RANGE MANAGEMENT IN NEW MEXICO. 13 
heavily stocked with cattle. Horses, mules, and burros are about 
uniformly distributed over the State, and goats occur mainly in the 
southwest corner and in the north-central part. 
Table IL shows the percentage of the total valuation which each 
large group of property represents in the assessment returns. It is 
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Total Number of Animals 334946 98F¢ 
Fig. 2.—Outline map of New Mexico, showing the distribution (by counties) of sheep, according to the 
Thirteenth Census. 
recognized that the valuations ascribed are not correct, but the 
general reduction in values is so nearly uniform as to make the per- 
centages of valuation represented by each class of property quite 
accurate. The relative importance of the different classes of property 
is also indicated. 
