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valuation all the city and town property of the State; and when we 

 take into consideration that it is a productive business, continually 

 bringing into existence new wealth and not merely shifting value 

 from one holder to another, the importance of the industry is still 

 more apparent and it becomes at once one of the most important 

 industries, if not the most important industry, of the State. 



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Fig. 3. — Outline map of New Mexico, showing the distribution (by counties) of goats, according to the 



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LEGAL STATUS OF THE BUSINESS. 



Every business must have a proper standing before the law. 



There is a steadily increasing demand for beef and mutton, hides 

 and wool, and the supplying of this demand is recognized as a legiti- 

 mate business. 



The cheap production of these commodities calls for the use of 

 large bodies of low-priced lands. 



