RANGE MANAGEMENT IN NEW MEXICO. 



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In Table I is shown a summary of the number of acres of land, both 

 ©razing and agricultural, and the number of domestic animals (omit- 

 ting swine and fowls) that were returned for taxation in the years 

 1909, 1910, 1911, 1912, and 1913. In column 3 of this table is shown 

 the report of the Thirteenth Census upon the same subjects, while in 

 column 2 appears the factor by which the auditor's number for 1909 

 must be multiplied in order to produce the census number for the 

 same item the same year. This column of figures is interesting as 

 showing the correctness of the auditor's generalization that the valua- 

 tions returned for assessment have been for a number of years scarcely 

 50 per cent of the actual value of .the property. 



From this table may be seen the area of patented land used in 

 stock raising * and that which is under cultivation in some kind of 

 farm crops. It should be kept in mind that about 5 per cent of the 

 cattle are dairy cows and are on the agricultural lands or in the towns, 

 that probably two-fifths to one-half of the horses are also on the 

 farms or hi the -towns, as are practically all of the mules, and that 

 nearly all the sheep, goats, and burros are range animals, the number 

 of these animals that are kept on the farms or in the towns being so 

 small a percentage of the whole as to be negligible. 



Table I. — Comparison of the reports of the Territorial and State auditors of New Mexico 

 for the last five years with the Thirteenth Census report. 



Land and animals. 



Factor. 



Thirteenth 

 Census 

 (1909). 



1909 



1910 



1911 



1912 



1913 



Land (acres): 







11,180,159 

 12,164,952 

 213,345,111 



480,558 



84,847 



8,804 



4,207 



1,472,866 



183,872 



11,218,856 



1,735,776 



212,954,111 



390,155 



79,711 



9,239 



4,722 



1,368,460 



151,639 



11,572,790 



1,774,049 



2 13, 346, 839 



359,308 



74,963 



9,145 



5,146 



1,280,467 



133,734 



12,654,535 



2,443,875 



2 15,098,410 



386,565 



83,936 



9,248 



5,555 



1,463,691 



145,165 



13,686,833 









2,696,426 







11,270,021 



1,061,663 



171,525 



14,937 



11,853 



3,346,984 



412,050 



2 16,383,259 



Live stock 

 (number): 

 Cattle (all 

 kinds) 



2.48 

 2.02 

 1.69 

 2.81 



2.27 

 2.24 



570,939 

 104,253 





9,638 





5,794 



Sheep „ 



1,693,970 

 190,658 







i To understand why more agricultural land was returned in 1909 than in 1910 and 1911, it is neces- 

 sary to remember that 1909 was a year of large influx of settlers into the dry-farming area. The next year 

 was dry and many claims were deserted, and much of the land was returned as grazing land after title 

 had been obtained by commuting. 



2 This is the sum of the area of grazing and agricultural lands and is comparable with the Census report 

 figures. 



Figures 1, 2, and 3 show the approximate density of distribution of 

 range animals by counties. These charts were prepared from the 

 Thirteenth Census reports and are from enumerations made in 1909. 



i This takes no account of the large area of State lands leased for grazing, the national forests grazed under 

 a permit system, or the immense area of Government lands used without charge of any kind. 



