UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

 BULLETIN No. 211 



Contribution from the Bureau of Plant Industry 

 WM. A. TAYLOR, Chief 



Washington, D. C. 



May 26, 1915 



FACTORS 



AFFECTING RANGE MANAGEMENT 



IN NEW MEXICO 



By 



E. O. WOOTON, Agriculturist, Office of 

 Farm Management 



CONTENTS 



Introduction 1 



The Topography of New Mexico ... 2 



Climate 3 



Soils 7 



Subdivisions of the Land 8 



Relative Importance of Stock Raising . 10 



Legal Status of the Business 15 



Nature of the Forage Crop and its Distri- 

 bution 20 



Page 



Undesirable Range Plants 23 



Erosion 25 



Range Management 26 



Character of the Present Opposition to 



Control 37 



Summary 37 



WASHINGTON 



GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 



1915 



