KANGE AND CATTLE MANAGEMENT DURING DROUGHT. 



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The period from 1904 to 1907 is remembered by stockmen of 

 southern New Mexico as exceptionally favorable for the cattle busi- 

 ness, and there was prosperity during the period from 1911 to 1916. 

 They are still talking about the severe drought of 1908 to 1910, in- 

 clusive, and live-stock production has not yet recovered from the 



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drought of 1916-1918. Figures 2 and 3 show that the periods of 

 prosperity in the business correspond to periods of approximately 

 average or above in both seasonal and annual precipitation, and 

 years of adversity to those below average. Figure 3 shows- a similar 

 dry period, from 1899 to 1903, inclusive, while figure 2 shows this 

 dry period as from 1898 to 1901, inclusive. This difference is prob- 

 ably due to local variation in rainfall. Another similarly dry 



