12 BULLETIN 211, U. S. DEPARFMENT 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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Tota! Number of Arurmals 
Cattle, all kinds, 1,081,663 - Dairy Cows 51,45/ 
Fic. 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 
