford to lose. The way to ensure a win is to make sure that everyone who can vote does vote. Two of my boys will have to make trips home to vote. Early voting makes that not too difficult. Early voting also allows for the fact that weather (we can always hope) might prevent you getting to the polls on Election Day. I almost missed casting a vote for myself when running for County Commissioner due to an ice storm. The old adage is vote early and vote often. I won’t encourage you to break the law, but I am encouraging you to take the time to contact all of your family and friends, even people you do business with, to make sure they exercise their responsibility and right to vote and vote early. For old times’ sake I will sit down with my mother and study the ballot together in detail before we go to the polls. It is our tradition. Then she will do the same with Stirling Spencer. If Stirling and I don’t agree, she will go with his advice. Meanwhile back at the office, the New Mexico Cattle Growers’ Association (NMCGA) continues to work on your behalf on the wide variety of issues that affect you and your family. We worked with the New Mexico Department of Agriculture in bringing together more than 60 people from a wide variety of state and federal agencies, including two cabinet secretaries, to develop a plan to eliminate the growing feral hog/wild pig population our state is facing. Our membership is growing so keep up your recruitment efforts and NMCGA will continue work hard to be worthy of your membership. September 26 will be another big day for the Association. Not only will we be holding our Fall Board meeting at the Marriott Pyramid North in the morning, but NMDA will be hosting a National Environmental Policy Act/Cooperative Agency training aimed at governmental entities including county commissioners, sheriffs and attorneys as well as soil conservation districts and others that afternoon. The day will wrap up with a Candidates’ Roundup Reception. We already have almost 20 candidates confirmed to attend. Remember that all NMCGA Board meetings are open to the general membership. If you would like to attend any or all of these events, please RSVP to the office at 505/247-0584 or via email to nmcga@nmagriculture.org . Looking forward to seeing you there! Rex Wilson,

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New Mexico Horses in Crisis by RUSTY COOK, PRESIDENT OF THE NEW MEXICO HORSE COUNCIL orses seem to have been caught in the â&#x20AC;&#x153;perfect stormâ&#x20AC;? this summer. National economic woes have resulted in many people being out of work, and many with jobs have suffered reductions in income. The cost of everyday goods and services has increased, gasoline for the family car being a prime example. On top of all that, the drought being experienced by over half the country has meant that if hay is available at all, the price has skyrocketed. When parents have to make the choice between feeding their children and feeding their horses, the horses come out on the short end. In New Mexico this has resulted in more horses being underfed, or even starved, and the seizure of many horses by the NM Livestock Board. Subsequent placement of seized horses at

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another set of problems. Some might choose to give away or donate their unwanted horses, or to simply turn them loose to fend for themselves. Donations to equine rescues and shelters are on the rise. As of 2009, 63 percent of rescues were at or near capacity and reported turning away 38 percent of the unwanted horses brought to them. Again, these figures are probably higher today. Of those horses accepted by rescues, nearly half remain at the rescues for life at a cost of millions of dollars. Over 80 percent of the operating funds for rescues come from donations or from the owners’ personal finances. This is not sustainable. Domestic horses turned loose on public, private, and tribal lands do not know how to survive on their own, so this is not a responsible option. PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals), the often-controversial animal rights group known for ad campaigns like “fur is murder”, unexpectedly said last November that domestic horse slaughter facilities are preferable to shipping horses to Mexico and Canada for slaughter. PETA founder Ingrid Newkirk said the US should never have banned horse slaughter and that the amount of suffering it created exceeded the amount of suffering it was designed to stop. In a recent survey conducted by the NM Horse Council of its members, nearly 94 percent are in favor of humane and regulated slaughter in the US, with just over 6 percent opposed. The processing plant at Roswell, NM applied for a permit to process horses, and met with long delays in the approval of that permit. On August 14, after waiting four months, the familyowned business withdrew its’ application and will return to slaughtering cattle. Governor Susana Martinez expressed her unalterable opposition to horse slaughter in New Mexico, but has proposed no alternative solution. It is extremely unlikely that there will be public funding for any solution to the unwanted horse problem, yet horses continue to be seized by the New Mexico Livestock Board. Those horses are “placed” with an equine rescue pending legal action to transfer ownership. The NMLB has no money to pay for the board of those seized horses, the rescues are already at or over capacity, and raising the money to pay for feed and care has become a significant burden. In the long term, breeding fewer horses

seems to be key. Along with this come some common sense guidelines. Horse breeders need to produce only the number of foals that can be successfully marketed. They need to commit to keeping a horse for life if it cannot be sold, or seeing to its’ disposal. Horses need to have a job. Breeders need to identify both a primary and a secondary job for horses they breed, so that if they are not successful at the first they can fall back on the second. In addition, not every mare should be bred, and not every stallion is worthy of breeding. Most colts should be gelded, with only the

very best siring another generation. The NM Horse Council is not waiting around for someone else to take steps to help solve the unwanted horse problem. In the late fall the NMHC will sponsor an “Operation Gelding” clinic at which up to 20 stallions can be castrated at low cost to owners. A grant from the Unwanted Horse Coalition has been approved and the participation of veterinarians has been solicited. Planning is in the early stages, and more information will be forthcoming soon. continued on page 16

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Animal Protection of New Mexico can help horse owners on a temporary basis through their Emergency Feed Assistance program. Horse owners having trouble affording hay should contact them before the situation becomes abusive. Short term measures will not solve the problem. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going to take a lot of cooperation between equine rescues, horse owners and breeders, the USDA and other government agencies, the American public, and horse processing facilities to reduce and control the number of unwanted horses. While some solutions for dealing with unwanted horses are unsavory to many Americans, they are necessary for dealing with the vast numbers. Those seeking to eliminate some options need to provide viable alternatives, and the funding to support them. Without economically sustainable options for disposal, the unwanted horse problem will continue. The current situation is deplorable. Our â&#x2013; horses deserve better.

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Dr. Alan Loynachan, a pathologist at the Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, University of Kentucky, says people often use the term “heart attack” to refer to suddendeath in horses associated with heart disease, but this is incorrect usage. In humans, heart attacks are commonly caused by clogged blood vessels that reduce blood flow to the heart, resulting in damage or death of that muscle. Horses, however, do not suffer from coronary artery disease like humans do. A horse may die suddenly during exertion — due to a heart problem — but it’s a different type of situation. Equine heart disease can develop rapidly or slowly, depending on the underlying cause and continued on page 18

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the location of diseased tissue. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There are many different probable causes of equine heart disease. It may be disease of the heart itself, or may develop secondarily to disease in other organs,â&#x20AC;? says Loynachan. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We sometimes see congenital heart anomalies in young foals, and they often develop clinical signs at an early age,â&#x20AC;? he says. There may be defects at birth â&#x20AC;&#x201D; in the heartâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s chambers, valves or bloodvessels. By contrast, other problems may

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appear later in life and develop slowly. If the heart canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t pump blood efficiently, the horse wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be able to perform at peak athletic ability. Acute heart disease usually results from direct insult to the heart or disruption of its electrical signaling system. This canhappen when there is disruption of blood flow to the heart, toxic or drug-induced disruption of electrical signals, arrhythmia, snakebite, traumatic insult, or a bacterial, hormonal or toxic insult to the heart muscle. Acute heart disease may result in sudden death. Chronic heart disease develops more slowly, due to the heartâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ability to temporarily compensate for abnormalities by increasing in size. In the horse, chronic heart disease may result from birth defects, previous insult to the heart or its valves, cancer, or disease in other organs that alter the blood flow into and out of the heart. Chronic heart disease hinders efficient delivery of oxygen to body tissues. Eventually the heart becomes overworked in its attempt to pump enough blood, and canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t keep up with the bodyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s oxygen needs. This results in heart failure. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The causes of heart disease we see in horses that come through our diagnostic lab (primarily racehorses, but some plea-

sure horses) are infectious causes, traumatic insult â&#x20AC;&#x201D; such as horses getting hit by cars (though this is rare) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; or toxic causes, or diseases of unknown origin. Some of the ionophores (common feed additives for cattle) are toxic to horses and may cause sudden death by affecting the heart,â&#x20AC;? he says. Infectious causes include septicemia. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If a horse becomes septicemic, bacteria can cause disease of the heart muscle itself or its valves, or the pericardium (the sac surrounding the heart). Infectious agents are fairly common causes of heart disease,â&#x20AC;? says Loynachan. The bacterial infection alters the heartâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s normal function and it canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t beat as strongly and is less efficient. If the valves become infected, they may not be able to close properly. There is blood flowing back into the previous chambers or tissues, leading to heart inefficiency. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In racehorses that collapse while running, this is thought to be associated with probable arrhythmia â&#x20AC;&#x201D; an electrical conduction issue. We typically donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t find any heart lesions in these instances. Human heart attacks are primarily due to cholesterol buildup, and horses donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have this continued on page 20

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problem,â&#x20AC;? he says. The best way to study electrical conduction abnormalities is when the horse is alive. After the horse dies, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s difficult to determine the actual problem because there are no lesions. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Speaking as a pathologist who examines tissues at necropsy, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s almost impossible to trace it back to why this malfunction developed. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s my job to relate it back to what could have happened, but in these instances itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hard to speculate,â&#x20AC;? he says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The conduction system essentially tells the heart when and how to beat. Any type of arrhythmia or out-of-place beats can disrupt the heart and throw it out of sync. If a horse drops dead, the owner should not just assume that the horse died of heart disease. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s important to have an ecropsy performed by a veterinarian and tissues examined by a laboratory. We can see if there are any other predisposing factors, such as disease in other tissues, or if it was a primary heart complication,â&#x20AC;?says Loynachan. â&#x20AC;&#x153;With an arrhythmia there are no post-

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mortem changes, and this in itself is a hint that it was most likely an electrical conduction problem. It takes awhile for tissues to become diseased. If something happens very quickly, the tissues will all look normal. By contrast, if something started happening a few hours earlier, the horse may be showing some type of clinical signs. In these instances we are better able to identify the underlying causes, because we start seeing lesions at necropsy,â&#x20AC;? he explains. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t see heart disease very frequently in horses. From 2000 to 2009, for instance, we only identified 261 horses with heart disease (174 cases of acute heart disease, 107 cases of chronic heart disease and 20 horses with both acute and chronic lesions), among the thousands of horses that were presented to the University of Kentucky necropsy service. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s very rare to hear of horses dropping dead during training or a race,â&#x20AC;? he says. Sometimes an episode occurs thatmakes national news, however, like the group of polo ponies that all died suddenly in Florida a few years ago due to a drug miscalculation. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is an example of a potential toxologic insult to the heart. Various toxins can cause disease of both the electrical conduction system or the heart muscle itself,â&#x20AC;? he explains. Heart disease is a complicated issue. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There are a lot of pressures within the heart, and if something is out of normal parameters â&#x20AC;&#x201D; such as amount of heart blood, cardiac output, the amount of blood being provided to thetissues â&#x20AC;&#x201D; it can cause some abnormalities. This can happen very quickly or it may take months to develop heart disease. It depends on the underlying insult,â&#x20AC;? says Loynachan. Humans and horses are similar in that there are ways to compensate for heart inefficiency. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We can increase the volume of blood, for instance, or increase vascular tone. The vascular tone in the circulatory system can increase or decrease somewhat, in order to compensate. The heartâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s job is just to pump blood to all the other tissues, and any time we disrupt that job too much, it can cause serious problems.â&#x20AC;? Equine heart abnormalities can negatively impact their health and longevity. RHYTHM DISTURBANCES â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Dr. Peter Physick-Sheard (veterinarian and Associate Professor, Department of Clinical Sciences, University of Guelph, continued on page 27

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Ontario, Canada) says rhythm disturbances are divided into two types â&#x20AC;&#x201D; supraventricular (atrial) arrhythmias, and ventricular arrhythmias. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Most horses have supraventricular rhythmdisturbances that are perfectly normal. If a horse has a rhythm disturbance and the resting heart rate is within normal range, the only way to confirm that the disturbance is normal is to do an ECG. Probably more than 98 percent of these horsesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; disturbances are just variations on normal,â&#x20AC;? he says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ironically, the fitter the horse, the more likely he is to show those variations in rhythm. Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t panic, especially if theresting heart rate is normal. If the rhythm disturbance completely disappears when the horse becomes excited or is working, this is even better.â&#x20AC;? The engine smoothes out and works perfectly when the horse is exercising. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s like having a very fancy engine; it runs roughest at the lowest RPM. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There are only three supraventricular rhythm disturbances that are of clinicalsignificance. One is atrial fibrillation (AF) and the other two (third degree heart block and supraventricaltachycardia) are relatively rare,â&#x20AC;? says Physick-Sheard. AF is an electrical disorder in which theatrial electrical waves become chaotic, causing the upper half of the heart to twitch irregularly. Atrial contractions do not occur properly. Unable to establish a steady rhythm, the heart canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t pump blood efficiently and the horse becomes incapable of prolonged exertion. â&#x20AC;&#x153;AF is treatable,â&#x20AC;? says Physick-Sheard. It is most often treated with drugs, such asquinidine, given orally or intravenously. In uncomplicated cases, particularly those of recent onset in young, light horses, this treatment is quite effective (in 83 to 92 percent of cases). â&#x20AC;&#x153;The downside is that some horses donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t handle the drugs well, and may become ill (side effects include colic andlaminitis) before the arrhythmia is corrected. Some adverse reactions to the drug can become life-threatening and requirewithdrawal of the drug before the rhythm converts to normal. Chronic cases and cases of arrhythmia in older, heavy horses â&#x20AC;&#x201D; particularly if they also have pre-existing heart disease â&#x20AC;&#x201D; can be exceedingly difficult to treat,â&#x20AC;? he says. Another treatment option is transvenous electrical cardioversion (TVEC).

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treated with drugs,” says Physick-Sheard. “AF tends to reappear in about 20 percent of horses and can be treated each time. AF can be a problem because even though the horse is not likely to drop dead and will probably live a long life, the arrhythmia will limit his ability to work.” If it’s a pleasure horse, you may not notice anything. “But if a horse with atrial fibrillation has some other condition on top of it — maybe gets sick and has low

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“This procedure involves positioning catheter-mounted electrodes in the heart and pulmonary artery via the jugular vein, anesthetizing the horse, and delivering a defibrillating electrical shock to the heart. In our clinic, this treatment has been effective in all 170 uncomplicated cases treated thus far, with a recurrence rate of about 20 percent, which is similar to cases

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blood pressure — then the horse may become unsteady or faint,” he says. “But if atrial fibrillation is the only problem, you won’t know it unless you listen to the heart — if you aren’t using the horse in serious work. This is a problem that has to be fixed, however, if the horse will be used for strenuous work,” he says. “The ventricular rhythm disturbances (in the lower part of the heart) are more complicated and tend to be much more significant. You’d only know they were there if you did an ECG. If the horse’s resting heart rate is normal, it’s probably not serious. But if the resting heart rate is elevated, it is likely to be significant,” he says. “Spontaneous rhythm disturbances in the bottom part of the heart most often occur in association with systemic disease — a secondary consequence. Ventricular rhythm disturbances, without the horse being sick, are very uncommon. There are a few, like cantharadin poisoning (“blister beetles”) in hay. Another would be when a horse suffers ionophore poisoning, after ingesting cattle feed containing this class of drugs,” says Physick-Sheard. “A horse with ventricular rhythm dis-

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turbances as a spontaneous phenomenon is very uncommon. In most cases these disturbances accompany systemic disease and are a secondary consequence â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and are best treated by treating the underlying problem.â&#x20AC;? If a horse has ventricular rhythm disturbance, safety issues become significant. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If the horse has a leaky valve(murmur), if and when it does start to cause problems, he tends to tire at alevel of work he previously tolerated; itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s like having a governor on the engine. You can only go so fast and canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t push beyond that speed.â&#x20AC;? The clinical signs tend to be progressive. â&#x20AC;&#x153;With a heart murmur, we see a tendency to tire, or for the horse to hit a ceiling in terms of how hard it can work. But if a ventricular rhythm disturbance starts up, there could be a spontaneous drop in the horseâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s abilityto work; the horse could faint and suddenly collapse. Horses with ventricular rhythm disturbances pose a serious safety issue; thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s possibility of the horse having a fainting spell or becoming unsteady when ridden,â&#x20AC;? says Physickâ&#x2013; Sheard.

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EPA Gets An Earful At Local Hearing In Arizona by DANA COLE / SIERRA VISTA HERALD t was standing room only at the Cochise College Benson Center on August 15, 2012, where representatives from the Environmental Protection Agency listened to strong opposition regarding the agency’s proposed emissions control regulations for three coal-fired power plants in Arizona. Between 250 and 300 people packed the building for a public hearing where they voiced objections about the EPA’s proposed action that aims to reduce “regional haze,” a problem the agency says is impacting visibility conditions in numerous national parks and wilderness areas throughout Arizona. The EPA has determined that one of the best strategies for achieving its visibility goal is to require selective catalytic reduction — or SCR — technology on older power plants. Along with the Apache Generating Station, located south of Willcox in Cochise County, two other power plants affected by the EPA’s proposal are Coronado Generating Station near St. Johns and the Cholla Power Plant near Holbrook. Combined, the three plants impact 18 of the Class 1 areas the EPA is proposing to protect, including the Grand Canyon and Petrified Forest. The Apache Generating Station, which is owned by Arizona Electric Power Cooperative and provides power to most of Cochise County, impacts nine of those areas. The debate pits economics against a visibility benefit, with AEPCO estimating the proposed technology could cost as much as $218 million. “This would translate to nearly a 20 percent hike in AEPCO’s wholesale power costs,” said Patrick Ledger, AEPCO’s chief executive officer. “These outrageous costs would be passed on to our distribution cooperative owners and would place an unacceptable burden on their rural consumer members.” Massive cost increases, he added, will impact the economic viability of Apache’s steam units, possibly resulting in a shutdown. Gary Pierce, chairman of the Arizona Corporation Commission, opposes the EPA’s proposal, but supports a state plan for emissions control that has been approved by the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality. Pierce does not believe the environmental benefits of the EPA’s federal implementation plan come “even close to surviving a good faith cost-benefit analysis,” noting that the regional haze concern does not impact human health, only human vistas. “Even if we were to accept EPA’s cumulative deciview model, which we believe is legally flawed, the EPA’s federal implementation plan would provide negligible benefit to human vistas,” Pierce said. “The EPA’s proposal will impose significant costs upon Arizona utilities . . . and result in no perceptible improvement over the ADEQ’s state implementation plan.”

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Pierce is urging the EPA to withdraw the federal plan for the â&#x20AC;&#x153;three plants in question and work with ADEQ to remedy any deficiencies in the state implementation plan, as proposed.â&#x20AC;? Eric Massey, director of the ADEQ air quality division, also urged the EPA to withdraw its proposed plan and â&#x20AC;&#x153;open a dialog with the state to constructively move forward in approval of the stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s plan.â&#x20AC;? In his opening remarks, Massey said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Arizona has been a pioneer and partner in both establishing and achieving regional haze objectives in the West.â&#x20AC;? When looking at regional haze standards, Massey argued that a cost analysis needs to be considered in determining reasonable controls. â&#x20AC;&#x153;What

EPA is proposing is not only unreasonable, but unnecessary,â&#x20AC;? he said. Arizona Senator Gail Griffin also spoke of the proposalâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s economic impact to the area, stating â&#x20AC;&#x153;there is no way AEPCO can absorb these costs.â&#x20AC;? Griffin said if AEPCO is required to install the proposed technology, the cost will endanger the viability and sustainability of the power plant, which employs 250 residents in some of the countyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s more economically depressed areas. Griffin challenged the EPA to focus its regulatory efforts on pollution coming into Arizona from landfills in Mexico. She also pointed to the number of wildfires across the state in recent years, which she said are the result of â&#x20AC;&#x153;failed federal land management policies on federal land.â&#x20AC;? Griffin concluded her comments with, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Now letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s look at the benefits of the EPA

plan. What are the benefits? The answer is, none.â&#x20AC;? Also on the subject of the proposalâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s economic impact, Robert Carreira, director of the Cochise College Center for Economic Research, addressed an appropriate balance between protecting the environment and growing the economy, placing emphasis on timing. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Appropriate times are largely tied to the performance of the economy,â&#x20AC;? Carreira said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The same goes for regulation.â&#x20AC;? While Carreira noted that the costs of compliance will have a considerable impact no matter when itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s done, he urged the EPA to wait until unemployment is below 6 percent. That way, if jobs are lost, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s easier for people to find new jobs, he argued. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If we lose a considerable continued on page 32

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jinglejangle Cowbelles, ere we are in September and I’m asking for your help. First, I want to give you a little history of our organization. The first chapter of New Mexico CowBelles was founded in 1957 when Pat Nowlin, an Arizona CowBelle, moved to New Mexico with her family. She was instrumental in getting a group of likeminded women together and she served as the first president of New Mexico CowBelles. In 1998 NM CowBelles created a scholarship in her name. This year we are celebrating our 55th year as a CowBelle organization and New Mexico is celebrating its 100th year of statehood. Over the years our organization has grown and changed, but the principals we adhere to have remained the same. What better way to honor our founder, our state organization, and our principals than to contribute to the Pat Nowlin Memorial Scholarship Fund, keeping it viable for years to come. We constantly talk about

the importance of educating the public about the benefits of beef but without the next generation following in our footsteps this mission will fade away. This scholarship is open to any New Mexico CowBelle or the child of a CowBelle and gives us an opportunity to encourage those who are involved with CowBelles to continue their education and to stay involved with the beef family. Take a look at this year’s winners and past winners and you will find that many of these are longtime CowBelles. They are women who are continuing their education while supporting our locals and they are our future! Our ability to support them in their endeavors depends on keeping this scholarship funded and that depends on YOU. Some locals make donations in memory of deceased members, some donate to honor a friend or family member, and some make a donation on a yearly basis. I am asking every local to consider the

DATES TO REMEMBER September 12-23 – NM State Fair Beef Booth September 15 – Deadline for Membership Award September 25 –Executive Board/Budget Committee, Clayton September 26 – 5 States Roundup, Clayton September 28-30 – National Beef Ambassador Contest, California October 1 – Membership Drive Begins October 15 – CowBelle of the Year Nominations Due November 15 – Annual Reports due to President-Elect (50 copies) Volunteer Time Sheets due to President December 6-9 – Joint Stockmen’s Meeting, NMCB Board of Directors & General Membership Meeting

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it comes to buying books, especially for upper classmen. Since the availability of scholarships dwindles as college students reach their junior and senior years this program is a real help. On average the state receives applications from seven locals every year. I would guess that more locals have deserving members or their children who should be nominated for this scholarship. I encourage you to take advantage of this great program and send in your nominees. I challenge each local to find a way to support this program with a financial donation! Could it be an item in your budget for an annual commitment? Do you have a member or friend you want to honor? Any amount is needed and appreciated from $10 to ?. This is a wonderful program for NMCB and one which should not be lost due to apathy. PLEASE HELP KEEP IT GOING. – Beverly Butler, NMCB President

ongratulations to the Pat Nowlin Memorial Scholarship Winners!

The Pat Nowlin Memorial Scholarship had three very deserving applicants for 2012. Thank you to all the CowBelles and New Mexico CowBelle Locals for their generosity in donating contributions in honor and memory of people they wanted to remember.

Aubri Allen (below left) is a member of Border Belles and her home is Deming. Aubri is currently attending Western New Mexico State University as a nursing student. She works part time at Gila Regional Medical Center as a certified nursing assistant. Aubri plans to graduate with an associate degree in Nursing in 2012 and continue her education towards a Masters in Nursing. She plans to be a Pre-Operative or Home Health Nurse. Rural Health care is very important to her as she comes from an Agricultural background. Kyra Grant (below right) is a Powderhorn CowBelle from Ft. Sumner. Kyra is currently attending New Mexico State University. She is a Crimson Scholar, active in Collegiate 4-H, an ambassador for the College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences and a past New Mexico CowBelles Beef Ambassador. Kyra is preparing to graduate with a Bachelor of Science degree in Animal Science and a minor in Journalism. She enjoys writing and working with the public, hoping to work for the beef industry in some capacity. J.W. Lindsay (bottom) is the son of Gary and Gretchen Lindsay. Gretchen is president of Mesilla Valley CowBelles. J.W. attended Las Cruces High School and graduated from Dora Consolidated Schools in 2012. He was active in the Las Cruces High School FFA, the Doña Ana 4-H Program, the New Mexico High School Rodeo Association, New Mexico Cattle Growers and American Angus Association. J.W. plans to major in Industrial Engineering with a minor in Finance at New Mexico State University. He hopes to rodeo and live the Cowboy way of life.

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She had no idea there was a separate account for this and intended to go to the bank after the meeting. If need be, she will deposit $1 to keep the account open and active. The CowBelle sign on the south side of the old Sierra Feed store was apparently partly removable â&#x20AC;&#x201D; at least the brands were. Gloria received a phone call after 10 p.m. one night asking what to do with the brand signs. Gloria advised the caller to drop them off at her sonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s construction yard just outside TorC. A decision will be made at a later date as to what to do with them. It was asked if group had been contacted to work at the State Fair in ABQ. As of this date, Gloria has not heard anything but she will check further to find out if help is still needed. Jean has contacted Walmart and received permission to set up a table outside the store on August 15, 16, and 17 to sell beef tickets. If anyone is available to assist her, she will appreciate it. Meeting was adjourned at 11:40 a.m. Next meeting will be held at the new Bank CafĂŠ in Chloride. Submitted by Cathy Pierce The Powderhorn CowBelles met at the home of Joan Key for the August 14 meeting with Sandy McKenna serving as cohostess. There were nine members present

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The August 2 meeting of the Chamiza CowBelles was called to order by President Gloria Petersen with eight members and two guests present. The minutes of the previous meeting were approved as read and the treasurerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s report was given. Elephant Days in September was discussed. Elephant Days officials notified the group they could share their table for free this year, yet for future events, the group will need to purchase a space for $50 to sell beef tickets and other CowBelle merchandise. At the next meeting group will determine if anyone is available to work the table this year. However, the group will forego renting a table in future years because merchandise sold does not warrant paying the $50 fee. Gloria also reported that Myra is still not feeling well and encouraged members to send her cards. As in past years, CowBelles will donate money to purchase a â&#x20AC;&#x153;beefâ&#x20AC;? buckle for a county fair winner. This year, the buckle will cost $125. The Bank of the Southwest contacted Gloria to advise her that the beef certificate account will be closed in six months because of inactivity.

with three guests, Jean Hamill, Ginger Howe and Fita Witte. Ginger and Jean are potential members, but decided to wait until the new year starts in October rather than joining now. Thank you notes were received from Janie Maestas and her mother and also from Talen Crist. Powderhorn had given Janie money when she was attempting to be chosen a 4-H ambassador. She was not successful but later was elected to the State 4-H Officer Council so it became a positive experience for her and she wrote thanking the group for helping her and returned the money. Talen Crist had been asked to attend the first US Beef Academy and CowBelles furnished half the money he needed. He stated that it was a very intense week of learning and participating in activities about all phases of the beef cattle industry. The local was proud to learn that he was an exceptional participant in the program and glad that to help him. Discussion of the June Barbecue brought out suggestions for the coming year. The 4-H youth helped a great deal this year and a donation to the De Baca County 4-H Council was sent to show appreciation. Karen Kelling reported on the Mid-Year meeting and actions taken at continued on page 37

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that time. The group was gratified to learn that Kyra Grant was one of the recipients of the Pat Nowlin Scholarships. Notice was given that there are still vacant spots on the new Brand Napkins — if interested send $50 to Lyn Greene and two copies of brand registration to Genora Canon. September 16 and Sept. 22 are the days open for Powderhorn to help at the State Fair. Powderhorn nominated and elected Sandy McKenna, Karen Kelling and Nancy Schade to be the Nominating Committee for the coming year. After a delicious luncheon Fita Witte gave a summary of how the cook-off has changed since the early first one in Denver, Colorado in 1974 with a total budget of about $500 to the present with the professional presentations in major cities. One thing that hasn’t changed is the reason, which is an opportunity to reach the consumer with tasty recipes and a better understanding of our product and the plain ordinary people we producers are. Dorothy Vaughan, Secretary Five States Round-Up - “Advocacy in Agriculture” — The Lariat CowBelles

invite you to join them on Wednesday, September 26, 2012, at the Clayton Air Park in Clayton, New Mexico for a great educational opportunity focusing on advocating for the beef industry. Topics for this event include Beef Check-Off Update and Advocacy Alliances and ANCW. The day will be filled with information, fun, friends, and good food. You will be treated to a style show by Espe’s/3 West and a catered lunch by Bert Ancell. Registration begins at 8:00 a.m. and will include a continental breakfast. You are invited to visit the vendor booths and to submit your bids on the items in the silent auction, at this time. The meeting will begin at 9:00 a.m. The speakers scheduled for this informative session are Polly Rhuland, CEO for the Cattlemen’s Beef Board; Tammie Didlot, President of ANCW & President of Oklahoma Cattlewomen; Dalene Hodnett, New Mexico CowBelles Secretary and Director of Communications and Media Relations, New Mexico Farm and Livestock Bureau. Please return the bottom of this pre-registration form with your $25 registration fee on or before September 12, 2012. Late registration from September 13 through September 15 will be $30. To insure a correct number of meals for the luncheon, you

must register no later than September 15. There will be no registrations accepted at the door. This may be the most reasonably priced day of education that you will have the opportunity to attend. So invite husbands, neighbors, friends and family to come and attend with you. For out-of-town guests, Clayton Motels: Best Western Kokopelli Lodge 575/3742589; Holiday Motel 575/374-2558; Super 8 of Clayton 575/374-8127; Days Inn & Suites 575/374-0133; Eklund Hotel 575/374-2551. For Pre-Registration please send your name, address, city, state, zip, and yourLocal’s name to: Marianne Rose 421 Washington St., Clayton, New Mexico 88415, manatee@plateautel.net We look forward to seeing you on September 26! Otero CowBelles met at Casa de Sueños restaurant in Tularosa August 2. There were 17 members present and one guest, Debra Phillips. Debra was a former member who had moved away some time ago, and the group is hoping to bring her back into the fold. The local has made over 1,000 sample packets of brisket spice rub continued on page 38

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to distribute at the Otero county fair August 15-18. Lowe’s Grocery donated 25 pounds of spice rub. Estelle Bond, who coordinated the Kids, Kows and More activity, donated the $239.10 paid to her by the Beef Council back into the Otero CowBelle general fund. President Rupe urged everyone to make an effort to assist at the local fair booth and the state fair booth. Madalynn is in charge of the state fair booth and will welcome any and all assistance. Nancy Cookson showed the group the “I Love Beef” items that will be for sale at our local fair to raise money for Otero CowBelle branded items. The barbeque Firewires will also be for sale. The 600+ brand projects that were completed by the students at the ‘Building A Brand’ station at Kids, Kows, and More will be on display at fair booth and the group is looking forward to having the parents stop by just to see them so members will be able to talk to them about BEEF! Everyone needs to adopt President Rupe’s “CAN DO” motto to keep agriculture, with the emphasis on BEEF, before the general public. Barbara Wagner, Secretary

The Chuckwagon CowBelles met in Mountainair on August 14 with 19 members and six guests present with Toni Barrow presiding. The CowBelle Invocation, Pledge of Allegiance and CowBelle Creed were recited. Carolyn Chance then introduced Matt Page, Assistant District Attorney and Kathy Ness-Reyes, Kent Ballard, and John Stocum all with local law enforcement. They gave an enlightening program on Methamphetamine abuse. Torrance County ranks third in deaths caused by drug over-dose in children. There was discussion about the Junior Deputy program. For more information on it call the office at 246-4773. Anhydrous Ammonia is used to produce Meth, which is widely used in fertilizer production, so it is ubiquitous in rural farming areas. Meth is highly addictive and fairly inexpensive to produce, so its abuse tends to be pervasive. The group was informed about what to look for and what to avoid should a Meth lab “dump” be spotted in remote areas where our cows might graze. If plastic containers labeled “Heet,” “acetone,” “drain cleaner,” “paint thinner,” or “starter fluid” are seen – particularly if there is supple plastic tubing attached to them – stay away! It is best to call law enforcement so

they can send out a Hazardous Materials team. Look for propane tanks that have been altered and have bluish corrosion on the valve, these have likely been used for storing Anhydrous Ammonia and should only be removed by officials. Red-stained coffee filters, matches without the heads on them, and batteries that have been twisted and broken are sure signs of a Meth lab dump. For more information on this topic please go to http://www.face sofmeth.us/ . The officers also admonished the group to lock up any prescription medicines. They are seeing a rise in abuse of pain killers among the youth in Torrance County right now. After lunch, Toni Barrow reconvened the meeting at 1:00 p.m. She then introduced two more guests – Nancy and Jim Lambert. The minutes were accepted as amended. Phyllis announced that the International Order of Rainbow Girls is selling snacks at the fair. Marilyn Mignery read an invitation from the Methodist Church in Estancia to attend its grand opening on August 25. It was decided to donate $125 to the Torrance County beef buckle and to give a $100 donation to the Bosque Farms Junior continued on page 39

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Rodeo Association. Toni mentioned the State Fair and requested volunteers. Toni then read a letter of thanks for Chuckwagon’s donation to the ad for Agriculture in the newspaper. Next month’s meeting will be at the Shaffer Hotel in Mountainair. The program will be announced. Hostesses will be Toni and Lyn. Meeting adjourned at 2:10 p.m. Respectfully submitted by Babbi Baker New Mexico CowBelles: Thank you to all who have submitted their news to “Jingle Jangle.” Please send minutes and/or newsletters to: Jingle Jangle, Janet Witte, 1860 Foxboro Ct., Las Cruces, NM 88007, or email: janetwitte@msn.com by the 14th ■ of each month.

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(When Part One closed last month, the Whitney Brothers had demanded that the area in question be partitioned, so they could claim their portion of it.) hen the dust settled, nearly 50 owners of Baca Location Number 1 were identified. Mariano S. Otero owned the largest share at more than 34,000 acres. Whitney owned just over 19,000 acres. Some heirs owned as little as 112 acres each. Early in 1899, the court ordered that the Baca Location No. 1 be sold, in toto, and the proceeds distributed among the owners. The sale was held in March of the same year. The highest bidder was one Frank Clancy who paid just over $16,500 for it. Joel Whitney got less than $3,000 as his share. At the bottom of the list were Refugia, Siria and Elsia Salazar who got $23.60 each. Tom Catron

got just over $1,700. A week later, Clancy sold the site to the Valles Land Company, owned by Mariano Otero and his son, Frederico. Thus did Baca Location Number 1 become the property of a single landowner. In less than three generations, the Cabeza de Baca family found itself without an ownership interest in any of the the Baca Locations. (Attorney John S. Watts got the other four.) Mariano Otero died in 1904 and sole ownership fell to Frederico. He held on to it until 1909 when he sold it to a group of Pennsylvania investors that called itself the Redondo Development Company. That began a new era in ownership. Redondo investors had grandiose plans for the Valle Grande, but not a realistic grasp of what was involved in attaining them. They hired a surveyor to subdivide the land into several categories: grazing,

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timber and housing. The surveyor also identified areas considered mountainous or otherwise â&#x20AC;&#x153;worthless.â&#x20AC;? What the investors didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t factor in was the remote location of the place. It was 30 or so rugged miles to the closest railroad. The area was served exclusively by unimproved mountain dirt roads. Winters were long, cold and snowy and access was impossible for several months each year. About the only income realized by the Redondo Company was from a grazing lease maintained by former owner Frederico Otero. By 1916, Frederico was ready to give up his lease, and Frank Bond, an EspaĂąola businessman, negotiated an agreement to graze sheep in the caldera by the spring of 1917. But Bond was so enamored of his new leased land that he further negotiated the purchase of the place, which was consummated in December of the same year. Redondo Development Company retained the timber rights. Bond soon operated 17 sheep camps to oversee a flock of about 20,000 sheep. By the 1930s, he was also grazing cattle on the ranch. The Redondo Development Company continued to own the timber rights although logging operations did not begin for nearly 20 years simply because there was no transportation system available which could move logs or finished lumber out of the mountains. That all changed in 1935 when a graded road was completed from Los Alamos to Cuba. A representative of Redondo made a pro forma effort to sell the timber rights to Bond, but Bond happened to be out of town at the time and the sale was made later the same day to Robert Anderson who immediately sold the rights to Abram Kaplan of the New Mexico Lumber and Timber Company. The company was already harvesting timber nearby and was able to begin logging operations on the Baca Location almost immediately. More than 35,000,000 board feet of lumber was taken out within the next year. Bond continued to do well with wool production, the demand for which increased considerably continued on page 41

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in the war years, from 1941-45. But as World War II was closing in the summer of 1945, Frank Bond died. Other changes were in the offing. The demand for wool dropped considerably with the introduction of numerous synthetic fabrics. Bond’s son, Franklin, made the shift to cattle and by the mid-fifties the herd amounted to 12,000 head, or so. Franklin Bond died in 1954, and his heirs did not do well in managing the ranching operation, and it was leased to the King Brothers, Sam, Bruce and Don, in 1959. The Kings operated the place as a cattle ranch, but were also interested in buying it. The problem they had was a shortage of ready cash since they had recently purchased the Alamo Ranch, just west of Rio Rancho in Sandoval County, also from the Bonds. They offered to buy 25,000 acres of the Baca Location, but the Bond estate declined to partition the land. The last chapter of the Baca Location No. 1 saga began in 1962 when United States Senator Clinton P. Anderson introduced a bill in congress to establish the Valle Grande National Park. There was great ado about this possibility, but before it could come to fruition, the Bond heirs, in January 1963, sold the place to a group of Texans led by Pat Dunigan of Abilene. Sale price was $2.5 million. The caldera would be operated as a ranch. Dunigan soon set about bringing logging on the Baca Location to a halt. He entered into a series of court actions against the New Mexico Timber Company, with mixed results. But finally, in the summer of 1972, Dunigan was able to purchase the timber rights from New Mexico Timber for $1.25 million. Dunigan began exploring options for federal ownership of the site in the late 1970s, but his efforts came to naught and he died of heart attack in February 1980. Dunigan’s will provided that a trust be established to oversee the property for his three young sons. The trustees had no interest in selling the property, but by late in the 1990s, the Dunigan sons, Mike, Andrew and Brian, let it be known that they would be interested in selling, particularly to the government. The deal was completed on July 25, 2000. The Dunigans received $101,000,000 for the land. Not bad when you consider that Pat Dunigan’s total cash investment was $3,750,000. Today it is the Valles Caldera National Preserve, and perhaps ownership is decided for once and all.

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nating and Spaying or Neutering Companion Animals, “New Mexico’s Euthanasia Agencies (most animal shelters) have a total budget of about $27 million per year.” This study was prepared in response to a memorial out of the 2011 Legislature. In a state where some 25 percent of children go to bed hungry, that number is staggering. But it gets better. Albuquerque animal shelters have such an over population of dogs this month that they are waiving the usual $50 fee when you “adopt” a dog. However, you must undergo a background check and participate in counseling courses before you can take your dog home. Imagine if that were required before people have babies. So what is it going to take to fix this problem? At least another $2 to 2.5 million per year for at least five years, according to this report. And how are we going to raise that additional money? By adding a spay/neuter fee added onto the current inspection fees on pet foods under the commercial feed registration and inspection program run by the New Mexico Department of Agriculture. The report finds that this is equitable because pet owners (not just the irresponsible ones), not the general public, pays the tax and because the report finds that this tax would be affordable — at least in the author’s budget. But why all this talk about dogs and cats, wasn’t the topic horses? If you think that these ideas will apply only to dogs and cats, think again. As solutions are being sought for the unwanted horse population in New Mexico, terms like population control, mandatory neutering and feed tax are already out there. Animal rights groups have already determined that horses are their purview. A new horse lobbying/political action fund group was recently registered in New Mexico as well as a few other states. Word is that the dreaded Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) has hired a new high

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Stepping to the Edges of Convention and Challenging us all by SANDRA SCHACHEL he white letters hung at a slight angle, silhouetted by the blue New Mexico sky: ENTERING CHASE RANCH. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d driven up from Santa Fe that morning for the memorial service for the historic ranchâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s owner, Gretchen Sammis. For the next three hours, I mingled and visited with the over two hundred guests, many of them members of New Mexicoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ranch royalty. When I first interviewed Gretchen for my book on the changing lives of ranch and farm women in the West, she had proudly showed me the bed she had been born in and assumed she would die in. Four days earlier, Gretchen had indeed passed away in the handsome, carved mahogany bed that had come by oxcart over the Santa Fe Trail in 1867. Gretchen had lived a full and rewarding life on the family ranch passed down by her great-grandfather Manley Chase. Three miles along the dusty ranch road, I was greeted by a bevy of young people directing the rapidly-arriving cars, SUVs and trucks to a parking spot under the cottonwoods east of the ranch house. The young valets were summer campers from the nearby Philmont Scout Ranch, one of the many causes Gretchen supported, and were invaluable that day in readying the lawn with the tables and chairs required for the arriving guests. Not to mention three long tables â&#x20AC;&#x153;groaningâ&#x20AC;? with food: numerous meats, main dishes, salads and desserts, all homemade food provided by local families, no Albertsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s potato salad in sight. Gretchen, a renowned cook and hostess, would have been pleased. There was â&#x20AC;&#x153;a hint of fall in the air with the promise of roundup to come,â&#x20AC;? said Sally Schwartz, who had come to work on the ranch at age fourteen and delivered the Eulogy that morning. Two flags fluttered in the breeze behind Schwartz, the national flag and its New Mexico counterpart, and flanked two large easels holding portraits of Gretchen in trademark chaps, boots and vest. Her longtime ranch manager and companion, Ruby Gobble, sat with family members under a canopy, the small area dotted with summer bouquets. The coupleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s two ranch dogs had preceded the familyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s arrival and now circled the group morosely. Cimarron pastor and close friend, Reverend Ellen Swain, described Gretchen as

coming from a line of extraordinary westerners. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It is right,â&#x20AC;? she said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;that we are at this garden place, near the mountains, the river, and among the treesâ&#x20AC;? she so loved. Swain described her as â&#x20AC;&#x153;stepping to the edges of convention and challenging us all.â&#x20AC;? She could be â&#x20AC;&#x153;a little grumpy, a little critical and a little bossyâ&#x20AC;? at times, Swain said, but she also noted that â&#x20AC;&#x153;controlling and caring are kin;â&#x20AC;? and Gretchen cared passionately. She quoted Gretchen; â&#x20AC;&#x153;We work hard, we play hard but the work comes first.â&#x20AC;? Gretchenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, and Rubyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, hard work will stand as a loving reminder of the Chase ranch heritage when a foundation she created opens the property as a model historic ranch in 2013. The antique bed that I first saw during our interview will be preserved along with other period furniture, family photographs, rock specimens, Indian baskets and walls covered with numerous ranching artifacts. The interview that

October day in 1995 ended when we walked out onto the front porch, which faces east onto the family cemetery. There, perfectly still among the tilting tombstones, stood three deer, about fifty feet away. We all stared at one another a few moments, then one by one, they bounded over the old wrought iron fence and out among the golden chamisa. The rustling leaves of the large cottonwood trees, the smaller aspens, and the reddening sumac surrounded the historic adobe home with a late afternoon glow. All felt in balance that day, historic and timeless. Just like Gretchen. Sandra Schackel, author of Working the Land: The Stories of Ranch and Farm Women in the Modern American West, was published by The University Press of Kansas in 2011. In 2012, it was awarded the Fabiola Cabeza de Baca Award by the Historical Society of New Mexico. Schackel is Professor Emerita from Boise State University where she taught gender and western history for over twenty years. She retired in 2010 and moved back to Santa Fe where she has family.

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The New Mexico Department of Game & Fish (NMDGF) has a new proposal for the management of pronghorn antelope in the southeastern part of the state. Patterned after the deer program, this new proposal would provide for all private land owner tags to be sold over the counter. Those tags could only be used with written permission of the landowner being hunted on. Draw tags would allow hunting on any legally accessible state or federal land. This provision is similar to the current rule, unless a landowner is signed up with the Department’s A-Plus Program. Details on the proposal are not complete and comments are being sought by the NMDGF. To get a copy of the proposal visit http://www.wildlife.state.nm.us/documents/public_comment.htm and find the antelope line. It is our understanding that by October

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to take up guns at a young age. “Their actions are damaging not just to wildlife but also to the emotional development of young people.” Professor Peter Squires of the University of Brighton Children said “Shooting magazines celebrating the casual cruelty” of shooting wild animals – a kind of “shooting porn” – should not be on sale to children and young people (under 18),” he said. “Shops and retail outlets selling such magazines should position them both out of reach and sight of children and young people.” He also said shooting organizations should not be allowed to educate children in schools about country sports. “Fostering healthy and environmentally-conscious attitudes to nature and wildlife conservation is fundamentally inconsistent with deriving pleasure and enjoyment from shooting animals for fun,” he added. If you don’t believe that this could happen here in the not too distant future, please start reading from the top again.

The WildEarth Guardians (WEG) continue to wage war on life in the woods with their suit in Federal District Court against the NMDGF regarding trapping rules in the Mexican wolf recovery area. Don’t make the mistake of thinking the issue is wolf recovery or even wolves being trapped. This is about circumventing the intent of Congress via the courts and controlling land and the people who live on it and from it — which includes every man, woman and child of us. The WEG’s latest media blitz attacks the Department for spending money defending itself in the suit. The NMDGF is not just defending itself in this suit, they are protecting the integrity of the Endangered Species Act and its’ 10J provision that allows for the management of “experimental, non-essential” populations. When a species is viable, the 10J rule has provided for the restoration of the species without harming families and economies. A perfect example is the Aplomado Falcon that is being managed under 10J and is recovering at a rate of about 100 times faster than if critical habitat had been designated and we waited for birds to

migrate up from Mexico and beyond. The Department is also protecting every state’s right to manage wildlife within its borders. If you happened to see the story on the issue in the Las Cruces Sun-Times, the reporter’s interpretation of my comments wasn’t exactly correct. I don’t consider that any lawsuit “amounts to little.” And he left out the part about trapping being the least of the wolves’ problems when you consider that there have been 50 or 60 of them out there for nearly 15 years and they have reproduced enough to create a population. However, given that the writer was unaware that coyotes were a predator to livestock, the story could have been much worse. He thought coyotes lived on skunks and squirrels. If you ask Scott Bidegain, he might add porcupines to the list. In closing . . .

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Winter Prowlin’ At Vermejo by CURTIS FORT

s we went on with the winter chores of riding through the cattle, and finishing doctoring those bulls, we were all still in shock at the terrible incident with Mr. Drake’s death. We caught horses every morning, and Bill John sent us on many missions prowling. It was good to get away from the corrals and not have to mess with those bulls. They were back in the bull pastures on hay waiting to be turned with the cows in the spring. Jim Peebles, my Bell Ranch amigo, had hired on around February and was holding down the Windmill Brimmer Camp. Jim’s brother Marshall hired on, so they sent

him over to the Brimmer Camp, and Charlie came back to the headquarters’ bunkhouse and rode every day with us. The Brimmer Camp was several miles south of Mary’s Lake in the Brimmer Canyon. That canyon goes for twenty miles and finally, at the mouth, goes into the open country several miles northeast of Cimarron. That winter I went over several times and helped them work cattle. One time I went it was sure cold and Marshall roped out a big dun named Sofia. Now that’s kind of a sissy name but Bill said they bought that horse as a colt from a little settlement named that over by Far-

ley, another suburb of Clayton (probably forty miles from Clayton). Anyway, Sofia was a good mount but would buck, and wasn’t a kid horse. When Marshall untracked him you could see the horse was swelled up. So Marshall turned him around, twisted that left stirrup, jobbed his foot in that ox-bow and stepped aboard. That horse was big and stout. I had him in my string when I first hired on. He was a good mount, and tough, but I had taken two broncs into my string the fall before, so turned him in with the extra mounts and Bill put him in Marshall’s string. Well, continued on page 47

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Sofia fell apart and Marshall stayed right in the middle of him. I knew then he would do to “ride the river with.” Jim and Marshall were fun to work with and they weren’t afraid of any horse. They would rip a loop on a runaway, no matter how rough the country. They were tie-hard men and liked that “feel” when something big and full of snort “hits the end“ of that 30-feet of nylon. They both packed heat of the 357 caliber and could shoot. In May the boss asked me to drive them up to La Cueva Camp, as that would be their summer camp. They demonstrated they could “catch” fish with those pistols, better than I could with a pole! All the Vermejo camps were punchy . . . no electricity or generator-eating diesel that made noise. Wood stoves were for cooking and heat. Water came from wells with a hand pump and was carried into camp in a bucket. The outhouse was out back. Those cabins were log, nothing fancy, but well-built and comfortable. Each had one or two bedrooms with big iron beds with springs over which the camp man rolled out his tarp-covered “hot roll.” There were kerosene lamps, homemade chairs and tables, pegs in a long board on the wall to hang hats, coats, and all. These camps were located in pretty spots and most had a creek running close-by. Each had a set of pole corrals, saddle house, and a barn for horse feed. If it was also a winter-camp, there would be a large barn for cottonseed cake or protein blocks. Those camps were a long way from headquarters and it took men that liked solitude. A cup of coffee and good smoke was the best part of the day. I think they knew they had a special place and they enjoyed the quiet, appreciating Mother Nature. Most eventually married, had children and enjoyed all that goes with a family, but I think they had great memories of solitude, and cooking what they wanted. About this time my cousin Max Fort came to stay with us a few days. It was fun visiting and getting to show him some big country. The first morning I roped out Badger from my string for him and we all got saddled. It was plenty frio, about 20 degrees. Jim and Marshall Peebles had come down to headquarters from the Brimmer Camp, had supper at the cook

house and stayed at the bunkhouse. They needed to get some chuck at the commissary and Bill had cut out couple more mounts for their strings. Bill told them to take them in the bobtail truck, and told Max and I to jump our ponies in, too. He told me someone had seen a couple of pair over by Mary’s Lake lately. They had been in the higher range, but were on the east slope, and were in good shape. They needed to be picked up and driven to the head of the Guachapin Canyon, where we would drift them down to the Bobcat Tank, where the feed man was breaking ice for the stock. Eventually they would wind up with the rest of the stock in that range. Bill told us we could then prowl all the way down the canyon and back up the river,

which we knew was 15 miles or more. But that’s why we drew those big wages . . . mainly we rode for the outfit and wanted to make a hand! So needless to say, Max and I were looking at a long circle. While Jim was warming up the bobtail and Marshall was loading those mounts, Max and I trotted up to my house, a hundred yards or so, to get a lunch to roll up in our slickers. Max held our mounts, and I went in and got some biscuits, steak, and jalapenos, which we put in bags and rolled up in our slickers. I knew they were waiting on us down at the corrals so without thinking, I didn’t twist that left stirrup, or pull Jesse James’ head around like I should have, but jumped up, jobbing my left foot in the stirrup. He did not like that, and fell apart, bucking down the hill towards the horse corrals and bobtail truck. I’m not a bronc rider, but somehow rode ol’ Jesse in one

stirrup, and swung aboard. He had me bucked off a couple of times, but bucked back under me, so I got him pulled up. An hour later, we jumped our mounts out of the bobtail, and waved adios to the Brimmer Camp men as they drove off. We split up and made a circle cutting for tracks. Pretty soon I heard Max holler. I saw he had jumped them and was throwing them towards the canyon. I whipped and spurred to fall in with them and we turned them towards the gate. We got them into the canyon where they would get water, grass and cake, and then we hit a trot to cover a lot of miles. When we rode into headquarters it was nearly dark. We unsaddled, gave our mounts a chip of hay and headed for my house where we got warm for first time that day. We enjoyed a big supper of elk, gravy and biscuits. The next morning was exciting, as Bill had said we could go with Richard Holcomb to hunt lion that day. Richard was not only a cowpuncher, but a great lion and bear hunter. Vermejo let him hunt all he wanted and he could bring a client along. That way he could charge them for a good hunt and Vermejo kept their lion population down like it should be. So I caught Max a good rock stomper called Timber, and I caught Friday for myself. I never knew why he had that name but he was a tough little bay horse, and hard to shoe! Richard had stayed at the bunkhouse, and his lion dogs were in a good hay filled stall at the horse corrals, with food, and water. Richard had his own mounts and we loaded our three caballos and the dogs in the bobtail truck. We drove up to the Leandro Creek area, unloaded, and then hit a trot to an area of range called “behind the wall.” The wall is a 100 -200 foot rock wall that works its way through the Sangre De Cristo Range. Richard knew that country well, and it was a mild winter for that high range, so we got up into some really rugged country. Richard believed in his mount carrying him down any hog back or narrow trail. Max and I have talked about that day over the years and we both agreed there were several times we would have preferred to step off and lead our mounts. But Richard stayed mounted, and we didn’t want to look like sissies, so stayed mounted. Max told me he just knew we would fall off a trail that day into oblivion . . . but at least it would have been a western ■ place to cash in . . . The Vermejo! SEPTEMBER 2012

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breeding soundness exam, there are a few other issues we need to look at to make sure the bulls can get the job done. We tell producers that the procedure is an examination of this bull on this particular day, and even though he might pass that test just fine, he may not be fine a month down the road. Bulls may get sick, or become injured or lame. The breeding season is a stressful time.â&#x20AC;? There are some things that are not assessed with the breeding soundness exam. It does not assess libido (sex drive), for instance. This is just as important as fertility. Even if the bull is fertile and sound, if he doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t actually breed the cows, he wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t sire any calves. Libido is not easy to measure in a test setting. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This puts the responsibility onto the producer, to monitor the breeding groups and make sure each bull is doing the job,â&#x20AC;? says Whittier. The young, inexperienced bull needs to be closely watched, but a libido problem can happen with an older bull, as well. An older, overweight bull may become lazy or arthritic and may lose interest in breeding. Weight and body condition are important factors in whether a bull will be a good breeder. He needs to be in proper fitness condition to be athletic and have the endurance to cover a lot of territory and breed a lot of cows. â&#x20AC;&#x153;For a long time, I told producers that they needed to have the bulls in abundant flesh because they would lose weight during the breeding season, and needed some reserve. Then I saw a really interesting study that was done in Canada, in some large community breeding pastures,â&#x20AC;? says Whittier. The research was done by Dr. Coulter who earlier had measured the fat in the bullsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; scrotums (and found that fat bulls are less fertile because the fat insulates the testicles and keeps them too warm for optimum sperm production, and also hinders the bullsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; ability to raise and lower the testicles to keep them at proper temperature). â&#x20AC;&#x153;In this particular study on the community pastures, however, all they did was check backfat, using ultrasound. Then they turned out 30 to 50 bulls in each pasture. They blood typed the bulls and the cows and the calves, so they could tell which bulls sired which calves.â&#x20AC;? In this way, they could tell how many calves each bull sired. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d have asked me what was going to happen, I would have said that it would be a curve. I would have predicted that the continued on page 49

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really thin bulls wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t breed very many cows and the really fat bulls wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t breed very many, and that youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d want the bulls to be in the middle. It turned out that none of those bulls were too thin to breed cows. The ones that had zero backfat went out and bred the most cows. Now we realize there is a lot more danger in making a bull too fat than in having him too thin.â&#x20AC;? A fat bull is not as athletically fit and is more likely to hurt himself, just like an overweight, out-of-shape human who tries to exercise. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The fat bull is not very athletic, and more apt to be lazy. When we talk about body condition scores, I think body score 5 (with 1 being emaciated and 9 being obese) is fine for a bull; he doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t need to be any fatter than that. A BCS 5 bull isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t particularly pretty (heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s in his â&#x20AC;&#x153;working clothesâ&#x20AC;?) but he is going to settle more cows than the fat bull. It is crucial that these bulls not be overly fat,â&#x20AC;? says Whittier. A yearling bull that is still growing may run himself ragged during his first breeding season and lose too much weight for his own health, however. This is why itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s important to give a yearling bull fewer cows or a shorter turnout time, bringing him back in and giving him a rest before he becomes too far down in body condition. It is always important to monitor and manage bulls. Having young bulls too fat when they go out to breed cows is not the healthiest for them, or conducive to having them able to breed an optimum number of cows. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no substitute for monitoring the bulls and making sure they are breeding cows. Then youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll know if a bull gets hurt or goes lame, and he can be brought in, and another bull put in his place. You also need to know if certain bulls are keeping the others from breeding the cows. Social dominance can be a big factor regarding what happens in a breeding pasture. One or two bulls may be doing all the breeding and keeping the more timid bulls away from the cows. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If a bull becomes injured, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an emergency to get him out of the pasture. One of the things that can happen is that an injured dominant bull will continue to intimidate other bulls even if he himself is not able to breed the cows. He may have a sore foot, or some other problem like a breeding injury (penile or prepuce injury) and he is not breeding any cows, but is still keeping the other bulls from breeding. The

day you realize heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not breeding cows, he needs to come home, so the bulls that are left can do the work,â&#x20AC;? explains Whittier. There are also a few bulls that would rather fight than breed cows. There are all sorts of social factors that can skew things in a breeding pasture. In a small pasture with only a few bulls, it often pays to try to make sure that the bulls you turn out together are compatible and not simply spending all their time fighting. One oldtime rancher recommended using one bull or three, rather than two, especially if the two are evenly matched and always trying to determine whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s boss or always keeping each other from breeding. With three bulls, one might be able to slip in and breed the cow while the other two are fighting. If you have just one bull in breeding pasture, you need to make sure he is doing his job. Sometimes a bull will become injured or lazy and wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get all his cows bred. Sometimes a little competition will spur a complacent bull to become a more aggressive breeder. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no substitute for knowing your bulls and closely monitoring them to see whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s actually happening in the pasture. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It is very important to continually assess these interactions and adjust things if necessary â&#x20AC;&#x201D; move bulls, rest bulls, or whatever is needed to make sure the cows get bred,â&#x20AC;? says Whittier. FERTILITY FACTORS â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Several things can interfere with fertility, including high temperature and cold weather. Scrotal frostbite (which can often occur in northern climates with cold weather and wind, if bulls donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have adequate windbreaks) can result in scar tissue that makes it impossible for the bull to raise and lower his testicles, rendering him infertile. This may be temporary and not a serious problem (if the damage heals before the next breeding season) or permanent if the damage is extensive. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The bull may be out for the next breeding season, or maybe out for his lifetime, depending on the damage,â&#x20AC;? says Whittier. Optimum sperm production and sperm health depends on the testicles being a few degrees cooler than body temperature. This is why the bull must be able to lower his testicles in hot weather, and draw them up closer to the body for warmth in winter. Hot weather can be detrimental to fertility, as can a high fever if the bull is sick or suffers from an infection like foot rot. The sperm that were forming at the time he had a fever will be abnormal, and he will have an infertile period about 60 days folâ&#x2013; lowing the fever.

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My Cowboy Heroes by JIM OLSON

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Gary Sprague â&#x20AC;&#x201C;The Singing Cowboyâ&#x20AC;? Western icon, front and center in the minds of millions around the globe, is that of â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Silver Screen Cowboy.â&#x20AC;? Not many years ago, you could see the hero on TV, in a white hat doing what was right while protecting the weak and innocent. The good guy so prevalent back then was likely a â&#x20AC;&#x153;singing cowboy.â&#x20AC;? When not fighting outlaws and protecting the innocent, he would make you feel good with a song. Probably the two who come to mind, when thinking of singing cowboys, are Gene Autry and Roy Rogers. There were many others, however, who were also popular at different times. Even John Wayne himself gave it a whirl as â&#x20AC;&#x153;Singing Sandyâ&#x20AC;? early in his career. In modern times guys like Rogers, Autry, Rex Allen, Tex Ritter, and others have largely been forgotten. What a shame. These guys were heroes on the big and small screen to a couple generations of Americans. During the peak of the singing cowboy era (the 1940s and early â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;50s) these guys were as big as Depp, Travolta, and

Banderas are today. Well, as they say, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Gone but not forgotten.â&#x20AC;? Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be happy to know there are still singing cowboys out there, riding the trails forged by the great ones from the past. One such man is Gary Sprague, unofficially dubbed, â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Arizona Singing Cowboy.â&#x20AC;? When you first see him, you are immediately taken back to the days of the silver screen cowboy. Dressed in period clothing with authentic six shooters and guitar, and riding on his trusty horse, Dusty, Gary reminds you of the heroes of yesteryear. He looks the part, can walk the walk, and talk the talk. He sings volumes of oldtime cowboy favorites, recites cowboy poetry by the pages, and tells campfire stories like nobodyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s business. Gary is talented with a guitar and his booming voice will keep the attention of any crowd, even in large outdoor areas. He has become one of the most highly sought-after entertainers in the world of cowboy entertainment. As a matter of fact, his sole source of income for the last cou-

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ple decades has been that of a cowboy entertainer, portraying the old-time singing cowboy. Thousands of folk witness his shows each year. He is as genuine a singing cowboy as there ever was. What most donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know, however, is that Garyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s calling in life came via an unlikely journey. Gary was born during the 1950s in . . . of all places . . . upstate New York! He grew up the son of a carpenter. Once an adult, he was your typical eight-to-five employee working for corporate America â&#x20AC;&#x201D; an everyday Joe from the East Coast. That is the box the world would have put him in, but Gary thought different. He had always enjoyed music and played in a band for many years. He even tried making a living as a musician during his early twenties, but you know how life goes for most: get married, get a job, bills start arriving â&#x20AC;&#x201D; settle into a â&#x20AC;&#x153;normalâ&#x20AC;? life. That was Gary Spragueâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s story until his late thirties. However, he always had an affection for music and entertaining. He loved animals and spent a good deal of time around them when younger. He also enjoyed watching his silver screen heroes, the singing cowboys, and their portrayal of the great American West. So, at the age of thirtyseven, Gary had a long talk with his wife . . . quit his job, â&#x20AC;&#x153;pulled up stakes,â&#x20AC;? and moved West! Talk about a change of lifestyle. One day heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an average guy from upstate New York, and the next heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s living in Arizona with no job and no real plan (or some thought). Gary, however, did have a plan: to play cowboy music. In the beginning, he taught himself the words and chords to ninety different songs. He worked hard at being a musician, and his first break came in the form of a night gig at a famous Western steakhouse/lounge in the Scottsdale, Arizona area. He played country music there, but wondered about the true cowboy music. As he worked hard to hone his craft and become a better entertainer, he thought, continued on page 53

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“Where had all the cowboys gone?” Obviously Gene and Roy had retired long ago, but was there anyone like them anymore? All he saw were modern-day country singers and you can see them anywhere, even in New York! This was supposed to be the West! Gary began to notice a difference between country music and cowboy/western music. He talked with colleagues about entertaining from a horse and met with resistance (not to mention a few giggles). They said, “Nobody does that kind of thing anymore.” Not to be deterred, Gary borrowed a horse and sang in a parade a-horseback. The people who loaned him the horse thought that, since the horse was not all that well-behaved, he would give up and forget all of this nonsense about entertaining like that. Yet, just the opposite happened. He loved it! And, after a while, he had the horse acting much better as well. So good in fact, the people who owned the horse, now wanted him back to use for themselves. After that, Gary decided he needed a horse of his own, and the rest, as they say, is history. His act evolved. He loved watching his singing cowboy heroes while growing up, and he now followed in their foot steps. Before you know it, he was outfitted with a big hat, wore chaps, gun belt, boots and spurs, and had a handkerchief around his neck when he went to work. Talk about a cool job, it was just like being a kid again! He learned more old-time songs, recited poetry, and told cowboy stories. He worked hard at portraying the almost forgotten singing cowboy. He studied Old West history for countless hours, he made it his business to know all about “real”cowboys and “reel” cowboys. One makes a living loosely portraying the other so he found out all he could about both. Hard work paid off. One thing led to another and word got around about this “singing cowboy” feller. Gary was invited to play many famous Old West haunts. He also became a regular fixture in Old Town Scottsdale during the tourist season. Since the town touts itself as the West’s most Western town, there ought to be at least one cowboy there for the tourist to see! LOL! He has played countless corporate events and parties, and even rode out to center ice to sing the “anthem” during a national hockey tournament game. Although Gary has been dubbed “Arizona’s

Singing Cowboy” for quite some time now; he also has been featured on numerous shows and profiled in magazines and books nationwide! Gary has become quite a master of his craft, and that is not by chance. He works diligently at it. Not only does he work hard on new material and keeping his act authentic, but he has gotten pretty darned good with his horsemanship. His latest horse, Dusty, was trained entirely by Gary himself. Dusty is not your ordinary run-ofthe-mill horse either. In order to be in show business, he has to be able to go indoors as well as out, be around hundreds of people, and stay gentle enough that little kids and unsuspecting adults (who walk all around him petting him from every angle) are safe while doing so. Also, Dusty has to do something very unnatural for a horse: That is stand very still, in one spot, for long periods of time while this guy sits up top, strums a guitar, sings loudly, talks a lot, and moves around into different positions. All this while in front of large crowds, performing. Dusty also knows several show business tricks such as rearing, counting, fetch and saying yes and no. Dusty started doing this when he was only three! Gary says he just shows ‘em what he wants and is patient and gentle about doing it. (Sounds simple enough, but very few horses can do it.) Besides working hard to keep his act authentic, he also lives the lifestyle of a true cowboy. He has attended branding events, worked cattle, logged thousands of hours in the saddle, trained his own horses and looks like a cowboy, but more than that, he is a cowboy at heart. He is the kind of guy, true to his word, always trying to do the right thing and personifies the hero attitude of yesterday. He lends a helping hand when he can, believes in God and country, and is one hundred percent true to his best friend and partner, his wife of almost forty years, Peggy. Not only did he follow in the footsteps of the original pioneers and “go West” in mid-life to experience change and become a Westerner, but Peggy has been right there beside him, supporting and promoting him the whole way. If Gary’s move from East to West, learning the trade of a cowboy and western musician doesn’t sound like a pioneer story from a hundredplus years ago, then what would? As with most true Westerners, Gary is passionate about what he believes in. For him, one way to perpetuate “the code of the West” is by educating children. He loves to work with children, making sev-

Gary Sprague unofficially “The Arizona Singing Cowboy”

eral appearances each year to entertain and educate them at elementary and preschools. He has developed a special act to help inform youngsters about the cowboy way of life. Gary also makes appearances to entertain the elderly who have no other way of seeing his act. His visits to nursing homes are well-received by folk there and it helps them go back to a time when people like Gary were their heroes on screen. He is especially proud of this work with the young and old, as it is kind of a “community service” he does. While entertaining tourists and corporate crowds, he also gives the public a glimpse of the Silver Screen Cowboy from days gone by. He does as much to promote the image of the Old West to non-Western folk as anyone. Gary is not awed or afraid of the unknown. He embraces life with a big smile on his face. If he had listened to people back in New York telling him, “Moving out West to become a singer is nothing more than a pipe dream . . .” he never would have succeeded. Now, he is a prime example of a real-life cowboy hero . . . just ■ like Gene and Roy! SEPTEMBER 2012

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Federal

Lands News My column this month is about courts & Forest Service mismanagement

Court Overturns Hage Case ll who believe in property rights suffered a big loss when the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals recently ruled against the Hage family. You will recall the Federal Court of Claims ruled the government had committed both regulatory and physical takings of the Hageâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s water rights, and that they were entitled to compensation for range improvements (fences, roads and improvements to springs and wells). After applying interest, the total award was $14.2 million. The three judge panel basically overturned all of the award. Margaret Byfield, daughter of Wayne & June Hage, said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Appeals Court decision reads very similar to the governmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s briefs filed in the case.â&#x20AC;? Byfield, who is Executive Director of American Stewards, also said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Where the lower court very carefully examined the facts and went to great effort to understand not only the law, but how the western grazing lands function, the Appeals Court deferred to the governmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s position. It is very unfortunate that the facts determined by the lower court, as well as, its ruling were so easily and eagerly dismissed.â&#x20AC;? American Stewards says this ruling â&#x20AC;&#x153;opens the door for the federal government to fence off any private citizenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s water right that resides on the federal lands and take whatever they want without paying compensation.â&#x20AC;? The Hage family has until September 10 to decide if theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll ask the entire 9th Circuit for a review or rehearing of the case.

Groups file suit against Forest Service

Thirteen rancher and logging groups have filed suit against the Forest Service planning rule, saying the rule prioritizes â&#x20AC;&#x153;ecologic sustainabilityâ&#x20AC;? over all other uses. The rule requires the Forest Service to â&#x20AC;&#x153;maintain a viable population of each species of conservation concern within the plan area.â&#x20AC;? The plaintiffs say the rule emphasizes sustainability, preservation and even â&#x20AC;&#x153;spiritual valuesâ&#x20AC;? over multiple

use, which violates the Federal Land Policy and Management Act and the Multiple Use Sustained Yield Act. The groups are asking the federal judge to overturn the planning rule and send it back to the agency for reconsideration. Heinrich & Lujan Oppose Healthy Forest Legislation

With over 900 fires so far in the West, the politicians are starting to respond. Rep. Paul Gosar (R-Az) has introduced

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The Arizona Game and Fish Commission has voted to oppose the proposed Grand Canyon Watershed National Monument, saying the designation “could impact public access, recreation, grazing, and the ability of the commission to manage wildlife.” While the commission’s primary concerns were “restrictions on proactive wildlife management” they also noted the loss of livestock grazing in the monument “can cause significant loss of water availability for wildlife.” These guys get it. The question now is will the Martinez administration get it. Forest Service to the rescue?

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For Texas Charolais producer Trey Wood, results make the difference. “When you look at the entire Charolais package, I think our cattle will outperform any other breed.” The Woods – Trey, his father Clark, and their family – raise purebred Charolais and Angus cattle on C Bar Ranch, southeast of Lubbock, Texas, near Slaton. Trey is the third generation on the ranch that has been in the family since his grandfather bought it in 1950, and says the fourth generation is working his way up. The family got their start with the breed in 1970, when Clark bought his first Charolais bulls to use on their crossbred cattle. “They loved the outcome,” Trey said. “My granddad was a died-in-the-wool Hereford man. My dad said that he just couldn’t stand to look at those yellow and white calves out in the pasture, but every time one went across the scale, he got a big grin on his face.” Clark then bought some purebred Charolais cows, and the Woods started selling bulls in the early 1970s. They main-

tained two separate herds, commercial and purebred, for many years, then in the mid80s moved to a straight Charolais operation. Today, the Woods market both bulls and females private treaty from the ranch, Trey noted. Although the market for heifers is not as big, they do sell some as replacements and people are always welcome to come out and take a look. “Selling bulls this way gives us time to get to know our customers, and knowing the people you sell to helps you understand their needs.” The cost of putting on a sale is another factor, he said. “We have held sales in the past, and between the costs of labor, advertising and putting on the sale, it gets expensive. It’s cheaper for us to sell private treaty, and we’re able to pass some of that savings on to the customer. To me, it just makes sense.” After the bull calves are weaned, they’re grown out on wheat pasture, he explained. “It’s great feed, and when we sell them, our bulls still know how to get out and use the pasture. They won’t fall through the floor when our customers get them home.” The breed is known for its hybrid vigor and muscling, as well as the identifiability of calves with Charolais genetics. In addition, adaptability is one of the breed’s best qualities, according to Trey. “Their doability in different country is phenomenal. They don’t have trouble with transition.

We’ve sold bulls to both the East coast and to Mexico, and brought Charolais cattle home from Montana, and haven’t seen that “fall apart” that sometimes happens.” The Woods run their Charolais and Angus cattle together, and he says he has definitely noticed a difference between the two breeds. “The Charolais use the country better, you see them up on the hillsides and up on rocky canyons.” The breed has a history of disposition problems, but Trey said he works hard to make sure he raises gentle cattle. He also works to raise easy-calving cattle, and strives for birthweights of 85-95 pounds. “Our cattle have a good disposition – we work on it all the time. I can’t speak for everyone, you can have disposition problems in any breed, but we work hard on it. If anything starts acting crazy, we get rid of it. Wild cattle cost you money across the board, and it’s just not worth it to have them around.” The Woods run their cattle like any commercial producer, feeding cake when it’s needed. Their home ranch country includes a little bit of everything, he noted. “We have rolling hills, sandy country and rocky canyon country. We see the cattle use the country really well.” The Woods have also had success running Charolais cattle in the rocky Texas continued on page 66 SEPTEMBER 2012

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hill country, he pointed out. “That country is not as forgiving as our home country, but the cattle are doing very well. Even in this drought, as bad as it’s been, the cows are in good shape and are breeding back.” The cattle market can be a tricky thing, with something like color having a big influence on prices. “There still seems to be a little stigma against white cattle in the market,” he noted. “Many times, a pure white calf won’t sell as well as a black or grey, even when the white calf is of comparable quality or better.” Despite that, Trey believes that properly managed, Charolais will net you more money and a better bottom line. “Charolais is a very good breed, and I think that people can make money on them. It costs the same amount to run sorry cattle as it does to run the good ones – you have the

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lines to choose from.” Typically, females aren’t included in the sale, but this year may be a little different, he explained. “Last year, I saved a lot of females with the intention of restocking some of the country that has been drouthed out. Those females are bred, and the drought hasn’t let up, so I have more available this year.” Farming is prevalent in north central Kansas, so big cow herds are not common, he noted. Typically, people run cattle on the ground they can’t get a tractor on, which provides another source of income for the family. Myron runs his cattle on pasture in the summer, and the herd winters on crop residue. Bull calves are fed out on a fairly high roughage ration, and he does not creep feed the calves. “One of the comments I’ve had on our bulls is that they hold together well when customers get them home and put them out with their herds.” Myron uses tools like ultrasound to make sure he has the most accurate information, both to improve his breeding program and for customers’ benefit. “We do ultrasounding and semen checking so that

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Rancho Cerro Prieto – Stanfield AZ.: Two-section ranch, priced right. Arizona State Lease. Owner/Agent. Possible owner carry with low down! Asking $25,000 REDUCED! Cactus Ridge Ranch: San Manuel, Ariz.: 48-head year-long. Very nice bunkhouse on the state. 7 acres deeded. Ranch might be a candidate for FSA. Asking $295,000 Pomerene Ranch: Benson AZ, 81 head yearlong, 92 Acres Deeded, 7650 acres AZ State Lease, nice ranch with many new improvements. Ask Scott Thacker about the current FSA loan, EQIP Projects, & the Range Rest Rotation payments. Asking $425,000 REDUCED & ADJUSTED! Broken Arrow Ranches: Western Arizona: 2 contiguous ranches (North Clem & Saddle Mountain). Historically strong steer ranches w/large ephemeral increases during the winter. 450 head year-long or 900 steers seasonally. 71 Deeded Acres plus BLM & State Leases. Nice Manufactured Home. Owner May Split! Asking $599,000

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Arroyo Sanchez Ranch – has 160 deeded acres w/1800 acre NM state grazing lease. Perimeter fenced, dirt tanks, 1 pipeline drinker and good pasture grasses. Price is $398,750 or increase the size of this ranch to 4,735 acres w/285 deeded acres. Price is $750,000. Sombrero Ranch, Trujillo, NM – 1,442 deeded acres has 2 pastures. Perimeter fenced, 3 good cold water wells, 2 dirt tanks & springs in the coolie. This has been a successful 30 cow/calf operation for many years. Asking $575,358. Apache Mesa Ranch Parcels, Las Vegas, NM – 120 acre fenced parcel & one 64 acre rim rock parcel located on Apache Mesa. Priced at $140,000 & $79,000. 120 acre parcel is perimeter fenced & has two good tanks. 64 acres has wow ya rim rock sunset views! La Cueva Canyon Ranch – 1,595 deeded acres and 240 acres of BLM grazing lease. Very scenic parcel has tall pines, canyon springs, good dirt tanks, new fence on NE corner. Turkeys, deer & other native species abound. Price is $990,333. Owner may carry... Middle Canyon Ranch – 1,240 deeded acres lies adjacent to La Cueva Canyon ranch. Has playa dirt tanks, spring water in the canyon bottom, gramma grasses and tall pines. Good access and incredible views. Price is $768,800. Ledoux, NM – 65 acre dry land terraced farm is perimeter fenced, has overhead electric on site. Past crops are winter wheat, spring oats, alfalfa, barley and feed grasses. ~7 acres is sub-irrigated. Located ½ mile north of Ledoux. Priced at $240,000. Dilia, NM – 35 deeded acres of irrigated farm land for sale at $548,000. 35 ac. ft. of ditch rights go w/sale plus farm equipment. It’s fenced, has stocked fish pond, m/h on site and community water & septic. Owner takes 1,200 alfalfa bales per cutting. Price is $548,000. Owner will carry...

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Beautiful Western New Mexico 430 acres, 6500' elevation, Ponderosa pines, red cliffs, views on the Continental Divide. 15 miles east of Ramah, N.M., south of State Highway 53 on county maintained road with year round access. Good wells on property with good water, power on property by Cibola Electric Coop. 2 barns, 2 dirt ponds. $525,000.00 480-515-0858 â&#x20AC;˘ 602-315-1098 cell

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ST. JOHNS AREA FARMS St. Johns Irrigation & Ditch Company: TThe St he ffarm arm iiss located located approximately approximately two two m iles nnorth orth ooff tthe he miles m ain sstreet treet (Cleveland (Cleveland Street) Sttreet) iinn SSt.t. JJohns ohns aatt the the intersection intersection of of Water Water Street Street aand nd 22nd nd W est SStreet. treet. main West TThere here isis 305 305 deeded deeded aacres cres w ith 5588 shares shares ooff St. St. Johns Johns Irrigation Irrigation and and DDitch itch Company. Company. TThe he LLittle ittle with CColorado olorado RRiver iver rruns uns through through tthe he pproperty roperrtty from from east east ttoo w est approximately approximately Â˝ mile. mile. Farmland Farmland iiss iirrirriwest ggated ated vvia ia flood flood ggravity ravity flow flow dditch itch on on native native aand nd improved improved ppasture asture utilized utilized for for livestock livestock ggrazing. razing. PPrice rice $375,000 $375,000 LLyyman Water Company: TThe he farm farm isis llocated ocated on on tthe he ssouthwest outhwest sside ide ooff St. St. Johns Johns approximately approximately Â˝ mile west west ooff US US HHighway ighway 180/191. 180/191. The The pproperty roperty has has been been farmed farmed in in aalfalfa, lfalfa, ssudan udan aand nd oother ther vvararmile ious ccrops rops iinn the the past. past. FFarm arm iincludes ncludes 84.5 84.5 acres acres deeded deeded aand nd 7755 shares shares ooff Lyman Lyman Water Water CCompany. ompany. ious TThe he eentire ntire pproperty roperrtty has has bbeen een cleared cleared ffor or ffarming arming and and improvements improvements include include ssome ome ffencing encing aand nd dirt dirt iirrigation rrigation ditches. ditches. Irrigation Irrigation iiss provided provided by by gravity gravity flow flow ddirt irrtt dditches. itches. PPrice rice $340,000 $340,000 St. Johns Irrigation & Dititch Company: TThe St he farm farm isis located located approximately approximately tthree hree m iles nnorth orrtth of of tthe he miles m ain street street (Cleveland (Cleveland Street) Sttreet) in in SSt.t. Johns Johns directly directly w est of of 22nd. nd. W est Street. Streett. TThere here iiss 361.5 361.5 deeddeedmain west West eedd aacres cres w ith 230 230 sshares hares of of St. St. JJohns ohns IIrrigation rrigation and and DDitch itch CCompany ompany w ater. FFarmland armland isis iirrigated rrigated via via with water. fflood lood gravity gravity flow flow dditch itch on on nnative ative aand nd improved improved ppasture asture utilized utilized for for llivestock ivestock grazing. grazing. TThe he properproperttyy iincludes ncludes Â˝ miles miles ooff frontage frontage along along 2nd. 2nd. West West Street. Streett. PPrice rice $695,000 $695,000

CENTRRAAL ARIZONA RRAANCH YYavapai avapai aand nd CCoconino oconino CCounties, ounties, AArizona, rizona, between bettween Camp Camp VVerde erde aand nd Clints Clints W Well. ell. W Winter inter pasture pasture ssoutheast outheast of of Camp Camp VVerde erde aalong long tthe he Verde Verde River River between between 3,500 3,500 and and 5,000 5,000 ffeet eet eelevation, levation, summer summer ppasture asture on on ttop op of of the the Mogollon Mogollon Rim Rim aalong long Highways Highways 260 260 & 87 87 near near CClints lints W Well, ell, between between 77,500 ,500 and and 8,000 8,000 feet feet elevation. elevation. National National Forest Forest Grazing Grazing Allotment Allotment ffor or 750 750 aanimal nimal uunits, nits, ccurrent urrent aannual nnual operoperaating ting pplan lan runs runs 450 450 ccattle attle for for tthe he winter winter and and 6664 64 cattle cattle ffor or the the summer. summer. Base Base property properrtty contains contains 1163 63 irrigated irrigated aand nd 332 332 rrange ange ddeeded eeded acres acres located located on on M Mclaws claws RRoad oad eeast ast ooff Holbrook, Holbrook, Arizona Arizona priprim marily arily uused sed aass iirrigated rrigated grazing grazing ppasture asture for for w weaning eaning calves. calves. Summer Summer headquarters headquarrtters includes includes 22,224SF ,224SF log log sided sided hhome ome with with large large sstock tock bbarn arn on on 10-acres 10-acres located located one one m mile ile northeast northeast ooff Clints Clints Well, Well, jjust ust eeast ast of of M Mormon ormon LLake ake RRoad. oad. TThis his iiss a good good yyear-round ear-round ranch ranch with with high high m mountain ountain summer summer country country and and mild, mild, low low elevation elevation winter winter country, country, less less than than two two hhours ours drive drive time time from from the the Phoenix Phoenix m metro etro area. area. PPaved aved aaccess ccess iiss pprovided rovided by by HHighways ighways 260 260 & 87 87 through through the the ranch. ranch. Winter Winter rrange ange iincludes ncludes tthe he NNeedle eedle RRock ock ccow ow camp camp containing containing a 1,200SF 1,200SF house, house, hay hay barn barn and and corrals. corrals. PPrice rice $$2,375,000 2,375,000 for for w whole hole rranch anch or or $$1,575,000 1,575,000 excluding excluding tthe he summer summer hheadquarters. eadquarrtters.

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Committed To Always Working Hard For You! RRANCHES ANCHES / FARMS FARMS 411 Head Double Circle Ranch, Eagle Creek, AZ UUSFS SFS AAllotment, llotment, 13 13 aacc of of ddeeded, eeded, 4-BR, 4-BR, 22-story -story rock rock home, home, bbarn, arn, ccorrals, orrals, & ooutfitters utfitters ccamp. amp. HHQQ ccentrally entrally llocated ocated inin a ssecluded ecluded ddraw. raw. W ell Well iimproved mproved with with 1166 llarge arge ppastures, astures, 336+ 6+ m iles ooff new new ffencing, encing, 3300 miles miles of of nnew ew miles ppipeline ipeline with with several several m ajor solar solar ppumpumpmajor iing ng ssystems, ystems, aadditional dditional water water sstorage torage & w/horses & numerous ddrinkers. rinkers. $1.5M w/ numerous equipment. Terms *R EDUCED* + /-128 Head Flyin g Diamond Ranch, Klondyke, Klondyke, AZ AZ ++/-1500 /-1500 deeded acres, acres, State State & (2) (2) USFS USFS Grazing Grazing deeded Leases. Main Main residence, residence, gguesthouse, uesthouse, Leases. barn, hhay ay bbarn, arn, & corrals corrals aatt HHQ. Q. Good Good barn, access, iinn a ggreat reat location. location. $1,300,000 access, 52 Head Ranch, San Simon, AAZZ â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Great Guest Ranch Prospect Pristine, Pristine, & private, private, oonly nly 1122 m iles ffrom rom I-10. I-10. BBighorn ighorn sheep, sheep, miles rruins, uins, pictographs. pictographs. 1480 1480 aacres cres of of deeddeeded, 52 52 head, head, BLM BLM llease, ease, hhistoric istoric rrock ock ed, house, new new cabin, cabin, springs, springs, wells. wells. house, $1,500,000 Terms. *SOLD* 250â&#x20AC;&#x201C;400+ Head Cattllee Ranch Sheldon, AAZZ â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 1,450 1,450 ddeeded eeded aacres, cres, ++//30 ssections ections BLM, BLM, 1150+ 50+ acres acres iirrigated rrigated 30 farm lland. and. Nice Nice HHQQ iincludes ncludes ttwo wo rrock ock farm homes, ggood ood sset et ooff ssteel teel shipping shipping & homes, horse ccorrals, orrals, barn.. barn.. horse

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*NEW* 335 Head Ranch, Greenlee County, AZ â&#x20AC;&#x201C; NNear ear DDouble ouble CCircle ircle RRanch. anch. ++//- 2200 DDeeded eeded aacres, cres, ww/two /two hhomes, omes, bbarn arn & ooutbuildings. utbuildings. 5588 Sections Sections UUSFS SFS ggrazing razing ppermit. ermit. GGood ood vvehicular ehicular aaccess ccess ttoo tthe he rranch anch â&#x20AC;&#x201C; ootherwise therwise tthis his iiss a hhorseback orseback rranch. anch. SScenic, cenic, ggreat reat ooutfitters utfitters pprospect. rospect. $ 8 5 0 ,0 0 0 Wickenburg, AAZZ â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 216 Head Cattle Ranch. SScenic, cenic, llush ush hhigh igh ddesert esert vvegetaegetattion. ion. 1103 03 ddeeded eeded aacres, cres, SState, tate, BBLM LM & 33,100 ,100 aacres cres pprivate rivate llease. ease. W ell wwatered atered Well ww/tanks, /tanks, ssprings prings & wwells. ells. AAbundant bundant ffeed, eed, nnumerous umerous ccorrals orrals & ggreat reat ssteel teel sshipping hipping ppens. ens. $850,000. *REDUCED TO $350,000* +/- 60 Head Cattle Ranch Bisbeee//M /M cNeal, AAZZ â&#x20AC;&#x201C; ggrazing razing lleases eases HHQQ oonn 2244 44 aacres cres ooff ppri-rivvate ate lland and iincluding ncluding llog og hhome, ome, bbunk unk hhouse, ouse, ccorrals, orrals, hhay ay bbarn, arn, wwell, ell, aarena, rena, ttack ack hhouse ouse & sstorage torage ssheds. heds. Purchase HQ o n 966 acres & lea se for $ 5 0 0 ,0 0 0 . Young, AZ 72 Acre Farm â&#x20AC;&#x201C; UUnder nder tthe he M ogollon RRim, im, a m ust ssee, ee, w/ /small Mogollon must w/small ttown own ccharm, harm, m ountain vviews. iews. 11,000 ,000 mountain ggpm pm wwell, ell, hhome, ome, 11800s 800s m useum, 2 BBRR museum, ccabin, abin, sshop, hop, & bbarn. arn. EExcellent xcellent ffor or hhorse orse ffarm, arm, bbed ed & bbreakfast, reakfast, lland and oorr wwater ater ddevelopment. evelopment. +/- 6622 aacres cres & wwell ell ffor or $$1,700,000; 1,700,000; hhome ome & oother ther iimprovemprovem ents. $424,500, Seller Financing. ments. *REDUCED TO $240,000* Santa Teresa Mtns, Fort Thomas, AZ â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 2200 00 aacre cre PPlus lus 1177 hhead ead BBLM LM aallotment, llotment, pprivate rivate rretreat, etreat, ttwo wo wwells. ells. VVery ery rremote emote & eextremely xtremely sscenic cenic ww/sycamores, ottonwoods & /sycamores, ccottonwoods bbeautiful eautiful rrock ock fformations. ormations. $ 2 8 5 ,0 0 0 Terms. *SOLD* Greenlee County, AAZZ, 11339 39 HHeead Ranch â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Year-long Year-long UUSFS SFS permit permit w/two w/two w/ room lline ine camp, camp, barn barn & ccorrals orrals aatt HQ. HQ. room

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orseback ranch ranch ww/limited /limited RRemote emote hhorseback access. Sheldon, Sheldon, AZ. AZ. vvehicular ehicular access. EXICO PROPERTIES PROPERTIES N EW M NEW MEXICO Cooperatively wwith ith AAction ction Realty, Realty, LListed isted Cooperatively Dale Spurgeon, Spurgeon, Broker Broker CCliff, liff, NM, NM, Dale M,, ++/ +/*NEW* Animas, NM //-- 100 acre Farm, wwith ith +/+/- 9900 iirrigated rrigated acres, acres, fflood lood iirrigated rrigated ww/concrete /concrete ditches. ditches. M ain Main hhome, ome, second second home, home, gguest uest hhouse, ouse, sshop, hop, hhorse orse bbarns arns oother ther bbuildings. uildings. $325,000. *SOLD* +/ +//-300 Head Cattle Ranch, +/Virden, NM +//-- 4010 4010 ddeeded eeded acres, acres, +//-2277 sec sec BLM, BLM, 4.5 4.5 sec sec NM NM State State Lease. Lease. HHQQ includes includes 2 BBR, R, 1 bath, bath, ssite ite bbuilt uilt hhome ome on on 1100 iirrigated rrigated aacres. cres. W ell Well wwatered atered rranch. anch.

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*NEW* Fr ank lin, NM, 28 Acr e Farm â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 1199 AAcres cres ooff wwater ater rrights ights from from FFranklin ranklin I.D., I.D., 5 BR, BR, 3 bbath ath M fg. hhome, ome, Mfg. ccorrals. orrals. $150,000 Terms. HORSE ROPERTIES/LAND H ORSE PPROPERTIES/LAND *NEW* +/- 480 Acres Oracle, AAZZ â&#x20AC;&#x201C; OOne ne ooff the the last last remaining remaining llarge arge parcels. parcels. CCurrently urrently operating operating aass a small small ccattle attle operation. GGreat reat pprospect rospect ffor or ffuture uture operation. development inin a ddesirable esirable llocation. ocation. development Fenced wwith ith a well, well, electric electric power, power, and and Fenced two mfg. mfg. homes homes â&#x20AC;&#x201C; $2,500,000. two *REDUCED* Irrigated Farm, St. David, AZ 15+ 15+ acre acre pparcel, arcel, new new 3 BR, BR, 2 Bath Bath ccustom ustom hhome ome ooverlooking verlooking ppond, ond, iirrigated rrigated farm ffields, ields, 1120 20 ppecan ecan trees; trees; IIndoor ndoor farm swimming pool; pool; guest guest hhouse; ouse; studio; studio; swimming root ccellar; ellar; workshop; workshop; machine machine & hhay ay root sheds. $790,000 $650,000. sheds. Willcox, AZ 40 Acres â&#x20AC;&#x201C; GGreat reat views views inin eevery very direction, direction, ppower ower to to the the property. property. $85,000.

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C C6 6 R RANCH ANCH â&#x20AC;&#x201C; This This ranch ranch is is llocated ocated aatt Patagonia Patagonia A AZ. Z. The The ranch ranch consists consists o off 40 40 deeded deeded acres acres & 8 8,000 ,000 plus plus acres acres N National ational Forest Forest LLease. ease. T This his rranch anch iiss rated rated at at 165 165 head head annually. annually. G Great reat water water system system & good good sstrong trong grass. grass. Improvements Improvements iinclude nclude 1600 1600 sq. sq. ft. ft. h home ome built built iin n 2006, 2006, b barn arn & ccorrals. orrals. The The R Ranch anch h has as easy easy access access to to ttown own & beautiful beautiful views. $750,000. views. $ 750,000. This SSANTO ANTO NINO NINO â&#x20AC;&#x201C; T his Ranch Ranch iiss located located 7 miles off Patagonia on western m iles south south o Patagonia o n tthe he w estern Rafael eedge dge of of tthe he beautiful beautiful San San R afael Valley. Valley. This 62 deeded This ranch ranch cconsists onsists of of 6 2d eeded acres acres & 12,000 The 12,000 plus plus National National FForest orest Lease. Lease. T he ranch 185 The ranch is is rrated ated aatt 1 85 head head annually. annually. T he land ccontained ontained in in the the rranch anch consists consists of of land steep sided sided ridges ridges tto o rrolling olling hills hills along along the the steep sside ide of of tthe he valley valley floor. fflloor. IImprovements mprovements include 3 ,000 sq. sq. ft. fftt. owners ome, ccowowowners h include 3,000 home, oes a boy house, house, barn barn & corrals. corrals. Rarely Rarely d boy does he market. market. ranch in in tthis his aarea rea come come on on tthe ranch $899,000 iincluding ncluding cattle. catttttle. $899,000 115 A cre Farm, Farm, H atch, NM, NM, â&#x20AC;&#x201C; EBID EBID 115 Acre Hatch, Irrigation W ith 5 Supplemental Supplemental Wells. Wells. Irrigation With Great Production Farm â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Call For Price.

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Featured Ranches Sale COVERED S RANCH 23,013 acres northwest of Snyder, Texas. Miles of highway frontage. Gently rolling to broken terrain. Highly improved ranch with paved private roads, beautiful ownerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s home, covered cutting arena, pipe shipping pens, roping arena, horse barn, employee homes & many additional improvements. Outstanding hunting & productive cattle country. Offered at $20,000,000 or approximately $869 per acre.

TEXAS PANHANDLE RANCH 36,208 acres southeast of Amarillo. This is one of the best known, most scenic ranches in the Panhandle. It has pavement frontage on ttw wo sides & paved private roads to all headquarter

Excelleent water features with a beauttiful spring fed fishing pond. The headquarters are some of the best to be found anywhere, & they are situated in a scenic, manicured park-like setting surrounded by huge trees. One-half minerals included. $950 per acre.

SOUTHERN COLORRAADO RANCH 10,719 acres located in the heart of the Sangre de Cristo Mountain Range. Elevations run from 8,500 feet to 13,700 feet, & the ranch has a rugged mountainous terrain with excellent live water features. The ranch is improved with a lodge, ttw wo guest houses, managerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s house & other outbuildings. Anyone would be proud to own & enjoy this trophy huntiing mountain ranch. Game includes elk, deer, bear, Rocky Mountain sheep, turkey, grouse, & lion. Trout fishing in the creeks. This big timber ranch is offffered at $29,960,000, or $2,795 per acre, & 100% of the mineral rights are included.

SOUTHEASTERN COLORRAADO RRAANCH 20,790 deeded acres, more or less plus 962 acres of state lease. Approximately one-third of the ranch is gently rolling to hilly open prairie land. The remainder of the properttyy has a more broken canyonlike terrain. Juniper & piĂąon are found in the rougher portions of the ranch, principally along ridge lines & steep mesa side slopes. Mature Cottonwood trees are common in the major canyon creek bottom drainages. Colorful sandstone rock outcrops add to the beauttyy of the rugged canyon country. Headquarter improvements include a two-story ranch home, outbuildings & shipping pens. The sportsman will appreciate the quality of the mule deer & elk are also becoming fairly common. Other game includes Big Hor n Mountain Sheep, turkey & an occasional lion or bear. This ranch is reasonably offered at $475 per deeded acre.

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Peggy York, 90, longtime rancher of Fort Sumner, passed away July 28, 2012, in Lubbock following a stroke. She was born Thelma Juaeise Burt on March 28, 1922, in Snyder, Texas, to Grady Burt and Velma (Brown) Burt. She was so small when she was born, at home, that a neighbor kept her warm in a shoebox near the oven. She worked for a gas company in Snyder and went to cosmetology school in Dallas. During her first marriage to a pilot who was killed in World War II, she lived in upstate New York, Birmingham, Alabama., Virginia Beach, Virgina and Charleston, South Carolina. Following her return to Snyder, she married rancher H.C. “Buster” York on July 6, 1947. As newlyweds, they lived in Colorado for several months on a ranch owned by Buster’s father, Jim York. When that ranch was sold, they returned to Gail, Texas and leased the Johnson Ranch for three years before screwworms and drought forced them to move farther west in the early 1950s. They purchased a ranch near Lake Sumner, where they ran mostly yearlings and some sheep until Buster died in 1973. She then raised cowcalves on part of the ranch and leased the rest of the place. She lived on the ranch independently up until her death. She dearly loved her family and her animals and will be greatly missed. Survivors include her son, Ralph Wayne York, and grandchildren Guy Wayne York and Randa Lynn York, all of Fort Sumner; her daughter Jane Rash and husband Billy of Willis, Texas; granddaughter Sharla Ishmael and husband Wes of Benbrook, Texas; granddaughter Carrie Mason and husband Kelton of Montgomery, Texas; and four greatgrandchildren, Josie and Brooks Ishmael and Kaden and Kamlynn Mason. Freddie Mack Anthony, 72 Elida, died in an auto accident on August 9, 2012. He was born on December 19, 1939, in Hobbs to John Thomas and Ruby Naioma (Vaughn) Anthony. He graduated from Elida High School and attended Eastern New Mexico University for two years. On June 28, 1959, he married Molly Ella Vaughn in Floyd and they enjoyed 53 years together. He owned Anthony Schools Buses and contracted to Elida School System for 40 years. He loved to collect antique cars, buses and tractors. He loved being in any parade with his cars. Fred had been a member of the Roosevelt General Hospital Board, the Roosevelt County Electric co-op Board and the Telephone

co-op Board. He was also on the Border Soil Conservation Board and member of the Farm Bureau and served on numerous church boards. He was a very active member in the Elida First United Methodist Church. Most of all he was a very loving husband, father, grandfather and great grandfather. Fred is survived by his wife, Molly; two sons, Mark, Muleshoe, Texas, and John D. Anthony (wife, Shelli), Elida; five grandchildren, and seven great-grandchildren. Robert Hoyt Clifton, 82, died August 14, 2012 in Fort Worth Hospital in Ft. Worth, Texas, with his family by his side. Hoyt was born March 12, 1930, in Lindsey, Oklahoma, to Elsie and Belle Clifton. Hoyt served 26 years as the Director of the Bureau of Elections for the state of New Mexico, during this time he also served on the Federal Bureau of Elections. He traveled to Russia when their government was changing from Capitalism to Socialism, helping in the voting process. In 2003, Hoyt received the New Mexico Distinguished Service Award for his great works in the state. Hoyt was the symbol of New Mexico elections for the political insiders for 20 years. He wrote the election code and knew election law like no other. Hoyt spent more than 56 years in New Mexico with his wife, Ethelyn. He is survived by his three children, Aaron and (wife,Kitty), Marlow, Oklahoma; Brock and (wife, Cathleen), Bowie, Texas; and Rhonda Stockton/Deckard and (husband, Danny) Clovis; eight grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; and a special friend, Jean Hatch, Bowie, Texas. Aubrey L. Dunn Sr., 84, Wichita Falls, Texas passed away on August 23, 2012 at the family home. He was born in Alamogordo on March 25, 1928 to A.L. Dunn and Irma (Shields) Dunn. He is survived by his wife of 57 years Betty Jo (McClendon) Dunn; his brother Bill Dunn (wife, Pat) Hobbs; three children; Aubrey L. Dunn Jr. (wife, Robin) Lincoln County; Kelly O. Dunn (wife, Debbie) Las Cruces; and Jeree Stambaugh (husband, Jeff) Wichita Falls; six grandchildren, and two great-granddaughters. Aubrey (also known as the Ole Apple Picker) and Betty Jo raised their family at Dunn’s Cider Mill Farm in High Rolls Mountain Park. The Dunns were known for their hospitality, self-pick wormy apples, and scenic farm. Aubrey’s business career started as business manager for the Alamogordo Daily

News, where he later became partner with Billie Holder and continued as partners after the Daily News sold in 1983. Aubrey started his political career in 1954 as the Otero County Assessor and was elected to the New Mexico State Senate for Otero County in 1965. During his 15 years in the Legislature, Aubrey worked tirelessly for the citizens of New Mexico as chairman of the Legislative Finance Committee. His legacy can be credited to the financial health of New Mexico today and seen in the school equalization formula; therefore, helping struggling small schools throughout the state. Aubrey was instrumental in establishing the state severance tax fund which saved our oil and gas revenues to work into the future for his grandchildren and great-grandchildren to make the state as solvent as it is today. He was a candidate in the Democratic Primary for governor in 1982. Aubrey was a member of Faith Village Church of Christ in Wichita Falls and through the years received numerous awards and accolades throughout his career including Alamogordo Citizen of the Year. He played a significant role in the establishment of the International Space Hall of Fame and the naming of Aubrey Dunn Visitor Center. He also was a past president of the New Mexico Amigos. Over the past 16 years, Aubrey has fought a battle of multiple Myeloma cancer. Gretchen Sammis, 86, Cimarron, died August 14, 2012 in the same bed she was born in at Chase Ranch, a few miles northwest of Cimarron. Sammis was inducted into the National Cowgirl Hall of Fame in 1986. Her selection was due in part to her civic and conservation work. She served on numerous local and national boards. She was voted “New Mexico Cattleman of the Year” in 2007, an honor given by the New Mexico Cattle Growers’ Association and earned by a lifetime of service in the cattle industry. Gretchen is survived by her life-long partner Ruby Gobble and a world of 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. SEPTEMBER 2012

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year, but now it takes on a completely new meaning. A majority of the Bonita Park Nazarene Camp and Conference Center campground that is operated by the New Mexico Nazarene Church District was lost. Bonita Park Nazarene Camp, along with its and Conference Center, has changed many lives over the last 74 years. The park staff was given only a few minutes’ notice to evacuate the center. The staff worked hard to move all people who were attending camp, as well as those who

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Brown Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 C C Bar Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64, 66 Carter Brangus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63 Carter’s Livestock Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .80 Casey Beefmasters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64 Cates Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62 Cattleman’s Livestock Commission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32 Caviness Packing Co., Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33 Centerfire Real Estate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .76 Don Chalmers Ford . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16 Clayton Cattle Feeders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41 Clovis Livestock Auction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17 Coba Select Sires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64 Coldwell Banker de Wetter Hovios . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .74 Chip Cole . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73 Conniff Cattle Co LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .84 Copeland Club Calf Sale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 Cox Ranch Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62 R L Cox Fur & Hide Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25 CPI Pipe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43 D D Squared Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34 David Dean/Campo Bonito . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75 Dan Delaney Real Estate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .74 Desert Scales & Weighing Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .80 Domenici Law Firm PC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49 E Eastern New Mexico State Fair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14 Elgin Breeding Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63 Emmons Ultrasound Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .80 Express UU Bar Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13 F FBFS / Monte Anderson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24 FBFS / Larry Marshall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23 Farm Credit of New Mexico . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8 Farmway Feed Mill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36 Five States Livestock Auction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44 Flake Livestock Auction Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48 Freeman Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63 Fury Farms Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25 G Giant Rubber Water Tanks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25 Gift Certificate House ad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58 Goemmer Land & Livestock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25 Grau Charolais . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63, 69 Tom Growney Equipment Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4, 80, 81 H Harrison Quarter Horses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21 Hartzog Angus Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64, 87 Hashknife . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Headquarters West Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73, 76 Henard Ranches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61 Hi-Pro Feeds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 Hubbell Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63 Hudson Livestock Supplement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12 Huguley Co. Land Sales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73 Hutchison Western . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 I Inn of the Mountain Gods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 Inosol Castrator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38 Insurance Services of NM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57 Isa Cattle Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .66 J Steve Jensen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .81 Joe’s Boot Shop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .78 K Kaddatz Auctioneering & Farm Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .80 Kail Ranches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62 Kern Land . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .74 King Charolais . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67

L L & H Manufacturing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26 Lakins Law Firm PC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17 Lazy D Red Angus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63 Lazy Way Bar Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64 Liphatech . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .77 Lowry Show Calves . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63, 82 M Major Ranch Realty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72 Manford Cattle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61, 63 Mason & Morse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .77 Mathers Realty Inc/ Keith Brown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75 Paul McGillard / Murney Association . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73 McGinley Red Angus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64 MD Barnmaster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23 Merrick’s Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45 Mesa Feed Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41 Mesa Tractor Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15, 80 Michelet Homestead Realty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72 Chas S. Middleton & Son . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73, 78 Milligan Cattle Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .66 Monfette Construction Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26, 80 N New Mexico Cattle Growers’ Insurance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35 New Mexico Horse Council . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24 New Mexico Property Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70 New Mexico State Univ. Animal & Range Sciences . . . 16, 18, 38 Nine Cross Hereford Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22 No-Bull Enterprises LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49 O Jim Olson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52 O’Neill Land LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .71 P Paco Feed Yard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37 Phase-A-Matic Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18 Phillips Diesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .80 PolyDome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .86 Pratt Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64 Cattle Guards/Priddy Construction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28 Purina Land O Lakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .88 R Ramro LLC / RJ Cattle Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .68 The Ranch Finder/Ronald H. 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