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BULLETIN 211, U. S. DEPARTMENT 1 OF AGRICULTURE. 



As will be seen by consulting Table I, these figures are greatly in ex- 

 cess of the latest available tax returns (1913), but if the tax returns 

 for 1913 are compared with those for 1909 it will be observed at once 

 that the numbers of different kinds of stock returned for the two 

 years are not very dissimilar. There are some fluctuations in the 

 returns for the different counties, but the general variations are small. 



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Fig. 1. — Outline map of New Mexico, showing the distribution (by counties) of cattle of all kinds and 

 dairy cows, according to the Thirteenth Census. 



The charts show the ordinary geographic distribution and relative 

 importance of each kind of stock as well as it could be presented with- 

 out assuming much smaller units of area requiring more detailed data. 

 From these diagrams we learn that the central, northern, and north- 

 eastern parts of the State are most heavily stocked with sheep, while 

 the southwestern, southeastern, and northeastern corners are more 



