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FEATURES 16 Angus Lead the Way by Callie Gnatkowski-Gibson

23 Red Angus A Package Deal by Callie Gnatkowski-Gibson

41 2012 Joint Stockmens Convention Program

66 Book Review

73 Joint Stockmens Convention Registration Form

92 2011 Cattleman of the Year Bob Ricklefs by Carol Wilson

100 The X-Factor by Ben Spitzer IBBA

DEPARTMENTS 10 N.M. Cattle Growers Association Presidents Letter by Rex Wilson, President

12 News Update

26 N.M. CowBelles Jingle Jangle

28 Old Times by Don Bullis

30 N.M. Federal Lands Council News by Frank DuBois

34 In Memoriam

36 Estrays

36 New Mexico Livestock Board Update

37 Missions Accomplished by Michelle Frost

38 To The Point by Caren Cowan

74 NMBC Bullhorn

78 Seedstock Guide

81 Market Place

83 Ad Index

84 Real Estate Guide

90 Scatterin The Drive by Curtis Fort

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VOL 78, No. 11 USPS 381-580

THE MAGAZINE FOR SOUTHWESTERN AGRICULTURE

NOVEMBER 2012

C A T T L E M A N O F T H E Y E A R

BOB RICKLEFS

NEW MEXICO STOCKMANWrite or call: P.O. Box 7127

Albuquerque, New Mexico 87194505/243-9515 Fax: 505/998-6236

E-mail: caren @aaalivestock.com

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n New Mexico Cattle Growers AssociationEmail: nmcga@nmagriculture.org;

2231 Rio Grande NW, P.O. Box 7517, Albu quer que, NM 87194,

505/247-0584, Fax: 505/842-1766; Pres i dent, Rex Wilson

Executive Director, Caren CowanAsst. Executive Director, Michelle Frost

n New Mexico Wool Growers, Inc.P.O. Box 7520, Albuquerque,NM 87194, 505/247-0584

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Publisher Emeritus: Chuck StocksOffice Manager: Marguerite VenselAdvertising Reps.: Chris Martinez,

Melinda Martinez Contributing Editors: Carol Wilson

Callie Gnatkowski-Gibson,William S. Previtti, Lee PittsPhotographer: De e Bridgers

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NMCGA PRESIDENT

Dear Fellow Cattlemen

At long last the election is over . . . at least I hope they are not still counting votes by the time you readthis. It has been a long and painful campaign season. Now is the time to put our best foot forward toaddress the multitude of issues facing our families, our businesses and our communities.I want to thank everyone who donated time and money and even blood, sweat and tears over the past sev-

eral months supporting the candidates of your choice. The relationships you have built are investments in allof our futures that will pay big benefits over time.

As we turn to the future I want to call attention to a part of our backbone that doesnt get enough atten-tion the Cattlegrowers Foundation Inc. Established about 15 years ago by some forward thinking NMCGAmembers interested in protecting the future of ranching and private property rights, the Foundation plays acritical role for us.

Over time the Foundation has made it possible for many young people to participate in the Ag LeadershipProgram, for staffing the office to address issues including water and federal land use, for educational train-ing, and even helped provide beef for folks building a park in Las Cruces. The most visIble project is Founda-tion support of the www.nmagriculture.org website supporting NMCGA and many other industry projects.

Where does the money come from for the Foundation to do this work? From you, the membership. Tomand Evelyn Linebery made a substantial contribution, but many others have made hefty annual contributions.You may have made a contribution as you have paid your NMCGA dues.

Right now we are in the midst of an opportunity to put the Foundation on sounder footing. In July theFoundation received a $10,000 challenge donation. Our charge is now to match that donation. We were ableto raise over $2,400 dollars at the Mid Year Meeting and contributions continue to come. But we are still shortof matching the $10,000.

As the year comes to an end and you are reviewing your finances, I urge you to consider a contribution tothe Cattlegrowers Foundation Inc. Contributions are tax deductIble and are an investment in all of ourfutures.

I am proud to report that our membership numbers are growing, but we are still a long way from our goalof 2,000 by December 2013. If you havent joined NMCGA, you can do so today at www.nmagricutlure.org orby calling the office at 505/247-0584. If you havent invited your neighbors and business associates to join,please get them signed up!

The Joint Stockmans Convention is just weeks away. I hope you have already made your reservations. Ifnot, there is still a little time left. Register today!

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Frustrated Residents: Raccoons Slowly TakingOver New York City

Some Who Live In Brooklyn Are Literally Having Their Lives Altered By Critters

Aturf battle of sorts is taking place in some neighborhoods.Raccoons are invading.Theyre getting into garbage cans, backyards and even break-

ing into homes. And whats more, these resourceful raccoons areoutsmarting the most determined of trappers, CBS 2s Dave Car-lin reported.

Clinton Hill, Brooklyn resident Susan DeBrango snapped pic-tures of the suspects, their faces masked, trying to get inside herhome.

They are adorable but not in your backyard when they impactyour life, DeBrango said. When he saw at me he stood up on twolegs and hissed at me.

They are getting more brazen on Washington Avenue, rum-maging through trash, and running right up to neighbors. Oneeven went face-to-face with Barbara Mattocks on her own frontstoop.

I dont want that feeling ever again. I was petrified, Mattockssaid.

Its gotten so bad, one 3-year-old Maltese named Snowball,who used to love to play outside, is now a prisoner in his ownhome, according to his owner.

He refuses to go out in the yard, Mattocks said.Neighbors said they called 3-1-1 but were told the city will not

respond unless the raccoons appear disoriented and potentiallyrabid. So, the residents chipped in for the services of a humanetrapper. However, in three weeks of setting out cat food in cagesnot a single raccoon was caught.

Raccoon experts said they are not surprised.They are extremely intelligent animals. In terms of trying to

trap them, once theyve been trapped once theyll know not to goin that trap again, said Rich Weddle of the Animal HusbandryDepartment at Liberty Science Center.

Weddle said raccoons can spread rabies and distemper, whichis a concern for dogs, not to mention parasites, fleas and ticks.

Some child or some person is going to have to get attacked.Maybe somebodys pet. Why does it have to come to that?DeBrango said.

DeBrango said she is organizing a public meeting on Oct. 17,calling it a Raccoon Summit, with neighbors, local politiciansand raccoon experts. Thats because fighting foes this resourcefulmeans securing trash can lids, bringing cat, dog and bird foodinside, and making house repairs to cut them off from cozy placesto sleep.

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and technology are a good combination,giving their cattle, and therefore their cus-tomers, a competitive edge.

From Northeastern New Mexico

Manny and Hayley Encinias, of La Glo-ria Cattle Company, have been raising reg-istered Angus cattle in northeastern NewMexico since 1999. They also have a herdof commercial Angus cattle and raise somecrossbred calves as show calves.The couple first got interested in the

registered side of the Angus business whileattending graduate school at North DakotaState University, Manny said, where theygot to know Justin Spickler, whose familyoperates Spickler Angus, a large, progres-sive, Angus operation in the state. Webuilt good relationships and were fortu-nate to travel and become part of theAngus family while we were in NorthDakota. Jokingly, we always say that thebest people we met there were Angus peo-ple, and the best cattle we saw were Anguscattle.Manny and Hayley purchased their first

registered females from the Spicklers, butafter returning to New Mexico realizedthat the environment was challenging forthe larger framed North Dakota females.

Our cattle are a good fit for our coun-try, he explained. They are moderatesized and easy fleshing and pass along thateasy-fleshing trait to their calves. They areextremely fertile, and can convertroughage to keep their condition on pas-ture.Disposition is an important trait on the

Encinias operation. We select on disposi-tion, and there is no room for bad atti-tudes. We handle the cattle quite a bitbecause of our AI program, but try to makesure every time we put them in a pen or inthe chute, its a positive experience.Its all about how you handle the cat-

tle, he continued. As kids, my Granddadand Dad taught us not to rush the cattle,and we work them the same way today.And, that pays off, he said. Some of the

best compliments we get are from peoplecommenting on how gentle our cattle are,and easy to work and load.In addition to Manny and Hayley and

their daughters Mia and Elia, Mannysfather, Adan, Hayleys father, John Dunlap,and Mannys brother-in-law Michael are abig part of the operation. Since Manny andHayley both work full time Manny as theExtension Beef Cattle Specialist for NewMexico State University and Hayley as theadvanced science and Spanish teacher atClayton High School it takes a concertedfamily effort to cover the day-to-day cattlemanagement.The kids are growing up pretty quickly,

he noted, but they are a lot of help. It iswonderful that we can raise our kids thisway. Our family doesnt go on vacations,when we get together its usually to workcows. We are very fortunate to have familythat is willing to help when we need it.In addition to the cattle operation, the

Enciniases offer reproductive manage-ment services, and work with producers todevelop nutrition and health programs, aswell as estrous synchronization and artifi-cial insemination (AI) programs, and theyalso offer pregnancy diagnosis with theirultrasound in which they accurately ageand sex pregnancies. I know there is not alot of margin in this business, so we try topromote and market management toolsthat have helped us make improvementsin our herd, he explained.Manny is a firm believer in Angus

both in the cattle themselves and the ben-efits to the producer of being affiliatedwith the American Angus Association,which has been working since the 1970s todevelop programs to promote Angus cattleand beef. When you look at the industry

They have incorporated moderate-sizedcattle from producers including Bill andLisa Gardner of Manzano Angus inEstancia into the operation.The cattle are pasture-raised, in Union,

San Miguel and Santa Fe Counties. Themajority of our pastures are rough androcky pion/juniper country, Manny said.I like it because its real, and offers ourcows enough diversity and flexibility to beable to get out and graze and browse anddo their job.The cattle stay on pasture year-round.

Each cow is bred artificially at least once,then bulls are put out with the herd for 120days. Replacement heifers are bred in mid-May, and the mature cows are bred in mid-June. We have high expectations for ourfemales and bulls alike, they all have to getout there and work, he noted. We dontfeed the cattle a lot, but when we do, we useself-feed protein supplements, placed inharder to access parts of the pasture. The family markets both bulls and

replacement females private treaty, fromthe ranch. They originally sold bullsthrough different sales, but decided tofocus on private treaty sales to give cus-tomers a chance to see the ranch environ-ment and how the cattle are raised, heexplained. Those are the kinds of thingswe look for when we buy a bull, and wewanted to give our customers that sameopportunity. Plus, we get the chance to getto know our customers.Bulls are raised with the consumer in

mind, according to Manny. We have a littledifferent philosophy when it comes togrowing our bulls. We push them, but pushthem with a high roughage-based diet, andkeep them in the pasture if possible.

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mesquite and canyon country. All cattleare pasture-raised, and aside from first-calfheifers, calve unassisted in the pasture.Our cattle know how to get out and graze,cross creeks and draws, and have the com-mon sense that they get from being out inthe pasture, Mary Lou said. The family works to raise well-balanced

cattle that are strong in multiple traits,Minnie Lou noted. With the genetic test-ing and technology thats available today,we can determine when a calf is one dayold whether he has an opportunity to be agood carcass animal, or is strong in calv-ing ease or maternal traits, so we canselect calves that are fairly good in allareas.

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A gentle disposition is important, espe-cially as the ranching population getsolder, Minnie Lou said. In fact, calving easehas been replaced by disposition as thenumber one trait people look for. We keepour cattle gentle, and get rid of anythingwith a problem.

The Bradleys strive to raise functionalcattle that do well in a variety of environ-ments. Like everybody, we have a droughtabout every ten years, but we usually donthave the heat we have had the past coupleof years, Mary Lou said. In the heat, thecattle definitely needed shade, but at theend of the day still calved and performed.Weve had no real rain for two years, butour cows have done really well and raisedheavy calves with minimal input.

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Bradleys try to run their operation just likea commercial cattle operation. Using GPSto track cattle movement, they haveworked to develop a feed and water situa-tion that allows them to move the cattlearound and well-utilize their pastures.

They have a 60-day calving season, andexpect cows to calve and re-breed withinthat time. First-calf heifers are bred byartificial insemination, and multiple siresare used in the pasture on the maturecows. They also select some cows, whomeet a strict set of requirements, asembryo donors.

The ranch has maintained Standard-ized Performance Analysis (SPA) data onthe entire herd since the programs incep-tion, Minnie Lou noted. The SPA program

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Our cattle are like family. It has been apleasure to have the Red Angus, Anitaconcluded.

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Gary and Rhetta Good, of Slash T CattleCompany, started out with Red Anguscross commercial cattle in 2002. Over theyears, the operation has gradually transi-tioned to a purebred Red Angus operation.

For many years, the Goods ran year-lings on their ranch 40 miles south of Ft.Sumner, between Ft. Sumner and Elida.After their sons grew up and moved away,leaving the couple with a lot less help forthe cattle operation, the Goods startedlooking at other options. In 2002, theypurchased 328 composite cows RedAngus/Hereford/Shorthorn from thePadlock Ranch in Sheridan, Wyoming,getting out of the yearling business andinto the cow business, Gary explained. Itwas a good choice, we have really enjoyedthe cattle.

He was very pleased with both the cowsand their offspring. I really liked the cowsdisposition, fertility, and size. Longevity isanother thing, they served me well for along time.

Pastures are rolling sand hills andmesquite country, and the Red Angus dopretty well, Gary noted. This is more cowcountry than yearling country, which isanother reason we switched. The cattlescatter out well and utilize the pasture.

The ongoing drought has been a bigfactor in helping the Goods move to apurebred Red Angus herd. Last year, wegot rid of the last of the composite cows.We have been through several years ofdrought, and have had to cut our cow herdback a lot.

Gary has continued to build his RedAngus herd, focusing on bloodlines withstrong Beckton genetics. For the pastthree years, he has purchased bred heifersfrom southeastern Colorado, and his RedAngus bulls have come from MarshallMcGinley in Las Cruces and R.A. Brown ofThrockmorton, Texas. This year, he saved26 heifer calves as replacements, and isrunning them on irrigated pasture in Ft.Sumner. Although Gary has not yet doneany crossbreeding with the Red Angus, hesaid he has considered it.

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Red Angus have been a good fit forWayne and Anita Reams of Lazy Way BarRanch, twelve miles north of Hobbs ineastern New Mexico. The couple gotstarted in the commercial cattle businessin 1984, then started getting interested inthe Red Angus in 1994, Anita said. Theybought their first registered bull in 1995,then bought a few registered mamas. Wewere raising some nice calves, but not get-ting near the price for our commercialcalves as we were for the purebred RedAngus calves. Finally, we decided to sellthe commercial cows and go to straightRed Angus.

One of the best things about the breedis their gentle nature. Their disposition isjust great. When they calve, you can goright up to them in the pasture, check thecow and calf for any problems, and ear tagthe calf with no trouble, she said. I thinkthey are the best animals people couldhave. You have to respect them, but if youdo, the animals wont hurt you.

She also cites their hardiness, whichwas put to the test this year. Due to prob-lems with their irrigation well, the familylost their hay crop this summer. We havefed them what hay we could find, and thecattle have done really well consideringthe horrible drought. They are having toget out there and scrounge, and I amamazed at how well they have done.

Wayne, 79, and Anita, 75, have soldboth bulls and heifers over the years andare now gradually trying to get out of thebusiness. At one time, they held a produc-tion sale with a neighbor, but today sellanimals private treaty, from the ranch.We enjoy the cattle, but it is quite a lot ofwork and we dont have any help, sheexplained.

They recently sold ten bred cows to acouple who are just getting started in thecattle business, and are sharing theirknowledge and experience, as well. Theycall and ask for advice, and we are glad tohelp. It just takes experience. I am surethere are some things that havent hap-pened to us, but you never know, you justhave to take it day by day, Anita said.Youll learn the hard way sometimes, butyoull learn.

Its a good thing we sold those cowswhen we did, she continued. They calledto let us know that they already have threebull calves on the ground, and if thosecalves had been born here, I dont know ifI would have been able to let them go.

The Reams have bred their cattle forlow birth weights. They bought one oftheir herd bulls, Matchmaker, in Colorado,and have been really pleased with the low

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Red Angus A Package Dealby CALLIE GNATKOWSKI-GIBSON

Agentle disposition, strong carcasstraits and maternal strength makean attractive package, especiallywhen combined with the distinctive redcolor of the Red Angus breed. Commercialand purebred producers alike across theSouthwest are finding that these cattle, arean asset.

Red Angus producers are backed by theRed Angus Association of America (RAAA),which maintains the breed registry, exten-sive genetic and EPD information, andworks hard to develop programs to pro-mote the breed and help market RedAngus cattle.

New this year are multi-breed EPDs,developed in cooperation with the Ameri-can Simmental Association. Starting thisfall, EPDs will be using the same data set,and on the same multi-breed base andscale for growth and carcass EPDs. Thiswill allow cattlemen to directly comparegrowth and carcass EPDs across the twobreeds, as well as registered hybrids andcomposite seedstock.

The result of this collaboration isgenetic predictions based on the worldslargest multi-breed dataset with over 10million animal records, said LarryKeenan, RAAA director of breed improve-ment, which provides users of Red Angusand Simmental genetics the industrysmost reliable genetic predictions.

In addition, the RAAA has expanded itsfeeder calf certification program (FCCP),designed to help Red Angus producersmarket their calves by providing source,age and genetic verification. The newAllied Access program, focused on helpingcommercial operators, provides a newlevel, allowing producers to enroll calvesthat are less than fifty percent Red Angus.

is not too much difference between Redand Black Angus, he just likes the redcolor. The Red Angus Association of Amer-ica (RAAA) has really promoted the breed,and the calves sell well. Next year, he plansto start enrolling his calves in the RAAAsfeeder calf certification program. When itcomes time to market the calves, they willbe RAAA certified and source and age veri-fied.Gary and his father also have a yearling

operation in Lea County, and his father hasa cow/calf operation in Elida. We marketour calves commercially in the fall. So far,we have not fed any out, but I wouldnt beopposed to it. I think they would feed outand grade really well. n

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ing ease, that they are looking for; and oth-ers look at all the numbers.

This year, bulls will be tested with newtechnology developed by Pfizer Geneticsand adopted by the American Angus Asso-ciation, which identifies 50,000 DNAmarkers. Data from this test is the equiva-lent of having several progeny on theground. We want to give people moreconfidence in what they are buying andreduce the unknown, so we have steppedout there, spent the money, and made thecommitment, Mary Lou said. The bigquestion in farming and ranching today is,How can we do more with less? andgenetics are a big part of that equation.

Bulls are grown out in large paddockson a ration that is primarily roughage.Fertility is number one, and we makesure our bulls have good feet and legs,Minnie Lou said. If you dont have a bullthat can walk, hes not going to do youmuch good.

takes all inputs and outputs, includingbirth dates, weaning weights, feed costsand more, and computes the productioncost per animal. It lets us know just whatit takes to raise a calf, so we can see if wereraising our registered cattle as cheaply ascommercial producers do.

The Bradleys market both weanedheifers and experienced cows from theranch, starting in late May or early June.Interested customers names are put on alist, then when the females are ready to go,the Bradleys contact customers starting atthe top of the list until all available femalesare sold.

Bulls are sold at the familys annual pro-duction sale, set this year for February 16,2013 at the ranch. Customers are invited tocome out on Friday before the sale for din-ner and a chance to look at the bulls in arelaxed environment. Everyone has theirown methodology some are focused onbudget; some have a specific trait, like calv-

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With 2012 rushing past and the endof the year almost upon us we havea greater challenge than any inrecent memory. Now, more than ever, it isimportant for each one of us to do all wecan to encourage beef consumption. Pro-moting beef is our mission. Your mission,should you choose to accept it, is to workharder than ever before to bring your mes-sage to the public. Domestic beef demandduring July was up compared to last year,but export demand for U.S. beef was down14.9 percent. Export demand has declinedeach month this year. Retail beef prices inAugust were up from the same time lastyear and the ninth highest month ever.

Clearly, it is supply that is sending cat-tle and beef prices higher. The U.S.drought is making meat more expensiveand testing demand for chicken, beef andpork as prices climb. But it is consumerbeef demand that will determine how highprices will go and how we survive into thenext year. Consumer decisions are drivenby value, which is a combination of prefer-ences and price of a product. It is our job toinsure that consumers are educated aboutthe value of beef in a healthy diet relativeto the alternatives of pork and poultry.

Tyson, the nations largest meat com-pany, predicts future price increases as thedrought pushes up prices for feed corn butthey said its chicken business wouldremain profitable next year. Their beef andpork sections have been experiencingvery difficult market conditions that willresult in lower profit. According to Tyson,they expect their chicken and pork seg-ments to generate at or above normalincome ranges but beef margins could bebelow the typical range. Again, our work iscut out for us. We MUST reach the con-sumer with our positive message aboutbeef.

Sales of beef and pork in grocery storesand other retail outlets were down in thelatest quarter, while chicken sales wereflat. Shoppers remain frugal and are buy-ing less expensive cuts within the meatcategories. Domestic demand for groundbeef took a hit after the controversy overlean finely textured beef. At this time con-

sumers may be buying less expensive cutsof beef but have not traded down tochicken. Lets keep it that way!

Restaurants and cafeterias are anothermatter. Sales of chicken to these outletsheld up but beef demand was down.McDonalds, the worlds largest restaurantchain, said customers will see more newchicken items instead of beef. They arelooking at such items as bone-in chickenwings and cashew teriyaki salads withchicken as ways to attract customers whoare cash-conscious. Snack items likechicken mc bites are another way they arechanging their brand. McDonalds is look-ing to draw budget-minded Americanswith chicken items which can be pricedlower than other proteins. According totheir CEO chicken costs are cheap rela-tive to beef right now by a lot. Chicken isalso perceived to be healthier and thatcould be a factor in fast food menus. Onceagain, our work to promote the 29 leanbeef cuts is essential.

According to the U.S, Department ofAgriculture chicken consumption in theUnited States will increase 1.7 percent in2013 while beef consumption may decline2.2 percent over the same period. How-ever, there are other factors that canchange the level of demand for beef. One ofthese is the desire consumers have forbeef. There is no indication that consumerpreferences for beef have declined. Now,more than ever, it is up to us to show con-sumers that their favorite protein comesfrom our families. Personalizing wheretheir beef comes from, our love for ouranimals, our care of the land, our protec-tion of wildlife are all factors that caninfluence their decision about what to feedtheir own families.

This is a difficult mission I am settingbefore you but NOT MISSION IMPOSSI-BLE. If we all look for opportunities to pro-mote beef we can succeed.

Beverly Butler,NMCB President

Lariat CowBelles hosted the annual 5State Round Up at the Clayton Air Park.This years theme was Advocacy for Agri-culture. 65 people were in attendancefrom New Mexico, Colorado, Oklahoma

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n November 15 Annual Reports dueto President-Elect (50 copies)n Volunteer Time Sheets due

to Presidentn November 16 Registration Dead-line for Annual CowBelle Breakfast

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NM 87036n December 6-9 Joint StockmensMeeting, NMCB Board of Directors & General Membership Meeting,

Albuquerque Marriott Pyramid Northn December 7 NM CowBelles Board

of Directors Meetingn December 8 NM CowBelles General Membership/Awards/

Officer Installationn January Round up month

for membershipn February 4-7 ANCW Annual

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and Texas. The first speaker was Polly Ruh-land, CEO of Cattlemens Beef Promotion& Research Board, Denver, CO. Her topicwas Beef Check Off Update. The secondspeaker was Tammi Didlot, President ofAmerican National Cattlewomen, Inc.from Moore, Oklahoma. Her topic wasAdvocacy Alliances and ANCW. The goalis to teach consumers to make informeddecisions about what they eat. Agvocatingis telling the ag story through social mediasuch as blogging, Facebook, Twitter, Pin-terest, face to face and legislation. A goodwebsite for learning how to blog iswww.farmnwife.com. Shea Arnett narrateda style show coordinated by Wanda Bradleyof Espes/3 West. The third speaker wasDalene Hodnett, Director of Communica-tions and Media Relations New MexicoFarm & Livestock Bureau, Las Cruces,NM. Her topic was Professional Agricul-ture Awareness on a Shoe String Budget.The social media is not a fad, it is here tostay. Use Facebook to tell your story. Web-sites such as www.wordpress.com andwww.blogger.com give provide templateson how to set up a blog. Blogs and Face-book entries should emphasize family,care of animals and land, long term propo-sition, economics, and the nutritionalvalue of beef. The fourth speaker was Mar-ianne Rose, Lariat CowBelle Reporter/His-

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torian and Masters of Beef AdvocacyAlumni. Her topic was Education forAdvocacy. Everyone received a folder withinformation on the Masters of Beef Advo-cacy program and educational opportuni-ties provided by Beef Check Off. OwaissaHeimann presented the Cowboy Ethics.For the entertainment of the attendeesthere were door prizes, a silent auction,and gifts provided by 1st National Bank ofNew Mexico and Farmers & StockmansBank. There were vendor booths byEspes/3 West, Gladstone Mercantile,Marys Flowers & Gifts, Stanley HomeProducts and Go Foods. Besides being aday of wonderful education opportunities,it was a great time of networking, renew-ing old friendships and making new ones.Respectfully Submitted by,Marianne RoseLariat CowBelle Reporter/HistorianThe Chuckwagon CowBellesmet at the

Shaffer Hotel in Mountainair in Octoberwith 14 members present and Toni Barrowpresiding. The State Fair booth question-naire and the flier that was handed out tokids were shared and discussed. The for-mat was very impressive. It even includedriddles and jokes to help kids think about

Check-Off dollars. The 2013 District Work-shops will be held during the week ofMarch 18 21. Phyllis Hawley introducedSheila Trevitt, manager of the ShafferHotel. Vera Gibson then shared a letterfrom Governor Martinez office addressedto the National Fish and Wildlife Servicedirector. In it she implored the NFWS toremove the wolves that have been terroriz-ing Catron and Grant Counties. There wasdiscussion about this. Bec Campbell gave apresentation on her trip to France andMonaco. She relayed how moved she wasby the archeological digs there and howthey brought history even Biblical his-tory to life. The photographs she sharedwere certainly indicative of the great timeshe had. The next meeting will be at BabbiBakers house on November 6, 2013.Respectfully submitted by Babbi BakerThe Powderhorn CowBelles met at the

home of Abby Hoffman in Tucumcari.Four of members attended 5-States inClayton; Karen Kelling, Joan Key, SandyMcKenna and Carolyn Bedford. At the pre-vious meeting members decided to partic-ipate in Winter fest, a project of the DeBaca County Chamber of Commerce.Finalized plans are to sell breakfast burri-

beef. This secretarys favorite goes like this:Where do cattle go to dance? Answer: to ameatball. Toni announced the PumpkinPatch event on October 20th and 21st andthen again on the 27th and 28th. Therewas also discussion about the 4-H pump-kin fundraiser on October 20 at the Ag Sci-ence Center in Los Lunas. It was decidedto attend the Mountainair Christmas fairon November 17. Toni announced thatDecember 6-9 are the dates of the Cattle-growers and CowBelles annual meetings.She said that February 9, 2013 is AgFest,May 1-3, 2013 will be WALC, and ANCWsRegion VI meeting is slated for April 25-27in St. George, Utah. Vera Gibson reportedthat $83.88 was collected this morning forHorses for Heroes. The Christmas partywill be at the home of Sue Forrest inBelen. It will be a potluck, but Sue willprovide drinks and the meat dish. It wasdecided to adopt Horses for Heroes foranother year instead of giving Christmasgifts to each other during the Christmasparty. Toni mentioned dues: $35 for localor $75 for local and ANCW membership.PLEASE BRING YOUR HOURS, TIMEAND MILEAGE TO THE NOVEMBERMEETING AND GIVE THEM TO BABBI!Toni requested program ideas for the 2013year. There was discussion about the

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(Note: many of us who reflect on NewMexicos history as a vocation fail to con-sider our states largest city. Lest I beaccused of that, here is a thumbnailsketch of the Duke City.)

New Mexicos largest city and the seatof Bernalillo County, Albuquerque islocated west of the Sandia and Man-zano Mountains and is bisected north tosouth by the Rio Grande. It is otherwisesurrounded by Pueblo Indian reservations:Sandia to the north, Laguna to the westand Isleta to the south. It is called theDuke City because it was named for theSpanish Duke of Alburquerque [sic].

Historians and linguists have for yearsdebated the origin of the word Albu-querque, originally spelled Alburquerque,as noted above. The first r was droppedby English speakers in the 19th century.The original Alburquerque is a Spanishtown located near the Portuguese borderon the Iberian Peninsula.

Dr. Lynn B. Mitchell, a University ofNew Mexico professor of Latin and Greek,postulated in the late 1940s that the wordwas Arabic for apricot. He theorized thatthe fruit was African in origin and theMoors introduced it into Spain, and theSpanish brought it to the new world.

The wife of the Portuguese ambassadorto the United States, Mrs. Luis Esteves Fer-nandez, wrote in the 1950s, that she had afriend named Albuquerque who believedthe name came from the Visigothic words,alba and kirche, which meant whitechurch.

Fray Angelico Chavez, writing in theNew Mexico Magazine in 1956 is probablythe most reliable source on this matter. Hedeclared that the word is of Latin origin:albus (white) and quercus (oak) andtherefore Albuquerque means white oak.

Dr. T. M. Pearce, also a University ofNew Mexico professor, pointed out in thelate 1950s that a scroll received by the cityof Albuquerque, New Mexico, from the cityof Alburquerque in Spain, bears the pic-ture of an oak tree, which tends to confirmFray Angelicos position. Also, by way ofcorroboration, the Shrine Temple in Albu-

years, is well known as the man who didthe survey and laid out the street grid forAlbuquerques original townsite in 1880as the railroad approached. The TownCompany, which owned the land, stoppedMarmon when he reached High Street, ascant seven blocks east of the railroad. Noone believed that Albuquerque would everstretch to the east beyond that point.

For a time, there were two towns calledAlbuquerque, but Old and New becameone in 1882 because, for one thing, theUnited States Post Office was confused.

Albuquerque grew slowly from state-hood in 1912, when the population wasabout 11,000, until 1940 when it reached abit more than 35,000. In the decade of the1940s, primarily because of the develop-ment of military training facilities, thepopulation grew to nearly 97,000. Popula-tion doubled again in the 1950s to morethan 200,000. Albuquerques populationaccording to the 2010 census was 545,852in the city proper; 887,077 in the metroarea which includes parts of Valencia andSandoval Counties, and the city of RioRancho (at nearly 90,000 according to a2011 estimate by the U. S. Census Bureau).

Since that same 2011 population esti-mate shows New Mexico with just over2,000,000 people, the Albuquerque areaamounts to more than forty percent of thetotal. It certainly merits some considera-tion.

See: Howard Bryan, Albuquerque Remembered;William E. Davis, Miracle on the Mesa, Nasario Gar-cia & Richard McCord, Albuquerque FelizCumpleaos! Three Centuries to Remember; RobertJulyan, The Place Names of New Mexico; Marc Sim-mons, Albuquerque; Town Ordinances of Albu-querque, New Mexico 1863, Rio Abajo Weekly Press,May 5 & 12, 1863; United States Census Bureau

(Don Bullis most recent book, New Mexico Histori-cal Biographies, won the 2012 Fray Francisco Atana-sio Dominguez Award from the Historical Society ofNew Mexico.)

querque is called Ballut Abyad meaningwhite oak in Arabic.

The exact circumstances of the cityscreation are uncertain. Historian HowardBryan wrote: Spanish officials at the time[the town was established] were requiredto make detailed reports . . . butresearchers have searched Spanisharchives in vain for the required instru-ment of founding.

Credit for the founding of the plazagoes to Spanish Governor FranciscoCuervo y Valds who in April 1706 wrotethe following to the viceroy in Mexico City:I certify to the king, our lord, and to themost excellent seor viceroy, that I havefounded a villa on the banks and in the val-ley of the Rio del Norte in a good place inregards land, water, pasture and firewood.I have given it as the patron saint the glo-rious apostle of the Indies, San FranciscoXavier, and called and named it the Villa ofAlburquerque. The governor averred thatthe villa was populated by 35 familieswhich amounted to 252 people: men,women and children. In modern times,this villa is generally referred to as OldTown.

Albuquerque was first incorporated as atown in 1863 and on March 2 citizenselected seven aldermen: Cristobal Armijo,Salvador Armijo, Manuel Garcia, TomasGonzales, W. H. Henrie, Morris Miller andWilliam T. Strachan. They in turn passed abody of town ordinances, among whichwas one which addressed both decorumand public health: . . . any person makingwater, or depositing any excrement, underany porch, or upon any sidewalk or wall infront of the plaza, or within the cemetery,or in any street, road [etc.] shall befined not less than five dollars.

It is noteworthy, too, that by ordinance,it was illegal to carry arms in Old Albu-querque. Violations of that law carried afine of from five to twenty-five dollars.

New Town Albuquerque was created in1879 in anticipation of the arrival of theAtchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroadthe following year. A surveyor named Wal-ter Marmon, a native of Ohio who hadlived at Laguna Pueblo for a dozen or so

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tos and coffee and to have a beef dip forpeople to taste with the recipe available onDecember 1, 2012. A letter was read fromSharon King about a beef promotion pro-ject at the Pumpkin Patch in Albuquerqueon the weekends of October 20/21 andOctober 27/28. Karen Kelling and FrancesSpeight would like to help and will contactSharon. Any member may contact KarenKelling or President Key for details ifinterested. NMCB President Beverly Butlersent a notice about the Annual MeetingDecember 7 and 8 reminding us it is nottoo early to think reservations. Registra-tion deadline is November 16. The Ameri-can National Cattlewomen and SouthernAg Credit present ANCW AgBoutique.ANCW has purchased a booth at the CattleIndustry Convention and NCBA TradeShow in Tampa, Florida February 6-8,2013 to sell books by authors with an inti-mate knowledge of the beef industry. Any-one who has access to such a book or towhom this sounds interesting should con-tact Karen Kelling atkelling@plateautel.net for particulars!What a great idea! The nominating com-mittee presented the following slate of offi-cers for Powderhorn for 2013: Joan Key,

metal engraving. Every student in thisclass makes a pair of spurs and that is justthe beginning of this highly technical skill.Many students receive their GED and tran-sition on in to college life, learning tech-niques for a productive way of life. DorothyVaughan, Secretary

The July meeting of the Frisco Cow-Belles discussed the follow-up logistics ofthe annual fundraiser Barbecue, Auctionand Dance held the weekend of June 30th.The food was great as was Bucky andFriends who played for the Dance; atten-dance was lower than usual but all had agood time. Catron County Fair will beAugust 22-26, 2012. Frisco will donate tothe steer exhibitors, general fund, cham-pion steer and county bred steer. Thebuckle for county bred steer is also fromFrisco CowBelles. August 19, 2012, FriscoCowBelles met. Final plans for the CatronCounty Fair were made. There will be aCowBelle table in the exhibit building withbeef literature available for the public.Financials for both Ranch Days and theBarbecue were updated; still waiting on acouple of receipts. Now have the Decem-ber dates for the annual meeting in Albu-querque. Frisco is hosting the Saturday

President; Ellen Vaughan, Vice-President;Dorothy Vaughan, Secretary; CarolThorpe, Treasurer. Yetta Bidegain intro-duced Mildred P. Lovato, President ofMesalands Community College. She intro-duced herself as a product of New Mexico,born and raised in the south valley in Albu-querque. She received her education atNew Mexico University and New MexicoState University. Her career has been in K-12 education and also the justice depart-ment, mostly dealing with family therapy.She has been President for a year and isproud of Mesalands and its developmentand growth and anxious for us to enjoy thetour. The Rodeo Team is quite a draw forstudents with this interest and talent withan active program and good standing allacross the US. The Wind Research andTraining Center is the recipient of anongoing grant. The science departmenthas a grant in Stem research which hasbeen expanded and renewable for fiveyears. A new Math Science Learning cen-ter has been built. There is a foundry forboth precious metals and cast iron. Mem-bers were privileged to see a pour andhave the process explained. In the Farrierbarn the group witnessed a student float-ing teeth on a horse. Next to this wereexamples of Artistic Silversmithing and

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morning breakfast meeting. They will bestarting to put ideas together for decor ofthe morning and getting informationabout what is needed. The auction chair-man, Jeanne, has almost enough art workfor the 2013 barbecue/auction event. Thatis putting things together early great!September 17, 2012, Thank you noteswere read from Beverly Butler, SharonKing and Lyn Greene for the State Fairman-power dollars. Dates were also sent tonotify us for District workshop/meetings.Our area is Wednesday, March 20, 2013and Frisco is hosting that one. The grouphas a pretty good idea of some decorationsand the meal to be served that day. Finan-cials for Ranch Days and the Barbecuewere all settled. Jeanne is continuing tolook for large frames to be used next yearto frame some of the prints. We have moredetails about the breakfast meeting inDecember during annual cattle growersand what we are expected to do for it.Some items have already been collectedand prepared to go. Several of the mem-bers are planning to attend also. OperationRespect materials have been put out in themotels and cafes during hunting seasons.Hopefully people will read and respect theland, etc. We will invite prospective newmembers to join our local. Submitted byMargie McKeen

Borderbelles has had a busy fall. Thegroup raised over $1,800 with a brandquilt raffle to fund the scholarship andhelp with operations. Members had abooth at the Southwestern New MexicoState fair and during Agtoberfest on Satur-day afternoon, October 13, 2012 membersvisited with about 300 children and fami-lies emphasizing the byproducts of beef.NM Beef Ambassador, Courtney Hurthelped out. Borderbelles elected officersfor the coming year. They are President Beverly Butler, Vice-president-Treasurer MariAnne Treadwell, Secretary-Reporter Tamara Hurt. The group will be placingChristmas lights on the windmill at theChamber of Commerce office for the holi-day season, where a sign will be hung onthe windmill stating the lights are compli-ments of area ranchers.

New Mexico CowBelles: Thank you toall who have submitted their news to Jin-gle Jangle. Please send minutes and/ornewsletters to: Jingle Jangle, Janet Witte,1860 Foxboro Ct., Las Cruces, NM 88007or email: janetwitte@msn.com the 14th ofeach month. n

from state fish and wildlife agencies in fivestates and the Bureau of Land Manage-ment, conducted a large-scale, helicopter-based survey of lesser prairie chicken leksacross all five states, including New Mex-ico.The good news is they found an esti-

mated 37,170 birds. This estimate will beincluded in a plan being developed by thestate wildlife agencies that could influencethe U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services deci-sion whether to designate the lesserprairie chicken as a federally threatened orendangered species. The plan will be com-pleted next Spring.As Mike reported last month, the

USFWS has proposed 838,232 acres of crit-ical habitat for the jaguar in Arizona &New Mexico. To be more specific, the pro-posal includes six units as follows:

n 138,975 acres in the BaboquivariMountains, Ariz.n 143,578 acres in the Tumacacori,

Atascosa and Pajarito mountains, Ariz.n 343,033 acres in the Santa Rita,

Patagonia and Huachuca mountains andthe Canelo Hills, Ariz.

n 105,498 acres in the WhetstoneMountains, including connections to theSanta Rita and