In the assessors' meeting, officers
for the ensuing year were selected by
the re-election of both president and
secretary, Guy H. Herbert of Chaves
county, and Fred B. Heyn of Bernalillo
respectively..
Large ShipiJfSts of Cattle.
Santa Fé. The Si ate Cattle Sani
tary Board pave out figures showing
that New Mexico up to November 30
shipped out 3,04,880 head of cattle dur
ing the past eleven months, breaking
all records. Grant and Luna counties
lead with a total -of 106,123 head. Otero
county came next with 31,947; Chaves
county with 24,135 ; Sandoval and Tor
rance counties together shipping 25,
000 head. Other counties as follows:
Colfax, 23,708; Union, 10,851; Quay
and Guadalupe, 11,853: Eddy, 3,668;
Sccorro, 26,927; McKinley, 6,168; San
Juan, 6,871; Dona Ana, 2.9S6; Albu
querque district, 13,931; Cimarron, 3,
881; Taos county district, 291; Magda
lena district, 6,488. Three reasons are
assigned for this heay outgo: First,
the steady curtailment of the open
range, which has been going on for
years; next, the short range, which
has made wintering a problem in many
districts; and the third is the unusual
ly high range of prices which has ob
tained for all classes of stock.
Gets $2,700 from Eighteen Acres. '
Lakewood. As an evidence of what
water and work will produce on the
land in the Lakewood country the re
port of Gorgonio Domlngues, a native
citizen, for the past season on toma
toes and cantaloupes is given. He
raised 110 tons of tomatoes, sold to the
canning factory at $15 a ton; 700
crates of tomatoes shipped at 60c a
crate; 700 crates of cantaloupes
shipped (price not known as the firm
nnruuing the Wipments has never
come through with any dinero) yet
Domingues derived $2,700 from eight
een acres of ground.
