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FEATURES

13 High Input Cost, Federally Fixed Pricing... The Plight of Today’s Dairy Industry by Callie Gnatkowski Gibson

24 Cowboys Real & Impagined New Mexico History Museum

33 “Horse Whisperer” Curt Pate At New Mexico Indian Livestock Days

38 Why Would I Entangle Myself in Another Agreement with the Government? by Doug Burger, Roswell Bureau of Land Management

DEPARTMENTS 10 N.M. Cattle Growers’ Association President’s Letter by José Varela Lopéz, President Elect

12 News Update

19 N.M. CowBelles Jingle Jangle

29 N.M. Federal Lands Council News by Frank DuBois

35 Seedstock Guide

38 Real Estate Guide

44 Market Place

48 NMBC Bullhorn

50 Scatterin’ The Drive by Curtis Fort

52 New Mexico Livestock Board Update

53 Estrays

58 To The Point by Caren Cowan

54 Cowboy Heroes by Jim Olson

56 Ad Index

61 On the Edge of Common Sense by Baxter Black

ON THE COVER . . .“Give Me a Break” by Kaye York depicts a

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Bert AncellPast PresidentSpringer

Caren CowanExecutive DirectorAlbuquerque

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NMCGA PRESIDENT ELECT

Dear Fellow Members & Industry Supporters,

The promise of spring, but also the end of the 60-day legislative session. On March 16th at noon, in accor-dance with the state constitution, lawmakers had completed their final actions in a flurry of activity. Iwas in the Senate gallery when Senate majority floor leader Michael Sanchez received word from the

House of Representatives that declared the session “sine die”.I took a few moments to reflect on the preceding two months spent at the roundhouse in Santa Fe, and

whether New Mexico Cattle Growers’ Association as an entity representing our industry and the diverseinterests of our members, had been effective in our efforts to maintain our viability as the state’s oldestresource based family business.

I came to the conclusion that we had been quite successful, both in terms of the bills we were activelyengaged in promoting, and those that we were forced to oppose. I did come to the realization though, andmany of you already knew this, that with each passing year it becomes more difficult to engage the moreurban legislators in explaining how some of their legislative initiatives are harmful to rural land based peo-ple. It is heartening to know, however, that many of the veteran legislators still recognize our input to theeconomy and traditional values of this state. I also enjoyed having those initial interactions with many of thefreshman legislators who were all interested in understanding issues that were sometimes unfamiliar tothem.

Of all the bills introduced this session, tallying 1,656 overall, fewer than 300 made it to the Governor’sdesk for consideration. Governor Martinez has until April 5th to sign and veto bills. Anything not acted uponin that time period will be deemed a pocket veto. To see all the bills that passed both houses and are on theGovernor’s desk please go to http://www.nmlegis.gov/lcs/legreports.aspx Of the bills that didn’t make itthrough the process, the animal cruelty bills were the hardest to oppose, since none of us wants or toleratescruelty to animals. However, it appears that there is a general lack of understanding or knowledge regardingthe vast differences between animal welfare and animal rights. Without question, we need to redouble ourefforts to make sure everyone understands the two concepts are radically different.

I was fortunate to have worked with a great team of folks, like Caren, Michelle, Zach and Joe Culbertsonon a daily basis, as well as Nikki Hooser, Alfredo Roybal and Ernie Torrez who helped out frequently. I am alsograteful to our dedicated bill readers who kept us focused on the legislation that was relevant to our indus-try efforts, allowing us to be more effective and efficient. I also realize that we received a whole lot of helpfrom those of you who weren’t able to join us in Santa Fe, but helped out immensely when there was a needto reach out to your legislators directly on the many issues we were confronted with. Again, thank you forbeing there.

Finally, I wanted to extend a special thanks to Michelle Frost for sticking with the team for her last rodeo,before moving to greener pastures on the east coast. We all wish her well. It has been an honor and a privi-lege to have served the membership or our great organization in Santa Fe during the last two years and I sin-cerely appreciate your confidence.

Let us continue to pray for our families, friends and the much needed rain we all yearn for to replenishour grasses, stocktanks and hearts.

Hasta Pronto,José Varela López,President Elect

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Lawsuit to Save Endangered SW Songbird FromHabitat Destruction Caused by Beetles

The Center for Biological Diversity and Maricopa Audubonfiled a notice of intent to sue the U.S. Department of Agricul-ture and APHIS, the USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspec-

tion Service, over their failure to safeguard an endangered nativesongbird from the impacts of the agency’s deliberate release of anexotic beetle that is destroying the bird’s habitat in parts of Utah,Arizona and Nevada.

In 2005, despite songbird biologists’ concern for the safety ofendangered southwestern willow flycatchers, APHIS releasedimported Asian beetles into the western United States outside of fly-catcher range to help control invasive streamside tamarisk trees.

The tamarisk-defoliating leaf beetle is now invading the nest-ing areas of southwestern willow flycatchers in southern Utah,Nevada, and northern and western Arizona. If the beetle spreadsfarther without mitigation, it could seriously threaten the fly-catcher’s survival. APHIS promised mitigation if its release of thebeetles went awry, but has not taken the steps necessary —including planting native willows and cottonwoods to replacedying tamarisk — to help the endangered flycatchers.

“APHIS refuses to clean up its own mess now that its intro-duction of an exotic, invasive biocontrol agent has gone haywire,”said the Center’s Dr. Robin Silver.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service was also included in thenotice of intent to sue for failing to protect the flycatcher asrequired by the Endangered Species Act; another federal agency,the Bureau of Reclamation, was included because its plans to pro-tect the flycatcher in western Arizona are no longer sufficient dueto the spread of the beetles. The notice clears the way for litigationagainst these agencies if they fail to initiate protective actionswithin 60 days.

Flycatchers frequently nest where tamarisk has displacednative cottonwood and willow trees. A quarter of the birds’ terri-tories are found in areas dominated by tamarisk, and about halfare found in areas of mixed tamarisk and native trees.

“APHIS needs to consult with the Fish and Wildlife Service todevelop and pay for an emergent plan to ensure that nativespecies provide alternative habitat for the highly endangered fly-catcher,” said Maricopa Audubon President Mark Larson.

APHIS released the tamarisk-defoliating leaf beetle with anagreement that no beetles would be released within 200 miles offlycatcher habitat or within 300 miles of documented flycatcherbreeding areas, and that the beetles could not become establishedwithin the range of the flycatcher. Both of these agreements werebroken.

In July 2006 APHIS introduced the beetles directly into fly-catcher-nesting areas along the Virgin River in southern Utah.The beetles have now spread into nesting areas in southern Utah,Nevada, and northern and western Arizona.

Attorney Eric Glitzenstein of Meyer Glitzenstein & Crystal rep-resents the Center and Maricopa Audubon in this matter. �

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Producers’ love oftheir livestock and wayof life is what keepsthem in the business,through good timesand bad. “As dairy pro-ducers, just like anyoneelse in the ag business,we do it because we loveit, it is a way of life,” saidLuke Woelber, president ofDairy Producers of NewMexico (DPNM). “We dowhat we do not only toprovide for ourselves but

for others, and there is a certain satisfac-tion in that. We affect so many peoples’lives, and they don’t even know it.”

Five years ago, there were 173 dairies inNew Mexico, with an average herd size of2000. Today, 142 dairies remain in busi-ness in the state, and their average herdsize is 2,200, according to Walter Bradleywith Dairy Farmers of America (DFA). In2012, nine New Mexico dairies went out ofbusiness, and in 2013, three more haveshut their doors.

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“Our biggest problem, just like all ofagriculture, is that we can’t grow all of ourown feed. We have had to go as far away as

Canada for feed, and are paying twice asmuch for feed today as we were a year ago,”Bradley explained. “With the drought,milk prices down, and feed costs up, it’snot a good situation for anyone.”

Woelber and his family have operated adairy south of Belen since 2005 and saysthat the past 24 months have been hard onproducers in the state. “When your inputcosts go up over 100 percent, it’s hard foranyone to absorb,” he said. “Costs aregoing up, and the price we’re getting paidfor our milk doesn’t compensate us forthose costs – it’s almost a perfect storm.”

Between the drought, high transporta-tion costs and the high cost of feed, thingsare still not good for dairy producers inNew Mexico, agreed Beverly Idsinga, Exec-utive Director of Dairy Producers of NewMexico. “We’re getting paid $17 per hun-dredweight for milk, while the cost of pro-duction is between $21 and $22 per hun-dredweight.”

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milk is determined by the U.S. Departmentof Agriculture (USDA) using a complicatedformula that was put in place years ago.“Producers here in the Southwest are get-ting hit harder than anywhere else in thenation. DPNM has been trying for sometime to start the process of amending thefederal milk marketing order to addressthe inequities in the system, and we’renow working with DFA and USDA to getthat going.”

The dairy industry is strictly regulatedon both a state and federal level, and envi-ronmental compliance is a big part of thebusiness. Dairy operators carefully moni-tor their groundwater protection, waterquality and waste disposal, as well as theirherd health and milk production – both tokeep the operation profitable and to meetthe various regulations.

Lawsuits

Despite this fact, since September of2011 temporary nuisance lawsuits havebeen filed against eleven New Mexicodairies by out of state lawyers. The plain-tiffs’ lead trial lawyers are Richard Middle-ton (Middleton Law Firm, Georgia) andCharles Speer (Speer Law Firm, Missouri)who in 2009 formed the “Center to Closeand Expose Animal Factories.”

These cases could be precedent-setting,since nuisance law has not been developedin New Mexico. The goal of the lawsuitsseems to be to impose stricter environ-mental standards, and attorneys havestated that they intend to shut the dairiesdown.

These attorneys have filed similar law-suits in other states against other confinedanimal agriculture operations, like porkand poultry, at a huge cost to thoseinvolved. “They are starting out withdairies in New Mexico,” Bradley said.“Their claims against the operationsinvolved, like flies, odor, dust and thesounds of equipment, are just part of nor-mal agricultural operations.”

Initially, the industry thought that NewMexico’s Right to Farm law protectedagainst this type of lawsuit, but expertlawyers hired to defend against the law-suits found big gaps in that law, Bradleyexplained. Right to Farm was put in placeto protect the agricultural industry, andhas for many years, but needs an update topreserve its original intent.

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To that end, a coalition of agriculturegroups in the state, including the DFA,Dairy Producers of New Mexico, the NewMexico Cattle Growers’ Association, theNew Mexico Wool Growers, Inc., the NewMexico Farm & Livestock Bureau, the NewMexico Federal Lands Council, and the

this session. “The bottom line is, we werelimiting attorneys’ ability to sue, and thetrial attorneys did not like it and have astrong influence at the legislature,”Bradley explained. “We will go back in andwork on educating legislators and legisla-tive leadership on this issue, and work onthe bill for next year. The dairy industry is

a large part of our economy and employsthousands of people, and we hope that leg-islators want to help protect that.”

“The whole situation is disappointing,”Woelber said. “It’s sad that dairies can besued just for doing business, and we’revery disappointed that the legislaturecouldn’t get something done during this

New Mexico Association of ConservationDistricts, worked this legislative session topass an amendment to the Right to FarmAct which would limit lawsuits to viola-tions that threaten public health andsafety. Currently, the law allows suits to befiled for “improper” or “negligent” opera-tions, which is fairly subjective. “If a facil-

ity is not creating an adverse affect to pub-lic health and safety, it could still be sued,”Bradley noted.

It was a common-sense amendment tobeef up the current law, Idsinga agreed. “Ifa facility is abiding by all federal, state andlocal laws and regulations, it would be pro-tected.”

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“Something has to be done if dairy is toremain a viable industry in this state. Andif it doesn’t, these lawsuits could spreadto other types of agriculture in the state,

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60-day session to protect one of the largestindustries in the state.”

“Legislators don’t seem to understandthe urgency of the issue, and what theramifications could be if this kind of thingcontinues,” he continued. “Something hasto be done if dairy is to remain a viableindustry in this state. And if it doesn’t,these lawsuits could spread to other typesof agriculture in the state, like ranchingand farming – anything could be consid-ered a nuisance.”

On the national level, the industry isfocusing on the Farm Bill, and the $17 bil-lion that must be cut from farm programs,Bradley said. One concern is the DairySecurity Act, an industry-funded insur-ance program for the diary industry, whichkicks in when the margin between feedcosts and the milk price is at $6. “It is bud-get conscience and a benefit to the indus-try, so we’ll continue to push for the pro-gram.”

While the Farm Bill also includes pricesupport programs for the dairy industry,they don’t benefit New Mexico’s dairies, soaren’t a big issue. “Those programs don’t

really help our producers because of thesize caps. They’re not even a drop in thebucket because of the size of our dairies inthis part of the country,” Idsingaexplained.

Immigration, and the potential forreform legislation, is another issue she iswatching. “We always support bulls likeSenator Feinstein’s Ag Jobs bill, whichhelps year-round agricultural workers.” �

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Hello Ladies,

Well, spring is here and I hope itbrings lots of showers to everyoneall over the state, better yet just all

over. We had a little bit of snow, every flakeof snow or drop of rain counts.

Having completed the district work-shops, we saw lots of country, traveled 995miles and few cattle. We had a good tripand the ladies shared great information forthose in attendance. We have ladies whoare passionate about beef. They are anx-ious to tell their story, and we should allappreciate each one for what they do forour industry and organization. Now, foryou who were able attended these work-shops I challenge each one of you to takethis knowledge that was so graciouslygiven to you, go forth and promote ourgreat product beef. Take what you know,tell your story be it at local level, state fairor the Pumpkin Patch. It makes no differ-ence where, just go to tell your story; youwill be rewarded in a positive manner; justdo it. Please give four hours at the StateFair or the Pumpkin Patch for the stateCowBelle organization – when you figurethere are 8,760 hours in a year that is notmuch. Promoting beef is not just educat-ing others, but remember they also edu-cate us on what we need to know about ourproduct to talk to others.

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H onor New Mexico’s cowboys, cowgirlsand great ranching families, and

celebrate our state’s rich ranching history with an honor or memorial gift to the New Mexico State History Museum/

Palace of the Governors.Through March 16, 2014, the museum tells an indelible story rootedin New Mexico. Cowboys Real & Imagined encompasses Spanish

vaqueros, cattle drivers, outlaws, rodeo stars, Oliver Loving, Tom Mix,Fern Sawyer, and more. The exhibition includes artifacts, artwork andphotographs celebrating the lives and times of the men and women

who’ve fed our economy and our imaginations.

Now you can claim a part of this history by honoring your favoritecowboy, cowgirl or ranching family with a gift of $100, $250 or $500

to the New Mexico History Museum.

Gifts will be acknowledged in upcoming issues of the New Mexico Stockman magazine. Together, we will paint arich and detailed picture of the real men and women who

created the legends and stories of the American West.

To be included, please send your check to the Museum of NewMexico Foundation, P.O. Box 2065, Santa Fe, NM 87504. Please provide the full name and address of those you wish to honor as

well as your name and address so we may acknowledge your contribution. You may also choose to honor cowboys or cowgirls

who are deceased through a memorial tribute gift.

We urge you to visit Cowboys Real & Imagined at your New Mexico History Museum in Santa Fe today.

Please visit www.nmhistorymuseum.org for hours and directions.

Thank you for your generous support and for sharing your personal history of cowboys and cowgirls in this great state!

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We know we have a challenge, if you arein the ranching business you must realize,there will always be a challenge when deal-ing with nature that is part of the ranchingbusiness. Part of being in agriculture is liv-ing with what is given to us, be it drought,high cost of feed or politics we have to dealwith what is doled out to us. We areresilient and innovative to many chal-lenges. We are not used to a real easy life.Quote from Linda Davis,” If you’ve lived itas long as I have, you learn to cope with itand be positive about it.” What an awe-some woman, so gracious to spread herknowledge and wisdom with the youngergeneration. She is a legacy; we need tothank her for what she has contributed tothe beef industry and appreciate what shehas done in the state of New Mexico.Thank you, Mrs. Linda.

We must stay positive; we need to keepour younger generation in the agriculturebusiness. Another quote is from CordMcCoy, a PBR boy from Oklahoma. Hesays, “Fear Stops You. Courage keeps you

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tations to the upcoming District I meetingto be held in Lindrith. The district meetingin Carrizozo is closer in distance, and fourmembers will attend the meeting hostedby the Canyon Cowbelles and the local willpay gas expenses. Cathy suggested thedoor prize be a cookbook and coffee mugs.Gloria announced Bonnie would againprint beef raffle tickets which the groupwants to do and voted to print them rightaway. The Women in Agriculture Leader-ship Conference is coming up in May in

was called to order on March 7, 2013 byPresident, Gloria Petersen, at the ElephantButte Inn, with eight members in atten-dance. Regarding the scholarship applica-tion discussed at last meeting; Gloriarevised, Anita reviewed and scholarshipwas submitted to the high school. Thestipulation regarding usage of the scholar-ship within five years or eight semesters,whichever comes first, was omitted fromthe document submitted to the highschool; but there is a reminder notationwhich accompanies the scholarship itselfand the usage information will be includedin this reminder. The group received invi-

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going.” That is a good example of whatyounger people can do for all of us, weneed a boost, and we need to stay positive.Take advice from the younger generationthat is what our future depends on.

I look and compare Linda and Cord,from different generations, but with thesame goals. Keep positive, keep going,challenges need to be met, you can learnand you must keep moving forward nomatter what the challenge. No matterwhat your goal is, strive for it, go forwardand don’t let the chain be broken.

– Sharon King, New Mexico CowBelle President

The February meeting of the LunaCounty Borderbelles was held at RanchersGrill on February 18, 2013. The group losttwo Borderbelles on February 3, 2013 –Mary Ethyl Miller and Anita May. Sympa-thy cards have been sent and a $25 dona-tion to the Pat Nowlin Scholarship fundwill be sent as well. The Borderbelles willhold a drawing for a firearm for theirscholarship fundraiser this year. The tick-ets will be $5 each and five for $20. TheBorderbelles joined with Luna County 4-Hand Luna County Farm and LivestockBureau to emphasize the small amountfood plays in citizen’s annual budget bycelebrating food freedom day. They pur-chased beef to go along with a food drive bythe county 4-H and other commoditiespurchased by Farm Bureau to donate tothe Healing House, the local shelter forvictims of domestic violence. The averagefamily meets their annual food budget bythe third week in February and that iscompared to tax freedom day which occurabout the first week of May. This nation’stremendous, safe, economical food supplyis truly a blessing. Borderbelles will againsponsor a buckle to be awarded to theyoungest Steer Exhibitor at the South-western New Mexico State Fair. From theJanuary meeting: Kim Allen reported thebuckle was won by Maison Treadwell at theSouthwestern New Mexico State Fair asthe youngest steer showman. Installationof Officers: President – Beverly Butler,Vice President and Treasurer – MariAnneTreadwell, and Secretary and Reporter –Tamara Hurt. Borderbelles along withhelp from the City of Deming decoratedthe Windmill in the center of town withChristmas Lights. Respectfully submitted,Tamara Hurt, Reporter

The meeting of the Chamiza CowBelles

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Las Cruces. Crystal Diamond encouragedall to attend this conference: 1) becausethe location is close; and 2) because it isinformative, informal and lots of fun. Theconference’s main events will be held onThursday, May 2, which if attending justone day that is the day. If anyone knows ofa young woman aged 15 to 20, there arefunds available to pay her entire expenses.Also, there may be funds available to assistwith gas or registration for any CowBelleswanting to attend. Nominees are neededfor the Diamond in the Rough award. Sofar, only one nominee’s name has beenreceived. Daisy suggested the CowBelleshave a Mass said in memory of Liza Greer’sbrother who passed away recently. How-ever, there was additional discussion ofways to acknowledge future situationssuch as this. Any further action was tableduntil a future meeting. Until then, we wereall asked to think of ways to honor thedeceased, including possibly making adonation to the cancer assistance programin the deceased person’s name. Gloriaencouraged all of us to read, Read, READour Stockman magazine. Submitted byCathy Pierce

2-4. Deadline for registration is April 15and is $50. The guest speaker was AngelaSafranek of the U. S. Forest Service, whodiscussed native grasses and drought man-agement. She explained the lifecycle ofgrass. She explained management of rangegrasses and the Kiowa Grasslands. Prepa-ration for drought should include achange in stocking plan to preservegrasses. During drought watch the depthof soil moisture, residual vegetation and atwhat point in the growing season is thegrass at. We are in ‘exceptional’ droughtwhich occurs every 50 to 100 years. Oncethe drought breaks the best thing to do isleave the grass sufficient time to recover.The next regular meeting of Lariat Cow-Belles will be, April 10, at the Rabbit EarsCafé. Respectfully submitted, MarianneRose Reporter, Lariat CowBelles

The Chuckwagon CowBelles met atRutillio’s Restaurant in Los Lunas onMarch 12, 2013 with 19 members and oneguest present. Russell Sullivan gave a pre-sentation on real estate appraising. Afterhis talk he fielded questions from thegroup. Bec Campbell then spoke on behalfof the banking side of appraisals. She said

With 10 members present, Lariat Cow-Belles met March 13, at the Rabbit EarsCafé. Minutes from the February meetingwere read by Mary Coffman and approved.Treasurer’s Report was given by MaryBleiker. A thank you note was receivedfrom the family of Verda Lawrence. Noteswere received from the Pat Nowlin Memo-rial Scholarship Fund for memorialsreceived in the names of Anna Brown andVerda Lawrence. Legislative alerts arebeing sent out via email to Lariat membersto keep them updated on bill currently inlegislation that affects the beef industryand agriculture. Pat Nowlin ScholarshipFund applications are due at the April 10thmeeting. A Valentine’s Day card moneycollection was made with the money to begiven to the family of Cindy Burns. The 5States committees sign-up sheet was cir-culated. Kathryn Malcolm-Callis pre-sented a video by the Beef Council withFita Witte promoting CowBelles and theBeef Cook-Off that on CASA-TV from Albu-querque. The Union County Health Fairwill take place on April 24. Members wereencouraged to volunteer for two hourshifts. The WALC conference will be heldMay 1-3. Room reservations are due byApril 8 for the special rate. The Region IVmeeting will take place in Amarillo on May

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that comparable properties are very hardto find in the New Mexico market. Agricul-tural land, although difficult to mortgage,is usually considered to be “improvedland” by the banks. She said that this isgood because it gives the property up to an85 percent loan-to-value potential. Shealso talked about real estate evaluation andthe loan benefits of it. A nice write-up wasshared on Margie McKeen that appeared inthe Glenwood Gazette. Anna SanchezGlenn thanked everyone for the quiltdonations. She also talked about the rifleraffle and its winner as well as about AgFest that she attended in February. Tonimentioned the WALC goodie bags. Therewas discussion about this. There were

Bidegain elected State GameCommission chairman

Tucumcari rancher Scott Bidegain isthe new chairman of the New MexicoGame Commission.

Bidegain, 33, was elected by the Com-mission at its March 21 meeting in Albu-querque. He succeeds Jim McClintic aschairman. McClintic died February 15after a battle with cancer.

The Commission unanimously re-elected Thomas “Dickie” Salopek of LasCruces as vice-chairman. Other Commis-sion members are Tom Arvas and PaulKienzle of Albuquerque, Robert Espinozaof Farmington and Bill Montoya of Alto. A

counts taken on those planning to attendthe WALC meeting and the District Work-shop. Ruth announced that Margie McK-een’s Ranch Days are scheduled for April23 and 24 in Glenwood. Toni than gave anupdate on the horse slaughterhouse. Shealso mentioned water rights and the factthat there is a lot of “double-dipping”going on after agricultural rights are soldoff of a piece of land and residential devel-opment begins. There was discussionabout this. Respectfully submitted byBabbi Baker

New Mexico CowBelles: Thank you to all who havesubmitted their news to “Jingle Jangle”. Please sendminutes and/or newsletters to: Jingle Jangle, JanetWitte, 1860 Foxboro Ct., Las Cruces, NM 88007 oremail: janetwitte@msn.com by the 14th of everymonth.

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When America needed hard work-ers, the cowboy was there. Thejob was dirty and difficult, low-

paid and lowly regarded. But when anAmerica torn by the Civil War needed ahero to unite its soul, the unassumingcowboy was an unlikely – and ultimatelylasting – pick.

Since riding out of Spanish horse cul-ture, he’s been an itinerant hired hand, anoutlaw, a movie star, a rodeo athlete, aradio yodeler, and a rhinestoned disco diva.He’s been Spanish, Mexican, African Amer-ican, Anglo, male, female, straight, andgay. His image has been co-opted to selltrucks, beer, boots, beans, jeans, tires, cig-arettes, leather couches, presidential can-didates, and a lifestyle far beyond themeans of real-life buckaroos.

Despite the sometimes tortured lengthsour imaginations have taken cowboys andcowgirls, the basic fact of their life is this: arough-hewn job stacked against steepodds. The daily dangers of working withcattle and horses are matched by volatileglobal markets, a public with fickle tastesin heroes, and a big sky that can deliverglorious sunshine as easily as tornadoes,

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After a hard day herding cattle, cowboys head to dinner in this photo,believed to be from the late 1890s in Mora County (accounts differ).

April 14, 2013—March 16, 2014The New Mexico History Museum, Santa Fe, New Mexico

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droughts and snowstorms.Today, real cowboys sit uneasily in the

saddle (or on the seat of an ATV, occasion-ally dubbed “a Japanese cutting horse”).Climate change has altered the range anddealt cattle-ranching a potential kill card.Even as popular culture delivers new-and-improved versions of a fanciful life on therange, Cowboys Real and Imagined asks abare-boned question: Will the people whotamed that range survive?

Using artifacts and photographs fromits wide-ranging collections, along withloans from more than 100 people andmuseums, Cowboys Real and Imagined(April 14, 2013, through March 16, 2014)blends a chronological history of South-western cowboys with the rise of a manu-factured mystique as at home on citystreets as it is in a stockyard.

Augmented by archival footage, oralhistories, musical performances, and aprogramming series that includes show-ings of classic Western movies filmed inNew Mexico, the exhibition anchors thecowboy story in the Land of Enchantment,a place that helped give birth to the realthing and, due to geographical and eco-

images that followed a roundup near Dem-ing and driven to a railhead through aprocess of chutes. You cannot imaginehow rare this series is. In one of them, youcan see her skirt in shadow, along with thetripod and camera.

“I’ve spent years studying this and Ihaven’t found any better material thanhere at the New Mexico History Museum.In N.M., because the old style of cowboy-ing still prevails, that attracts photogra-phers – contemporary photographers.”

Modern-day shooters represented inthe exhibit include Barbara Van Cleve, LeeMarmon, Donald Woodman, and HerbertA. Lotz. Other artifacts include cowboyclothing from the 1700s through contem-porary times; the chuck wagon that fedcattle-driving cowboys of northeasternN.M.’s famed Bell Ranch; ephemera fromthe dude ranches that once speckled thestate; and the ads that banked on cowboysto sell products. People who pop upthrough the exhibit include legendary LeaCounty cowgirl and rancher Fern Sawyer;singer Louise Massey; actor and film pro-ducer Tom Mix; Buck Taylor, “The King ofthe Cowboys”; Billy the Kid; artist Frederic

nomical factors, held onto it longer thanmost other states.

“One of the reasons the cowboy mythhas been so pervasive and long-lasting isbecause anybody could become a cowboyof sorts,” said guest curator B. ByronPrice, director of the Charles M. RussellCenter for the Study of Art of the AmericanWest at the University of Oklahoma anddirector of the University of OklahomaPress. “It isn’t always what you wear, whoyou are, or what your attitude is. Theexhibit asks: Who is a real cowboy?”

In its search for an answer, Price said,the exhibit discovers that cowboy “is averb, an adjective, a noun, an adverb.”

Despite a career devoted to exploringthe story of the cowboy, Price said he wasamazed at what he found in the museum’sPalace of the Governors Photo Archives,including a small cache of glass-plate neg-atives. Made by Ella Wormser, the wife of aJewish merchant, they may be the onlyvisual evidence of trail drives making thetransition toward rail transport.

“I went crazy when I found (those),” hesaid. “She was the wife of a mercantileowner who came to Deming in 1895 anddeveloped an interest in photography.Most significantly, she shot a series of

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Remington; Gila River cowboy, trapperand guide Quentin Hulse; and the anony-mous Rough Riders, cowboys, and vaque-ros whose real-life acts still occupy a wide-open space of the American dream.

As part of the exhibit, the Palace Press ispreparing a fine-press version of JackThorp’s classic Songs of the Cowboys, firstpublished in 1908 in Estancia, NM, on apress now used at the History Museum.Thorp’s was a pioneering compilation ofsongs he heard hummed and strummedaround campfires in N.M. and includedtunes from African American cowboys.Most of what he recorded likely would havefaded into the starry skies without his effort.

Also at the museum: Tall Tales of theWild West: The Stories of Karl Mayrecounts the life of a German author whoconjured a cowboys-and-Indians worldthat has resonated in Europe for over acentury. In the Mezzanine Gallery throughFeb. 9, 2014. For more info on the KarlMay exhibit, go to: media.museu-mofnewmexico.org/events.php?action=detail&eventID=1548.

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Programming for Cowboys Real and Imagined

Enjoy lectures, classic cowboy moviesand a Wild West Weekend throughoutCowboys Real and Imagined:Saturday, April 13, 6:30 p.m. – Mem-

bers Preview. Museum of New MexicoFoundation members get a first peek atthe exhibit and a chance to put on theirbest cowboy and cowgirl duds. To join, call505/982-6366.Sunday, April 14 – Grand Opening.

Visit the exhibit, enjoy refreshments and,at 2 p.m., hear a special presentation in theauditorium. Free with admission (Sundaysfree to NM residents).Friday, April 26, 6pm – Cowboy movie

night: “Tom Mix and Ranch Life in theGreat Southwest,” with journalist andfilm critic Jon Bowman. Besides the 1910Ranch Life, see a showing of the 1915short, Local Color, filmed in N.M.. Free.Sunday, May 5, 2pm – “I See By Your

Outfit: Historic Cowboy Clothing,” a pre-sentation by Emmy award-winning cos-tume designer Cathy Smith. Smith’s lec-ture is an accurate and humorous look atthe historical evolution of the Americancowboy through photos of his costume,equipment and horses. Free with admis-sion (Sundays free to NM residents).Friday, May 17, 6pm – Cowboy movie

night: “An Introduction to The Hi-LoCounty,” with Max Evans. Jim Harris,director of the Lea County Museum, talkswith Evans about his storied career,including the making of movies from hisworks, with a showing The Hi Lo Country(1998). Free.Friday, July 19, 6 p.m. – Cowboy

movie night: “Edward Abbey and LonelyAre the Brave,” with oral historian JackLoeffler. Loeffler discusses his friendshipwith author Edward Abbey and the trans-formation of Abbey’s novel The BraveCowboy into a 1962 icon of Westernmovies, filmed in and around Albu-querque. Free.Sunday, August 4, 2 p.m – “Pride in

the Saddle in New Mexico: The Story ofGay Rodeo,” by Out West producer Gre-gory Hinton and photographer Blake Lit-tle. Hinton and Little talk about the his-tory of gay rodeo in N.M. and Little’s rarecollection of gay rodeo photographs takenfrom 1988-1992, when he was a championbull rider in the International Gay RodeoAssociation. Free with admission (Sundaysfree to NM residents).

Saturday and Sunday, August 10 and11, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. – “Wild West Week-end.” Two days of family fun celebratingthe heritage of cowboys (and gals!) withsinging cowboys, saddle makers, trick rop-ers, boot makers, poets, Dutch oven cook-ing demonstrations, and more. Mark LeeGardner and Rex Rideout will lead a one-hour workshop for families on traditionalcowboy songs and discuss the N.M. cow-boy lifestyle and culture as represented inmusic. Free with admission (Sundays freeto NM residents; children 16 and under

Friday, August 9, 6 p.m. – “JackThorp’s Songs of the Cowboys,” by musichistorians Mark Lee Gardner and RexRideout. Gardner and Rideout performand discuss the cowboy ballads collectedby N.M. cowboy, rancher, surveyor, andstate cattle inspector N. Howard “Jack”Thorp, who published the very first book ofcowboy songs at Estancia, NM, in 1908.The Palace Press this year debuts a fine-press reprint of the book with illustrationsby Ron Kil. Gardner and Rideout use vin-tage instruments and historic playingstyles to present a close approximation ofhow this music sounded. Free.

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free daily).Friday, September 20, 6 p.m. – Cow-

boy movie night: “On the Trail of TheCowboys,” with journalist and film criticRobert Nott. Filmed at various locations inN.M. and elsewhere, The Cowboys (1972)is considered one of John Wayne’s greatestmovies. Based on the William Dale Jen-nings’ novel, the movie follows a cattledrive from Montana to South Dakota withreal “boys,” after the grown-up cowboysflee the range in search of gold. Free.Friday, November 15, 6 p.m. – Cowboy

movie night: “Oh, to be a Cowboy,” withbest-selling author David Morrell. Basedon Frank Harris’s My Reminiscences as aCowboy, the 1958 movie Cowboy starsGlenn Ford and Jack Lemmon. A Chicagohotel clerk dreams of life as a cowboy andgets his shot in a cattle-driving outfit. Notsurprisingly, the tenderfoot finds out lifeon the range is neither what he expectednor what he’s been looking for. Consideredthe father of modern action novels, Mor-rell’s works include First Blood and theRambo series, along with essays like “John

plagues a man and his friends, who findrenewal and purpose on a cattle-drivingvacation, filmed at various locations inN.M.. Starring Billy Crystal and JackPalance. Free.

Cowboys Real and Imagined is gener-ously supported by the Brindle Founda-tion; Burnett Foundation; Albert and EthelHerzstein Charitable Foundation, Hous-ton; Candace Good Jacobson in memory ofThomas Jefferson Good III; N.M. Human-ities Council; Newman’s Own Foundation;Palace Guard; Eugenia Cowden Pettit andMichael Pettit; Jane and Charlie Gaillard;Moise Livestock Company; the N.M. Cat-tlegrowers’ Association; and the manycontributors to the Director’s Leadership,Annual Education, and Exhibitions Devel-opment Funds.

The New Mexico History Museum is the newest addi-tion to a campus that includes the Palace of the Gov-ernors, the oldest continuously occupied publicbuilding in the United States; Fray Angélico ChávezHistory Library; Palace of the Governors PhotoArchives; the Press at the Palace of the Governors; and the Native American Artisans Program. Located at 113 Lincoln Ave., in Santa Fe, NM, it is a division of the Department ofCultural Affairs.

Wayne: The Westerns.” Free.Friday, January 17, 6 p.m. – Cowboy

movie night: “Revisiting City Slickers,”with author Johnny Boggs. Six-time SpurAward-winning author Boggs introducesthis 1991 comedy in which a mid-life crisis

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The Department also offers pre-veterinary studies – our graduateshave a high acceptance rate intoveterinary medicine programs. Weoffer graduate degrees at theMaster of Science and Doctor ofPhilosophy levels. The M.S. orPh.D. in Animal Science canemphasize nutrition or physiology,and offers a Ph.D. in RangeScience to study range manage-ment, range ecology and watershedmanagement.

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The Department of Animal & Range Sciences is part of theCollege of Agricultural, Consumer & Environmental Sciences

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My column this month covers budgetdeception by the feds and two court deci-sions that slap the federales down hard

The Sequester Jester

Iwrote last month about the puny size ofthe first round of sequestration budgetadjustments. These mini-cuts, however,

are resulting in squawking and politicalposturing by the current administrationand others.

We now have leaked emails confirmingour suspicions of how the politicianswould react. Fox News reports a U.S. parkranger says supervisors within theNational Park Service overruled plans tohandle the budget adjustments in a waythat would have had minimal impact onthe public. Instead, park staff were told tocut “interpretation services”, which arethe talks, tours and other education ser-vices provided by park rangers. TheNational Park Service had previouslywarned of delayed access to portions of Yel-lowstone and Yosemite national parks,closed campgrounds at Great SmokyMountains National Park, reduced hoursat the Grand Canyon visitor center, and soon. “Apparently, they want the public tofeel the pain,” the ranger said.

In another email, a program managerwith USDA-APHIS asked his supervisors“if there was any latitude” in how officialshandled the budget adjustments, so theycould avoid negatively impacting fishinspections. Sorry, but no. The programmanager received the following reply: “Wehave gone on record with a notification toCongress and whoever else that APHISwould eliminate assistance to producers in24 states in managing wildlife damage tothe aquaculture industry, unless they pro-vide funding to cover the costs. So it is ouropinion that however you manage thatreduction, you need to make sure you arenot contradicting what we said the impactwould be.”

It’s pretty clear what’s going on here.In an attempt to scare Congress and inter-est groups and prevent the sequestrationfrom becoming a reality, the administra-tion manufactured a series of adjustmentsthat would be the least popular or cause

In other words, long lines at the most pop-ular Park Service facilities and USDA-APHIS using the process to require the

“the public to feel the pain” as the ParkService ranger said. Now that the initialphase of the sequestration is being imple-mented they are doing their best to makesure the painful changes are happening.

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private sector to fund a program.Their worst fear is the initial stages of

these adjustments will result in nothingthe public sees or cares about. That’s notgood management, but they are hoping itis good politics.

Based on my personal experience, Iwould recommend maximum flexibility toprogram and field employees. They knowwhere the fluff is and where delayed orlessened expenditures will have the leastimpact on their mission. They also knowmuch of the spending problem is gener-ated by headquarters, either through out-right spending, or through duplicative,politically correct or cover-your-butt guid-ance that has nothing to do with manag-ing a program or our natural resources.

Keep in mind that in 2007 federal rev-enues were at an all-time high of $2.6 Tril-lion, with a deficit of $161 billion. A recentreport from the nonpartisan CongressionalBudget Office says federal revenues areabout to set a new record of $2.7 billion.But, uh oh, the deficit will be $1 Trillion.

Federal revenues are essentially thesame for 2007 and 2013. Having a 2013deficit more than five times larger, how-ever, makes it pretty easy to spot the prob-lem: federal spending. Real cuts, not justslow-downs in increases, will eventuallyhappen and those who use or enjoy federallands had better get ready.

Arizona Wants Wolves

To manage them, that is. The ArizonaGame and Fish Commission recentlyvoted to support a Congressional lettersent to the Fish and Wildlife Servicerequesting the national delisting of greywolves in the lower 48 states. The Com-mission says the letter, penned by a U.S.Senator and a U.S. Representative, wassent while the Service reviews the recoverystatus of grey wolves nationwide and thespecies’ potential delisting.

The letter expresses a need to transferwolf management to the states to meet theneeds of each state and the wolves residinginside each state’s boundaries. The letteralso says, “Unmanaged wolves are devas-tating to livestock and indigenous wildlife”and “Currently, state wildlife officials havetheir hands tied any time wolves areinvolved.”

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point source of pollution debate. Agricul-ture is generally considered to be a non-point source.

In a 7-1 ruling (with Justice Breyerrecused), the United States SupremeCourt reversed a Ninth Circuit Court ofAppeals decision that would have requiredpublic and private logging operations toobtain Clean Water Act discharge permitsfor storm water flowing from loggingroads.

The enviro’s suit alleged that run offfrom logging roads is industrial (point)pollution that requires a Clean Water Actpermit. The Supreme Court disagreed,saying the EPA was within its authority infinding that Clean Water Act permits onlyapply to manufacturing, processing andstorage in fixed locations, not to the har-vest of raw materials from different areas.That part of the ruling is very important toagriculture.

In finding for the EPA, the Court reliedheavily on prior decisions granting gov-ernment agencies substantial deference ininterpreting regulations they have pro-mulgated. Of interest here is the frustra-tion many of us have expressed over this“deference” to federal agencies. Thingsmay be changing on that front, as two ofthe justices, Roberts and Alito, openlyinvited a challenge to this practice by asubsequent lawsuit.

On another roads issue a federal judgehas handed a substantial victory to Utahand Kane County in a long-simmering dis-pute with the feds over whether somerural routes should remain in use as roads,or if they should be closed to the public.Based on an 1866 law the judge ruledtwelve routes were roads and thereforestill accessible by the public. The Salt LakeTribune quotes Utah Attorney GeneralJohn Swallows as saying the decisionmeans “these historic public roads haveand will continue to belong to the peopleof Utah.” Swallow also said the federal gov-ernment’s refusal to recognize the routesas state and county roads had impededroutine maintenance and “damaged theeconomy and put motorists at risk”.

That’s right. The feds would ratherwreck the economy and put the public indanger than turn these lands over to localentities.

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Active buyers on all classes of cattle. Stockerdemand within excellent wheat pasture and grass demand. Supporters of vaccination

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Sheep sale 2nd to last Wednesday every month!

We believe that customers, large and small, shouldreceive the highest quality service available. Our buyers and sellers are our biggest asset and we are

dedicated to serving your needs. Our top priority is toget you the best possible price for your cattle.

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‘Horse Whisperer’ at New Mexico IndianLivestock Days in May

The largest Native American livestockproducer conference in the nationwill have a special attraction this year.

Curt Pate, a Montana cowboy who con-sulted on the 1998 Robert Redford filmThe Horse Whisperer, will be presenting asession on horse sense at the N.M. IndianLivestock Days, May 14-16 at the Route 66Casino and Hotel in Albuquerque.

The annual conference conducted byNMSU’s Cooperative Extension Serviceprovides research-based information tolivestock producers to help improve prof-itability of their herds.

Pate will present a morning and anafternoon session on livestock handlingmethods used 100 years ago. His goal is toteach modern ranchers to use low-stressmethods of handling livestock.

Due to limited seating for Pate’s pro-gram, the first 150 participants to registerwill receive passes to the session.

This year’s conference is expanding itssession offerings by having three tracks ofworkshops on the second day. There willbe an indoor, outdoor and home econom-ics track that will give a wider variety ofinformation.

The conference will begin at 1 p.m.Tuesday, May 14, with a general sessionwhere participants will receive an updateon the various U.S.D.A. programs, as wellas a presentation on ranch bookkeepingand budgeting followed with a roundtablediscussion of questions from the audience.

Wednesday, May 15, will be a full day ofpresentations beginning at 8 a.m. Attendeeswill select workshops from the three tracks.

Workshop sessions will include alterna-tive feeds and drought management, thelatest info about animal reproduction, howto produce quality meat, cattle handling,and a report on the wild horse roundupsbeing conducted in the Navajo Nation.

During the home economics track ofworkshops, NMSU Extension home econo-mists will discuss food safety and foodpreservation through home canning anddrying.

The final day of the conference will befrom 8 a.m. to noon Thursday, May 16. Thegeneral session will include a wrap-up ofprevious sessions by the presenters, a mar-keting roundtable discussion with mem-bers of the N.M Cattle Growers Associa-tion, and a presentation on the N.M. YouthRanch Management Camp and the U.S.Beef Academy by former campers. �

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Every year, there are hundreds of children from troubled backgrounds that need our help. We provide the opportunity to see life as it can be.

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These are the values taught by the New Mexico Boys & Girls Ranches for 69 years.

Every year, there are hundreds of children from troubled backgrounds that need our help. We provide the opportunity to see life as it can be.

Because we do not accept government funding, we depend on the support of people like you. We need your help to do more.

Keep the tradition of caring alive by giving today!

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Why would I want to entangle myself inanother agreement with the government? by DOUG BURGER, ROSWELL BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT

This question arises every time the government introducesa new program. It’s a good question and one that deservesa good answer, particularly at a time when the U.S. Fish &

Wildlife Service (FWS) has proposed to list a species under theEndangered Species Act.

We’re talking about the lesser prairie-chicken (LPC) andconservation agreements. We’re also talking about how to pro-tect the investment in your ranch if the FWS decides to list thechicken later this year. You can protect your ranch by volun-tarily entering into a conservation agreement, and here is thegood news, all it will cost you is the time it takes to enroll yourproperty.

Here is how it works. A rancher can enroll their private andState land in a Candidate Conservation Agreement with Assur-ances (CCAA). They can also enroll any public land on theirranch in a Candidate Conservation Agreement (CCA). By vol-untarily entering into these agreements, you, as the partici-pating rancher, receive either assurances or a high degree ofcertainty that you management actions can continue withoutinterruption if the Lesser Prairie Chicken is listed.

To receive the insurance policy, you have to voluntarilyagree to do some things in the management of your ranch.Things like:

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Little Cayuse Ranch – Small ranch near Cedarvale is 1,680 deeded acres + 230ac NM grazing lease, HQ home, bunk house, barn, shed, tack room, 3 excellentwells, 4 pastures, an 80 acre pivot. Priced at $850,000

Villanueva Ranch south of Villanueva has 285 deeded acres + 4,450 acre NMstate grazing lease. Fenced, dirt tanks, water storage tank & pipeline drinkers.Price reduced to $698,900 or will sell 9,024 total acres w/HQ house,bunkhouse, 3 wells, pipelines, working pens for $1,600,000 Call for details.

La Cueva Canyon Ranch – 1,595 deeded acres w/240 acres of BLM. Scenicparcel has tall pines, canyon springs, dirt tanks, new fence on NE corner.Turkeys, deer & other native species abound. Priced reduced: Now $677,875Owner will finance!

Trigg’s Ranch – 720 deeded acres lies adjacent to La Cueva Canyon ranch onApache Mesa. Good access & incredible views. Off the grid in the tall pinesPriced at $306,000. Smaller 200 & 360 acre parcels available! Owners willfinance...

Ledoux, NM – Perimeter fenced 60 acre dry land terraced farm has overheadelectric on site. Sub-irrigated pasture. Located ½ mile north of Ledoux. PriceReduced: $228,000

Dilia, NM – 35 acre fenced & irrigated farm for sale, 35 ac/ft water rights plusfarm equipment. stocked fish pond, mobile home on site w/community water& septic. Price: $548,000

Anton Chico – 65 acre fenced irrigated farm has 100 + ac/ft ditch rights. HQhome on historic register. Bunkhouse, storage shed, shop + irrigation & somefarm equipment go w/sale. Great value in this sale price! Priced below appraisalat $698,900

Jaymar Rd. Stanley, NM – 77 acre horse property has 3 pastures fenced &cross fenced, 1 trap, 3 loafing sheds, hay storage & tack room. Incredible viewsfrom HQ home. Priced reduced to $355,000 Owner will lease back.

Near Roswell, NM – 58,000 acre cow operation available. Call for details.

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New Listing! Lordsburg Ranch – 135head yearlong, 47 Acres Deeded, Stateand BLM leases, manufactured home,well developed ranch. Listed in coopera-tion with Headquarters West, LTD. Asking$460,000

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

New Listing! Dripping SpringsRanch – Globe AZ, 202 Head Year Long,1687 Deeded Acres plus State and BLM,some irrigated pasture, manufacturedhome, mineral rights. Asking $2,250,000

The Historic Fourr Ranch – DragoonAZ: 225 Head Year-Long on 1200Deeded Acres, State and Forest leases.Perfect mix of a functioning cattle ranch,rich history, and amazing headquarters. 4Houses plus a main house and an indoorswimming pool. The ranch might be aguest ranch or large family estate. Asking$2,800,000

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

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5.34 ACRE FARM – with EBID located off Sayles Road in Mesquite, NM. Great little farm for your dream home. Horses or4-H animals allowed. Telephone & electric available. Owner financing available. PPrriicceedd aatt $$111199,,000000

MAHONEY PARK – Just 10 miles southeast of Deming, N.M. The property consists of approx. 800 acres Deeded, 560 acresState Lease, & 900 acres BLM. This historic property is located high up in the Florida Mountains & features a park like set-ting, covered in deep grasses with plentiful oak & juniper covered canyons. The cattle allotment would be approx. 30 head(AUYL). Wildlife includes deer, ibex, javalina, quail & dove. This rare jewel would make a great little ranch with views &a home site second to none. PPrriiccee rreedduucceedd ttoo $$555500,,000000..

SAN JUAN RANCH – Located 15 miles south of Deming, N.M. east of Highway 11 (Columbus Highway) on CR-11.Approximately 24,064 acres consisting of approximately 2684 acres Deeded, 3240 State Lease, 13,460 BLM, & 4,680 uncon-trolled. The cattle allotment would be approx. 183 head (AUYL). There are 6 solar powered stock wells with metal storagetanks & approximately 6½ miles pipeline. The ranch has a very diverse landscape consisting of high mountain peaks, deepjuniper & oak covered canyons, mountain foothills & desert grasslands. There is plentiful wildlife including deer, ibex,javalina, quail & dove. AA ttrruullyy ggrreeaatt bbuuyy!! PPrriiccee rreedduucceedd ttoo $$555500,,000000..

27.50 Acre Farm – Consists of 3 tracts – 8 Acres, 8 Acres, & 11.5 Acres – will sell separately. Full EBID & shared irrigationwell. Community water, electric, telephone & gas on Camunez Road to adjoining property. Beautiful farm land, greatmountain & valley views. Take Highway 28 south to San Miguel, east or left on Highway 192, first right or south on LasColmenas, then left or east on Camunez to end of pavement. PPrriicceedd aatt $$446677,,000000..

Arrington Ranch – Located just west of Las Cruces, NM, between Highway 70and Afton Road on County Road B006. 182 head permit. 81 acres deeded,approximately 3090 state lease and 32,760 acres BLM (approximately 37,508 acrestotal). 5 pastures, 4 wells and 2 dirt tanks. 1940 adobe home with 3 bedrooms, 2baths and 1526 square feet. Reasonably priced at $$445500,,000000..

Fancher Ranch – Located southwest of Las Cruces, NM off Afton Road. 198head permit, 210 acres deeded, 19,224 acres BLM and 4666 acres state land. 2 pastures, 3 wells, 1900 square foot home with 3 bedrooms and 2 baths, bunkhouse, green house, horse barn, corrals, round pen, etc. Income from cell tower.Easy access - 45 minutes from El Paso and Las Cruces. $$660000,,000000..

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C6 RANCH – This ranch is located at PatagoniaAZ. The ranch consists of 40 deeded acres & 8,000plus acres National Forest Lease. This ranch is ratedat 165 head annually. Great water system & goodstrong grass. Improvements include 1600 sq. ft.home built in 2006, barn & corrals. The Ranch haseasy access to town & beautiful views. $725,000.

SANTO NINO – This Ranch is located 7 milessouth of Patagonia on the western edge of thebeautiful San Rafael Valley. This ranch consists of62 deeded acres & 12,000 plus National ForestLease. The ranch is rated at 185 head annually. Theland contained in the ranch consists of steep sidedridges to rolling hills along the side of the valleyfloor. Improvements include 3,000 sq. ft. ownershome, cowboy house, barn & corrals. Rarely does aranch in this area come on the market. $899,000including cattle.

NI Ranch Tombstone AZ – The Ranch consists of6555 deeded acres and 6650 state lease, 250 headannually; all improvements are in top condition, theranch is well watered with 8 wells, and pipelines.Good strong grass country. The Ni Ranch is one ofthe last working cattle ranches in the state with themajority of the land being deeded. Priced at$3,150,000.

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Miami Horse Training Facility.Ideal horse training facility w/large 4bedroom 3 bathroom approx 3,593 sqft home, 248.32± deeded acres, 208irrigation shares, 30' X 60' metal sidedshop/ bunk house, 8 stall barn w/tackroom, 7 stall barn w/storage, 10 stallopen sided barn w/10 ft alley, 2 stallloafing shed, 14 11' x 24' Run-InShelters, 135' Round Pen, Priefert sixhorse panel walker. Many more fea-tures & improvements. All you need fora serious horse operation in serioushorse country of Miami New Mexico.Additional 150 acres available on southside of road. Miami is at the perfectyear round horse training elevation of6,200. Far enough south to have most-ly mild winters. Convenient to I-25.Miami Horse Heaven. Very privateapprox. 4,800 sq. ft. double-walledadobe 4 bed., 3 bath home w/manycustom features, 77.5± deeded acres &77.25± water shares, large 7 stall horsebarn, large insulated metal shop, large

haybarn/equipment shed, all for$1,700,000, plus an additional 160+/-deeded acres w/142 water shares avail.$560,000 (subject to purchase of77.5± deeded acre parcel.)

Miami Mountain View. 80± deededacres w/80 water shares & house.$635,000.Miami. 10± deeded acres, awesomehome, total remodel, awesome views$295,000.Miami WOW. Big home in Santa FeStyle great for family on 3 acres.$274,900.Miami Tangle Foot. 10.02± deededacres w/water shares & meter.$150,000.Maxwell. 19.5± deeded acres, water,outbuildings, great horse set up.$269,000.Canadian River. 39.088± deededacres, w/nice ranch home & river.$288,000.

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MOLERES RANCH• 11,733 Deeded acres. (18½ deededsections, 1 section State of NM) Located53 miles north of Milan, NM.• Nice cattle producing ranch. 3 largefenced pastures. 3 smaller traps, all water-ing off the headquarters. Year round oper-ation or good winter country.• Native grasses consist of galleta, bluegrama, Indian rice grass, alkali sacatonand also fourwing saltbush. Partiallywooded in pinon/juniper. Small sandstonemesas and outcroppings. Amazing Mesatop ruins with kivas and rooms. NearChaco Canyon National Historical Park.• 4 producing windmill wells. Pumpingfrom 250’ to 500’. 9 pit dirt tanks strate-gically placed throughout the ranch. Greatwater storage. 4 miles of pipeline.• Wildlife consists of Elk, Mule Deer,Antelope, Quail and Rabbits. Ranchreceived 2 Bull Elk tags and 2 Cow Elktags in 2012.• Modest headquarters: Ranch housewith kitchen, den and bunking quarters.30x40 metal sided barn/ hay storage/tackCorrals with guard rail, squeeze chute,and certified scales/house, semichute/ramp.• Call for pricing, photos and brochure.

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**RREEDDUUCCEEDD** 5522 HHeeaadd RRaanncchh,, SSaannSSiimmoonn,, AAZZ –– Indian Springs Ranch, pris-tine & private, only 12 miles from I-10.Bighorn sheep, ruins, pictographs.1480 acres of deeded, 52 head, BLMlease, historic rock house, new cabin,springs, wells. $$11,,330000,,000000 TTeerrmmss..

**NNEEWW** SSaann SSiimmoonn,, AAZZ –– Indian SpringsFarm 162 acres w/pivot, nice home, haybarn other utility buildings. $$775500,,000000

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333355 HHeeaadd RRaanncchh,, GGrreeeennlleeee CCoouunnttyy,, AAZZ ––Near Double Circle Ranch. +/- 20 Deededacres, w/two homes, barn & outbuild-ings. 58 Sections USFS grazing permit.Good vehicular access to the ranch – oth-erwise this is a horseback ranch. Scenic,great outfitters prospect. $$885500,,000000

**RREEDDUUCCEEDD ttoo $$335500,,000000** ++//-- 6600 HHeeaaddCCaattttllee RRaanncchh BBiissbbeeee//MMccNNeeaall,, AAZZ ––grazing leases HQ on 244 acres of pri-vate land including log home, bunkhouse, corrals, hay barn, well, arena,tack house & storage sheds. PPuurrcchhaasseeHHQQ oonn 996666 aaccrreess && lleeaassee ffoorr$$550000,,000000..

**RREEDDUUCCEEDD** YYoouunngg,, AAZZ,, 6655++ AAccrreess ––Under the Mogollon Rim, small towncharm & mountain views. 2100 s.f., 3 BR, 2 Bath home, 2 BR cabin, historicrock home currently a museum, shop, &barn. Excellent opportunity for horse farm,bed & breakfast, or land development.

+/- 65 acres for $1,070,000; home &other improvements. $$442244,,550000..

**RREEDDUUCCEEDD ttoo $$224400,,000000** SSaannttaa TTeerreessaaMMttnnss,, FFoorrtt TThhoommaass,, AAZZ –– 200 acre Plus17 head BLM allotment, private retreat,two wells. Very remote & extremelyscenic w/sycamores, cottonwoods &beautiful rock formations. $$228855,,000000TTeerrmmss..

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**NNEEWW** 331166 HHeeaadd RRaanncchh,, nneeaarr SSooccoorrrroo,,NNMM,, +/-2663 scenic acres of deeded,1917 acres NM State lease, 24,582acres BLM. Solid working, cattle ranchin a good location w/excellent access.Good mix of browse & grass. 140,000gallons of water storage, pipelines,wells, dirt tanks. HQ w/home, goodcorrals, in the foothills of the LadronMtns. $$11,,440000,,000000

**NNEEWW** VViirrddeenn,, NNMM +/-78 Acre Farm,with 49+ acres of irrigation rights. 3BR, 2 Bath site built home, shop, haybarn, 8 stall horse barn, unique roundpen with adjoining shaded pens, ropingarena. Scenic setting along the GilaRiver. Great set up for raising horsesalso suitable for cattle, hay, pecans, orpistachios, $$665500,,000000

**NNEEWW** ++//-- 5500 HHeeaadd RRaanncchh,, VViirrddeenn,,NNMM –– 367 Deeded acres, 4,000 acresBLM, nice HQ w/home, barn, corrals,along two miles of the beautiful GilaRiver. $$552255,,000000

**RREEDDUUCCEEDD** FFrraannkklliinn,, NNMM,, 2288 AAccrreeFFaarrmm –– Franklin, NM, 28 Acre Farm –19 Acres of water rights from FranklinI.D., 5 BR, 3 bath Mfg. home, corrals,barn. Great for small farming operation,horses or cattle. Along the scenic GilaRiver. $$112255,,000000 TTeerrmmss..

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**NNEEWW** SSoonnooiittaa,, AAZZ,, 60 Acre WesternGentlemen’s Ranch - Located in the mid-dle of the beautiful Coronado NationalForest. Charming main residence, guesthouse and caretakers home. Formerranch HQ with barn, corrals, round penand arena. Great retreat, bed andbreakfast or family residence. Purchasemain home and guest house on 4400 AAccrreess ffoorr $$772255,,000000 oorr ppuurrcchhaassee aallllffoorr $$992255,,000000..

SSaann RRaaffaaeell VVaalllleeyy,, AAZZ –– Own a slice ofheaven in the pristine San RafaelValley, 152 Acres for $$338800,,115500 & 77Acres with well for $$221177,,000000

**NNEEWW** NNeeaarr BBeennssoonn,, AAZZ,, 10 AcreHacienda - Straw bale home built in themesquites. Every part of the propertywas constructed in a way to accentuatethe rustic, western flavor of the home.This property is definitely a one of akind. Includes barns, covered horsestalls, round pen and arena. $$332255,,000000

**NNEEWW** RRooddeeoo,, NNMM,, 160 Acres - on thewestern slope of the PeloncilloMountains. 4-forty acre parcels sur-rounded by BLM land on two sides.Unimproved lots with electric nearby.$$114411,,776600

WWiillllccooxx,, AAZZ 4400 AAccrreess –– Great views inevery direction, power to the property.$$8855,,000000..

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A. Governor Susana Martinez leads off the servingline at the Rotunda Dinner.

B. Governor Martinez proclaims March 14 NMAgriculture Day with New Mexico Secretary ofAgriculture Jeff Witte.

C. New Mexico Secretary of Agriculture Jeff Witteawards Michelle Frost, of New Mexico CattleGrowers, Industry Partner recognition.

D. Governor Martinez signs the Plant ProtectionAct.

E. Colfax County’s Extension Agent Boe Lopez ofSpringer.

F. “Agriculture Made New Mexico” – the slogan ofthe evening. Shacey Sullivan, Farm Credit ofNew Mexico.

G. (on next page) Governor Martinez visits withyouth representing New Mexico agriculture.

H. (on next page) Robert Hagevoort, NMSUExtension dairy expert, and Jon Boren,Associate Dean and Director, NMSUCooperative Extension Service.

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The above bulleted items are includedin a Certificate of Inclusion that you wouldsign when you enroll your ranch in aCCAA. These items are already approved bythe FWS, so if they decide to list the bird asthreatened, the FWS will leave you aloneas long as you are living up to your end ofthe agreement. You won’t have to gothrough consultation with the FWS tomake a change at your ranch. This is a plusbecause consultation can take anywherefrom two to 12 months, depending on theworkload at the FWS.

The CCAA acts like an insurance policysimilar to what many people have on thevehicles and homes. In this case, the insur-ance protects you from the red tape of con-sultation under the Endangered SpeciesAct. The premium is paid by managing theranch as agreed to in the Certificate ofInclusion.

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Did I mention the CCAAs are voluntaryagreements? Entering into a CCAA andsigning the Certificate of Inclusion is thelandowner’s choice to make. Similarly,un-enrolling in a CCAA is always theoption of the rancher as well.

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D. Governor Martinez signs the Plant ProtectionAct.

E. Colfax County’s Extension Agent Boe Lopez ofSpringer.

F. “Agriculture Made New Mexico” – the slogan ofthe evening. Shacey Sullivan, Farm Credit ofNew Mexico.

G. (on next page) Governor Martinez visits withyouth representing New Mexico agriculture.

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In 1978 I felt that I needed to try the artgame, and I wanted to drift back to thehills. My uncle Buddy Fort offered me

the use of his home in the Hondo Valley.He lived in Midland, Texas, and would goto Tinnie on weekends to play polo. So Imoved there, exercised his polo mountsevery morning and worked on sculpturethe rest of the day. Mr. and Mrs. Titsworth,who had the gas station across the road, letme use a small house as my studio. It wasa good summer, with lots of rain, and I likethat Hondo Valley.

My friend Carl Lane Johnson of theNine outfit at Tatum, had bought a ranchat Carrizozo a few years before, and heknew I missed working cattle. Carl sentword to come help them brand for severaldays in June. So I took my bed and saddleand headed for the Question Mark outfit,west of Carrizozo. They had been brandinga couple days when I got to headquarterslate one afternoon. It was cool and pleas-ant there on the lawn after another hotday, and Carl and Larry were planning thenext day’s works. Carl’s twins Jarrod, andJustin, along with their sister, Melanie,were rolling out their cowboy beds.Another cowpuncher or two had beds andwere sitting on them enjoying one morecigarette before rolling in. It doesn’t takelong to spend the night on a Lane-Johnsonoutfit. Besides cutting a new man a stringof horses, they give him a lantern and tellhim he will catch up on sleep this winter.Larry Dean, who ran the outfit for Carl,met me at the yard gate and made me feelvery welcome. Larry worked very hard andkept that outfit in good shape. I threw mybed over in one corner of the yard, Larryand I rolled a smoke and visited. To thisday, thirty-five years later, he’s one of mybest friends.

Larry was raised on his folks’ outfit uparound Wall, South Dakota, and all hecraved was punchin’ cows. After he did a

diamond-half brand on his range today. I remember going with Larry that fall

to the Jal outfit, having lunch at the Dou-ble X camp with Carl Lane’s Father, Carl A.We loaded up a bunch of good, weanedcolts to bring to the question Mark. Aswith all real cowboy outfits, the Lane-Johnson ranches believe that wet saddleblankets make good mounts, and I agree.They had those tiger-striped cows, handledthem a horseback, calved their heifers ahorseback, and had no problem with thosecattle. It was always fun working thosehigh-horned cows who had a mind of theirown, and would sure test you on the driveor in the corral. But they raised a calf, andhustled a living in that desert range. Larrywould start putting out protein blocksaround the first of the year. With somewinter moisture, those cattle would quitthe blocks on their own by March and hus-tle those winter weeds and spring grass.Most cattle I’d seen would just wait for thecake wagon and get poorer. I decided then,if I ever got to own or run a place, I’d havethose horned, tiger-striped cows withCharolais and Beefmaster bulls on them.They’ll sure raise a big calf, on a lot of dif-ferent ranges.

Larry and Carl neighbored with a lot ofgood folks, including Sterling Spencer, ofthe Bar W Ranch, which was acquired byhis great-granddad, William C. McDonald,around 1911. Governor McDonald wasNew Mexico’s first governor when weachieved statehood in 1912. That fall wehelped Sterling several times. One day,after weaning a bunch of calves, sortingand weighing them, then eating a big noonmeal at headquarters, we were going totake two bunches of cows in two direc-tions, as the trucks hadn’t arrived. Most ofy’all know it’s a chore to drive cows awayfrom their calves. Larry and a few cowboys

stint in the army, he was working for anoutfit in Montana. It seems they had kin-folk who had ranches in New Mexico, andsaid if he ever wanted to go down therethey’d tell him who to call. He decided itwould be a good adventure so he tookthem up on the offer. A month later he hadhis bed, saddle and all in his pickup, andheaded south for the Land of Enchant-ment and a ranch job at Magdalena. Hesaid it was a long way, and the closest hecame to turning around was south ofBelen, when he saw that sorry country. Hewas really wondering what the word“enchantment” meant. After working thatMagdalena country for a while, he metCarl Lane and came to the Question Mark,named for the brand Carl acquired for theranch from his father, Carl A Johnson.That brand is still used by Jarrod on hisrange at Caprock, New Mexico. Larry and Ihave put out a lot of tracks together on dif-ferent ranges, and hung our saddles andwet saddle blankets on the corral fence atmany camps. We know so much on eachother, that if Larry gets to be Governor, I’ma good bet for Secretary of State.

The question Mark was a cowboy dealjust like all the Lane-Johnson holdings.They scattered the drive way before light,and if a critter tried to run off, they hadhim caught and back in the drive in notime . . . with a little dirt in his eye, and achanged attitude! Every roundup was heldagainst a fence and worked on horseback.The horses were good, stout, well-bredquarter horses with good withers and longlegs. They were tough and could make theoutside circle on those big pastures. As onany cowboy deal like the Lane-Johnsonholdings, there have been many a puncherwho got a new crease in his sombrero fromhaving his head stuck in the ground bythose horses! They kept a band of maresand a stud at their Diamond-half ranchwest of Jal, New Mexico. Justin uses that continued on page 51

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started east to cross the Corona Highwaywith 200 cows. I was at the corrals withSterling and couple others, fixing to takeanother herd south. We looked up andthey had spilled them, so Sterling told meand Sammy to go help. I rode by the ranchshop, picked up a couple of cans and putrocks in them. We threw those cows backtogether and started them east again,down the fence. I handed a can to Larryand we built a fire in that herd rattlingthose cans. It’s amazing how that disturbseven gentle stock. We had that herd flyingwhen we crossed the highway. Sammy andI pulled up to shut the gate, while Larryand the crew kept the herd going. Uproared a red sports car with New Yorklicense plate, that had thankfully stoppedas we flew across the highway. A blonde galjumped out of the car with her camera,and asked if we could do that again. As wemounted, Sammy politely tipped his bigblack sombrero and said, “No ma’am, butcome back this time next year and we’ll doit again!” As Sammy and I hit a lope tocatch up with the herd, we had a goodlaugh. Life was good punching cows in theCarrizozo range!

Other outfits Larry neighbored with,were Tony Gable; Duncan Major from theMonte Prieto outfit; Jim, and his son LorenPatterson from the Orndorf Ranch northof Bingham; Bob Curtiss, Rabbit Ward,Sammy Roper, and Preston Stone fromnorth of Capitan; and Morgan Maxwell,Windell Wells, and Ernest Copeland fromthat Claunch range. Carl’s twins were typ-ical boys and craved cowpunchin’, as didtheir sis, Melanie, who was a good hand,but added a little sweetness to offset theboys’ snails and dog tails! Good ol’ CarlHolden would help cook, or drive thespraying rig. He was older and raised in theCaballo Mountains on the Rio Grande.

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Larry Dean riding Sandy. North pens on the Question Mark, 1980.

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One morning at breakfast that fall of ‘78,he said they drilled a well on the Armen-daris which was so strong, that when theyput the pipe in and a valve at the top, itpushed the pipe out of the well. One of thehands had to climb up the pipe 20 ft. andopen the valve so it’d go back down! Maybehe stretched them a little.

By that fall I wound up making theQuestion Mark my headquarters, as I waslonely and afoot. Thanks to the QuestionMark, I had a home and good mounts.That’s a time I’ll never forget, and sincethen I have tried to help someone that’shaving a hard time the way Carl Lane andLarry helped me. �

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Dating back to the late 1800s, the NewMexico Livestock Board ((NMLB)then known as the Cattle Sanitary

Board), employed sworn peace officers tohandle livestock theft. Today the need forwell trained law enforcement officers iseven more crucial. Theft is still present,but foreign animal disease, border secu-rity, livestock abuse and cruelty, naturaldisaster relief and bio-security threats areever increasing. The demands on our offi-cers to respond to these events are quitechallenging. We must adhere to the samestrict standards of training hours as otherlaw enforcement agencies and maintaincertifications in a variety of cruelty, rescue,Homeland Security and bio security appli-cations. Due to this diversity in training,our agency has been called upon to assistin disaster relief like Hurricane Katrina,the Los Conchas Fire, the Whitewater-Baldy fire, and many more. At the basis ofthis training and commission as lawenforcement officer is the ability to protectthe industry’s livestock in ownership, wel-fare and disease prevention.

A Profile of the New Mexico Livestock Board’s Law Enforcement Division

The NMLB has 29 certified law enforce-ment officers. As new officers areemployed, their abilities are assessed, thenthey apply to attend the Department ofPublic Safety Law Enforcement Academyin Santa Fe.

The Basic Academy

Basic police officer classes usually have50 cadets from police and sheriffs officesstatewide. There are also Game and FishOfficers, Tribal Officers, and Parks andRecreations Officers.

At this time, there is one NMLB individ-ual at the law enforcement academy,scheduled to graduate in June. PaulLeonard is now half way through classnumber 185, and is the only livestockinspector in the class. His instructors

� Travel costs for inspectors� Contracting instructors for special-

ized classes; ie. Interactions with Personswith Mental Impairments

� Costs of getting inspectors certified toteach classes

� Materials for classes

Specialized Training

Specialized training hours includethose offered by Department of HomelandSecurity, FEMA, USDA Animal PlantHealth and Inspection, International Live-stock Identification Association, and otherassociated animal rescue and welfare orga-nizations. These hours comprise an addi-tional 10-20 hours a year and also assessfees for attendance and travel. Withoutthese specialized training courses, theinspectors would be unable to respond tounusual incidences regarding livestockwelfare and disease.

Inspectors’ Activity

On most days, inspectors show up at aproducer’s ranch, feedlot, dairy, or salebarn, exchange a “good morning” or“afternoon”, and a routine inspectiontakes place. The livestock are presented forinspection, they are inspected, and a formis issued. While this takes place, conversa-tion usually includes the need for rain, cat-tle prices and community and personalconcerns.

Spend a day with an inspector, and youwill learn that law enforcement cases andinvestigations are just as much a part oftheir time as the routine inspection. Thelessons learned at the academy and duringin service trainings are invaluable to aninspector, and cases are made or lost byinspectors’ efficiency in investigating, doc-umenting, and presenting the facts in acourt of law. Often it takes hours ofresearching the statutes, writing reports,and effectively communicating with dis-trict attorneys to solidify the cases.

Animal cruelty cases are at the fore-front of our law enforcement actions thesedays, but there are plenty of transportationand brand violations, and even larcenycases to consume the inspectors time. Allof these cases come with a mountain ofreports, photographs, recorded and writ-ten statements, gathering of evidence,search and seizure warrants, arrest war-rants, and criminal complaints. Theseneed direction from supervisors, districtattorneys, and many times, assistancefrom other law enforcement agencies

reported about a week ago that he has ahigh grade point average, above 90%, andis excelling in all areas of his evaluation.Our inspectors generally receive thesetypes of compliments and are held to ahigher standard by the NMLB.

There are five waiting to attend theacademy. Funds are the major obstacle inthat process. It takes about $10,000 to getan inspector through the course.

� $5,000 for room and board� $5,000 for equipment, psychological

and medical evaluations, CPR and first Aidcourses, firearms training, and uniforms

Blocks of instruction include: basicfirearms, case presentation, report writ-ing, defense tactics, domestic issues, crisismanagement, and principles of criminalinvestigations.

All certified inspectors attended thisbasic police academy in the first or secondyear of their careers. This academy is 824hours of law enforcement training toinclude classroom, range, gym, and dri-ving track training. The entry into theacademy is no easy feat. The pre-assess-ment is a mile and a half run, a 300 meterrun, sit-ups and pushups, all with requiredstandards for time and numbers.

In Service Training

This includes many of the blocks ofinstruction listed above. To keep our offi-cer certifications, we must complete 40hours of training every two years and qual-ify with our duty weapons once every year.

The specific requirements for in servicetraining are continually increasing. Tenyears ago you needed the forty hours, butonly 8 hours of legal updates were manda-tory. The rest of the 32 hours could befilled with any DPS accredited class. Now,inspectors must complete a mandatory 22hours of legal updates.

These hours are: � Domestic Violence� Legal Update� Ensuring Child Safety on Parental

Arrest� Safe Pursuit� Biennial Firearms Training� Hate Crimes� Investigating Child Abuse� Missing Persons and Amber Alert� Interactions with Persons with Men-

tal ImpairmentsDue to the increase in mandatory train-

ing requirements, costs to the agency alsoare increasing. These costs include:

� Ammunition for firearms training� Class rooms/ training areas/ firearm

ranges

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when the investigations lead an inspectorto areas outside of our normal concern. In2012, inspectors found themselves in sev-eral cases involving drugs, forgeries, rack-eteering, child abuse and money launder-ing. The inspector will tell you that thesecases all have one commonality: the needfor continued, quality training.

It also takes funding. The LivestockBoard, like all other state agencies, isalways expected to be diligent with bud-geted funds. Training costs are a necessarypart of that budget, and one where cornerscannot be cut. Liability in law enforcementis always on the rise. During almost anyinteraction with an offender, an inspectoris subject to civil suit if he or she acts out-side of policy and statute. The Agency isalso subject to suit, especially if it can beproven the inspector acted inappropriatelydue to lack of training.

In the middle of March, 12 certifiedinspectors, including Interim ExecutiveDirector Ray Baca, met in Raton, NM atthe NRA Whittington Center to addressthese training needs. In a two day period,instruction was given on domestic vio-lence, ensuring child safety upon parentalarrest, safe pursuit, hate crimes, missingpersons and amber alerts, investigatingchild abuse, legal updates, and day andnight firearms training.

The firearms portion of the traininglasted well into the dark hours, meetingthe requirements of DPS for low lighttraining. Inspectors worked on speed andtactical reloads, shotgun training, mal-function clearances, the four step draw,and the seven fundamentals of marksman-ship. Some competitive type shooting wasdone to reinforce the training and makethe day a little more fun. Inspectors shot acourse with three reloads and five targets.This course forced the inspectors to shootand reload on the move, with some of thefastest times in the 20 seconds range.

During the classroom instruction, theinspectors were able to discuss the laws,cases they had worked, and the relevancyof the subject matter to their jobs. In everyclass, inspectors were able to recall recentcases that involved the topic of instruc-tion. That element of the class is, manytimes, much more important than thematerial being covered, as it brings a senseof reality to the training.

In this era of increasing liabilities, lawsuits, and detailed examinations of allpolice officer actions, our inspectors needto be well trained, adequately equipped,

and supported. In officer negligence cases,the term “duty to protect is assumed”means that if an inspector witnesses acrime or one about to be committed, he orshe is obligated to act, regardless ofwhether or not if they are on duty, or in thescope of their agency mission.

The NMLB is obligated to make sure itsinspectors are adequately trained, not justto mitigate liability, more importantly, toensure its inspectors get home to theirfamilies safely each night. �

April 8, 2013

estraysNOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the following described estray animals have

been taken under the provisions of Chapter 77, Article 13 of New MexicoStatutes Annotated 1978, and sold for the benefit of the owners of said

estrays as provided by law. The proceeds will be subject to claims and proofof ownership as provided by law. New Mexico Livestock Board

Ray Baca, Interim Director · Albuquerque, N.M.

All current estrays can now be found on the New Mexico Livestock Boardwebsite at www.nmlbonline.com. Lost, missing and stolen reports will be

available on our website for 30 days.

NMFLC continued from page 32NMLB continued from page 52

seventh member of the Commission willbe named by Gov. Susana Martinez.

Bidegain works at T4 Cattle Company, afamily-owned and operated cattle ranch.He also serves on the New Mexico CattleGrowers’ Association Board of Directors.He holds a Bachelor of Business degree inAccounting and a Bachelor of Arts degreein General Studies from West Texas A&MUniversity. His term on the Commissionexpires December 31, 2014.

The State Game Commission is com-posed of seven members who represent thestate’s diverse interests in wildlife-associ-ated recreation and conservation. Membersare appointed by the governor and subjectto confirmation by the state Senate. �

Bidegaincontinued from page 23

and national media are reporting Presi-dent Obama is going to bypass Congressand designate five national monuments,one of which is in New Mexico. The mediareports he will use the Antiquities Act todesignate the Rio Grande del NorteNational Monument consisting of 240,000acres in Taos and Rio Arriba counties.

The official proclamation is not yetavailable, so I can’t comment on the lan-guage in the document, but similar procla-mations in the recent past have causedproblems for livestock grazing. I’ll havemore on that next time.

Till then, be a nuisance to the devil anddon’t forget to check that cinch.

Frank DuBois was the NM Secretary of Agriculturefrom 1988 to 2003, is the author of a blog: The West-erner (www.thewesterner.blogspot.com) and is thefounder of The DuBois Rodeo Scholarship(http://www.nmsu.edu/~duboisrodeo/).

in the New Mexico Stockman.Call: 505/243-9515.

A D V E RT I S E

Please note that there is a misprint of our address in the new 2012 NMLB Brand Book. The correct address is: NMLB, 300 San Mateo Blve NE, Suite 1000, Albuquerque, NM 87108

Pennsylvania – an unlikely birthplacefor a world-class bronc rider. How-ever, that is exactly where Charles

Peter “Pete” Knight was born on May 5,1903. He was the last of six children bornto William and Katherine Knight ofPhiladelphia.

Known as one of the top bronc ridersfrom the early days of rodeo, historianWillard Porter once wrote that Knight’sfellow cowboys remembered “. . . there wasonly one kind of horse that bothered him –the kind that wouldn’t buck!” Rodeo greatHerman Linder agreed, “He was the bestrider I ever saw because he rode steadieron harder horses.” “The rougher themount, the better he rode,” said the firstofficial (1929) All-around Champion of theWorld, Earl Thode.

Above all however, Knight was knownas a great human being. Humble and downto earth – in spite of his legendary status. Afriend to all. He had adoring fans andfriends across the North American Conti-nent.

As a young boy, Pete’s family movedfrom Pennsylvania to Oklahoma wherethey were originally looked upon as “city

umphs which followed. By the time he wastwenty, he decided on a career as a profes-sional rough stock rider and followedrodeo until his death.

An interesting fact about Pete is at leastthree different times he tried to stayaboard the great bucking horse, Midnight.The records of these rides are hazy, but itwas considered a match between the bestbronc and bronc rider of the day.

In Montreal, 1926, Pete drew Midnight,and managed to remain in the saddle forabout eight seconds. Possibly a qualifiedride by today’s standards, but back then itrequired ten. Another contest highlyremembered was in Cheyenne, 1932. Forseven long seconds Pete rode to Midnight.Then the horse really turned it on and Peteended up in the dirt. Friends claimed hehad ridden the ten seconds required towin, but the ride was unofficial. There isno mention in the record books of Peteever besting Midnight, but the stories havegrown to legendary status throughout theyears. There are even songs and poemswritten about the duo.

In 1936, when Midnight died, ridersbought him a monument befitting thechampion and placed it over his grave inColorado. They composed this epitaph forthe famous bronc:

“Underneath this sod lies a great buck-ing hoss.

There never lived a cowboy he couldn’ttoss.

slickers.” The barb didnot follow them long asthey successfully workedPete’s granddad’s home-stead – becoming stock-men. Then they relocatedto Crossfield, AlbertaCanada after Pete’s fathersaw an advertisement forcheap farmland at theOklahoma State Fair putout by the Canadian Gov-ernment. They were look-ing for Americans willingto give it a try.

Canada is where Pete learned to ridebucking horses. He learned real good andeventually became known as “The King ofthe Cowboys” – long before Roy Rogers.Popular singer from the day, Wilf Carter,wrote a song naming Pete the King. Hebecame a legend in his own time.

Pete’s career started when he enteredhis hometown rodeo at the age of fifteen,winning second place – no small feat assome of the best Canadian and Americanbronc riders of the day were entered. Thisfirst experience set the stage for many tri-

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Pete Knight’s last and fatal ride.

His name was Midnight, his coat blackas coal.

If there’s a hoss heaven, please, God,rest his soul.”

Knight rode in Wild West Shows andRodeos across the United States andCanada. One such show he attended wasthe Boston Garden rodeo in 1936 and thisforever wrote his name in Rodeo history.He bravely became one of the sixty-onemen who signed the famous “strike” docu-ment and walked out of performing at thatnight’s show. The Cowboy Turtle’s Associa-tion was eventually formed as a result. Itwas the predecessor of today’s ProfessionalRodeo Cowboys Association. Pete wasinvolved in the fledgling association.

Pete won Saddle Bronc riding WorldChampionships in the Rodeo Associationof America (eventually absorbed by theTurtle’s Association) in 1932, ‘33, ‘35, and‘36. He also won the Prince of Wales Cupthree times which was awarded to therider who won the Canadian and AmericanChampionship at Calgary.

He met and married Ida Lee “Babe”Avant, of Hot Springs, Arkansas in 1932,taking his new bride on the rodeo trailwith him. The couple had a daughter in1934 named Deanna who was only three atthe time of Pete’s untimely demise.

He died from a fatal injury sustainedbeneath the hooves of a rank, buckinghorse named Duster at the Hayward, Cali-fornia rodeo on May 23, 1937. As he stum-bled from the arena, he knew he was hurt.

He died in the hospital a little while laterfrom injuries sustained when a broken ribpunctured his liver. Pete’s funeral receiveda tribute from every provincial govern-ment in Canada and from more than threequarters of the United States.

Pete, being born an American, butspending most of his life with a Canadianaddress (he lived near Denver, Colorado atthe time of his death), and having rodeoedand performed extensively throughout theUS and Canada, had an extensive followingof fans and friends. It was recorded thattens of thousands mourned his death.

Guy Weadick, founder of the CalgaryStampede, called him “the greatest broncrider of them all,” and, in spite of Knight’slater success, he was still “the same unas-suming boy that he had been when first Isaw him ride at that little, one-day show.”(Pete’s first rodeo at Crossfield, Alberta in1918.)

Pete Knight was inducted into theNational Cowboy Hall of Fame in 1958 andin 1981 became the first inductee into theCanadian Rodeo Hall of Fame. In 1977,Crossfield, Alberta started “Pete KnightDay,” which has become an annual eventand rodeo. �

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We DO like Democrats! It has cometo my attention that the Stock-man perceived to be a bit biased

toward Republicans . . . I want to clear thatup. Some of my best friends are Ds . . .really.

ciation (NMCGA) addresses are not parti-san. We believe (and hope) that the workwe do benefits every citizen – whether theybelieve that or not.

It was great fun to point out to thencandidate for Governor Bill Richardson ina meeting several years ago with theNMCGA Executive Committee that overhalf the folks in the room were registeredDs.

While we may disagree with some legis-lators, of both persuasions, we hope thatwe can disagree without being disagree-able. As I said last month, every legislatorworks for what they believe is in the bestinterest of all of us.

Therefore, if your name isn’t men-tioned here, there is no disrespect

And, the fact is that without supportiveDemocrats, the outcome of this and everypast Legislature would have been prettygrim. This isn’t just because Democratsare in the majority, but because the issuesthat the New Mexico Cattle Growers’ Asso-

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intended. In no particular order, there aremany legislators who deserve our specialappreciation.

Senate President Pro Temp Mary KayPapen carried the railroad fencing bill thatenhances penalties for railroads not keep-ing their fences up. That bill passed twoHouse and two Senate Committees withonly one (1) negative vote. The resistancewas cured when the bill went to the SenateFloor. Committee Chairmen GeorgeDodge (House Ag & Water) and Eliseo LeeAlcon (Consumer & Public Affairs) got thebill a speedy hearing. The measure passedboth Floors unanimously. The Governor’sdeadline for signing bills was several daysoff at press time, so we continue to hopethat it will be signed.

Had we not had the support of themajority party on the anti-coyote huntingbill, including Representative Alcon incommittee, the fight would have contin-ued in the Senate giving proponents moreopportunities to malign ranchers andhunters alike. Those voting against themeasure, including most of the Republi-cans, were Representatives Dodge, MaryHelen Garcia, Dona Irwin, Sandra Jeff,Rudy Martinez, Kiki Savadra and TomasSalazar. YOUR calls and emails made thedifference. Most of those folks are fromrural areas and/or have the understandingof the need for predator management.

Two Ds made the difference on whetheror not a state environmental policy actwould gain traction, voting no on the billin committee, Representatives JamesRoger Madalena and Robert Gonzales.Representative Madalena single-handedlymade the difference on the anti-trappingwhich, interestingly enough was carriedby Representative Gonzales.

On the Senate side it was Majority FloorLeader Michael Sanchez who held theground on the enhanced animal crueltybills. This is an issue that Senator Sanchezhas long stood for reason on and hedeserves a great deal of thanks for his con-viction and courage.

Senators John Arthur Smith, PhilGriego, George Munoz and Papen stood upfor common sense and family values, againhailing from rural districts where they facethe challenges of food production as wellas stewardship of land and wildlife.

We have too long relied up these folkswithout a proper thank you in this publi-cation and I appreciate that being called tomy attention. Now of course I haven’tmentioned the many Rs, new and return-

member and Senator Pat Woods for analmost perfect job his freshman year.

Sandy Hook . . . Never Again

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ing who helped our causes. FreshmenRepresentatives David Gallegos, JasonHarper and Kelly Fajardo, made handsalong-side the seasoned warriors includ-ing Minority Floor Leader Nate Gentry.

On the Senate side we learned the hardlesson that we cannot take for granted theso called conservative party, suffering sev-eral committee losses unanimously. How-ever, we have to congratulate NMCGA

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pass a “stronger” New Mexico animal cru-elty law is just plain shameful. Reports onthe dreadful day in December showabsolutely no connection between theshooter and animal cruelty. It appears thatviolent videos games and an over indul-gent, now deceased parent are the culpritsalong with mental illness.

If folks are going to go for drama in get-ting your way, get your facts straight.

Sequestration . . .

At first blush it appears that the U.S.Department of Agriculture (USDA) is deal-ing out a great deal of the anticipate “pain”of sequestration . . . that may because thatis the agency of the federal governmentthat we have allowed ours to become semi-dependent upon.

Since Frank DuBois has taken on thesubject much better than I ever could inhis New Mexico Federal Lands Council col-umn, I will be brief. We have had manycalls and emails in the office regarding thecessation of payments under the USDA’sFarm Service Agency’s (FSA) Noninsured

tragedy is misused for ill gotten gain.Given the large and vigorous debate

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There is much being made about a con-nection between domestic violence,including child abuse, and animal cruelty.I will admit that anybody I ever knew whobeat their horse also beat their dog, theirspouse and their children. I don’t knowwhich comes first, the harm to the animalsor harm to family. Mean people are justmean and must be dealt with accordinglyby the abundance of laws that are alreadyon the books that we don’t have enough

FederalDepartment of WhimsyApril 1, 2025 Headline: Wine andCheese Banned from American Diets

The presidentially appointed Directorof Taste has declared the sellingand/or dispensing of all fermented

beverages derived from the fruit of the vineis to be prohibited in the United States. Inaddition, certain varieties of cheese whosearoma has been defined as “too stinky” bythe Sniff Committee, are also banned frommanufacture or importation in the U.S.

These new regulations are part of a con-tinuing effort by ‘those who know best’operating through the Department ofWhimsy. They base their regulations onthe premise that you can always findsomeone who is offended by someoneelse’s behavior or taste.

It started innocently enough with theseparating of cigarette smokers to the backof airplanes. The requirement of contentlabels on baked and canned goods fol-lowed. Then no smoking in airports, nosugar in soda pop. Then no soda pop inschools, then no soda pop in cities! Thenthe banning of baked goods, desserts, andBen & Jerry’s Ice Cream in schools, thencities, then the nation. Twinkies, rich pas-tries and CinnaBuns were banned becausethey were declared to be harmful to some.Fish caught in the wild were bannedbecause of possible mercury content andfarm-raised fish were banned due to possi-ble salmon abuse.

The battle goes on. The Animal RightsLoonies have been trying for years to banthe eating of horsemeat. They also areseeking the Department of Sensitivity toprevent the use of horses for fun or profit.The ownership of house pets are next ontheir agenda.

The 9th District Court of Appealsintends to make California “WINE FREEin ‘33.” They also are considering banning

lash sweeping the country. In California,the Union of Farm Workers is protestingthe Sacramento Abolitionists who havedeclared manual labor a Crime. But all thisbodes well for the state of Nebraska whohas fenced out animal rights extremists,anyone appointed by the Federal govern-ment, and welcomes anybody willing towork.

Where all this government interventionwill take us is anyone’s guess. There appear

to be people who appoint themselveskings, dictators, masters, all-know-

ing wise men who reallybelieve they know what is bestfor you, for your own good.

They are sincere. They sufferfrom one of two delusional syn-dromes. For the appointed ones itis the Purchasing Agent Syn-drome, who derives power

from someone else’s status.For the elected it is theOprah Syndrome, some-times called the Colum-nist Syndrome, that says

because you are popularyou really must know whatyou are talking about.

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the consumption or use of sugar, domesti-cally raised livestock, tobacco andfirearms. Their reasoning hassomething to do with climatechange. There is a propositionon the next state ballot to banclimate change!

To no one’s surprise the use ofmarijuana has been excludedfrom “Ban Fever.” Their con-cern is the negative effecton Mexico’s economy. Manyborder state citizens arenow supported by their rel-atives in Mexico sendingthem money made in thedrug trade.

As these strict, new regu-lations continue to get moreand more bizarre, there is a blatant back-

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NAP is a program that ranchers andfarmers pay a premium to for coverage.Nonetheless payments so direly neededduring this ongoing drought were tem-porarily suspended on March 1. To rein-state them, the Secretary of Agriculturemust give Congress a 30 day notice thatfunds will be shifted to cover the program.

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Word of the Month

Not that I am the most educated personin the world, but often I hear words mis-used and I want to do my share in correct-ing the problem. As my reference I amusing dictionary.reference.com so you cancheck to keep me honest.

For my first “word of the month” I havechosen:

animal husbandry / noun / the scienceof breeding, feeding, and tending domesticanimals, especially farm animals.

As you might guess, there is method tomy madness, and I promise I will get overthis year’s animal rights debate some timesoon. As many, many people expressedconcern about the impacts to “animal hus-bandry” if the bills this year were passed,one statement head in the House Floordebate was that agriculture was exempt,and therefore there were no “animal hus-bandry” issues. Pease note, the termapplies to all DOMESTIC animals – dogs,cats, and so on. �

That occurred on March 19 so it is antici-pated that payments will resume on April18 and that payments will be 100 percentof what they should be.

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