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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. 
SAN JUAN 
SAN MIGUEL ° 
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«= 1000 Head 
Total Number of Arniimols 412,050 
Fig. 3.—Outline map of New Mexico, showing the distribution (by counties) of goats, according to the 
Thirteenth Census. 
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. 
