RANGE MANAGEMENT IN NEW MEXICO. ike 
In Table I is shown a summary of the number of acres of land, both 
erazing and agricultural, and the number of domestic animals (omit- 
ting swine and fowls) that were returned for taxation in the years 
1909, 1910, 1911, 1912, and 1913. In column 3 of this table is shown 
the report of the Thirteenth Census upon the same subjects, while in 
column 2 appears the factor by which the auditor’s number for 1909 
must be multiplied in order to produce the census number for the 
same item the same year. This column of figures is interesting as 
showing the correctness of the auditor’s generalization that the valua- 
tions returned for assessment have been for a number of years scarcely 
50 per cent of the actual value of the property. 
From this table may be seen the area of patented land used in 
stock raising‘ and that which is under cultivation in some kind of 
farm crops. It should be kept in mind that about 5 per cent of the 
cattle are dairy cows and are on the agricultural lands or in the towns, 
that probably two-fifths to one-half of the horses are also on the 
farms or in the towns, as are practically all of the mules, and that 
nearly all the sheep, goats, and burros are range animals, the number 
of these animals that are kept on the farms or in the towns being so 
small a percentage of the whole as to be negligible. 
TasLe 1.—Comparison of the reports of the Territorial and State auditors of New Mexico 
for the last five years with the Thirteenth Census report. 
| Thirteenth 
Land and animals. ; Factor. Census 1969 1910 1911 1912 1913 
(1909). 
Land (acres): i 
SSL bee a S| | a a a eee 11,180,159 | 11,218,856 | 11,572,790 | 12,654,535 | 13,686,833 
PPPIIe MIG | oe ema lom cn yes y 2 12,164,952 | 1,735,776 | 1,774,049 | 2,443,875 2,696, 426 
See eae ete --| 11,270,021 |213, 345,111 212,954,111 /?13, 346,839 |215,098, 410 | 216,383,259 
Live stock 
(number): 
Cattle (all 
KAINGS)E-e saac0 2.48 | 1,081,663 480,558 390, 155 359, 308 386, 565 570,939 
orsess=- 2.2. 2.02 171,525 84, 847 79,711 74, 963 83, 936 104, 253 
Wiualesie ss: 1.69 14, 937 8, 804 _ 9,239 9,145 9,248 9, 638 
PSEEROS Sor. oe oe 2.81 11, 853 4,207 4,722 5,146 O.ODD 5,794 
SHOR Psos<+ 3 2.27 | 3,346,984 1,472, 866 1,368,460 | 1,280, 467 1,463,691 1,693,970 
Goats ss a: 2.24 412,050 183, 872 151, 639 133,734 145,165 190, 658 
1 To understand why more agricultural land was returned in 1909 than in 1910 and 1911, it is neces- 
sary to remember that 1909 was a year of large influx of settlers into the dry-farming area. The next year 
was dry and many claims were deserted, and much of the land was returned as grazing land after title 
had been obtained by commuting. 
¥ 2 This is the sum of the area of grazing and agricultural lands and is comparable with the Census report 
gures. 
Figures 1, 2, and 3 show the approximate density of distribution of 
range animals by counties. These charts were prepared from the 
Thirteenth Census reports and are from enumerations made in 1909. 
_ 1 This takes no account of the large area of State lands leased for grazing, the national forests grazed under 
@ permit system, or the immense area of Government lands used without charge of any kind. 
