Interesting Items Regarding New Mexico Its Agricultural Pastoral And Mineral
Interesting Items Regarding New Mexico Its Agricultural Pastoral And Mineral
W F M William Frederick Milton Arny
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STOCK-RAISING IN NEW MEXICO. For the profitable raising of horses, mules, cattle, goats and sheep, and on the most extensive scale, no por- tion of the world can rival this district. Its mild climate presents no rigors, while its mountain slopes, valleys, and plains are unlimited extents of pasturage. The grasses of the plains and mountain slopes are not the least of nature's wonders. The "grama 5 ' and "mezquite" varieties have a peculiar tenacity to life, and survive a sue- cession of dry sea...sons, and, when apparently dead, a few showers will bring them out in full freshness ; inde'ed, 46 it "3-said they change from a single shower. These grasses are, sweet and nutritious, dry or green, and cattle thrive upon them and fatten. They cure> in the dry season in the stalks, making a natural hay. SHEEP. About the, year 1540, over three hundred and thirty years ago, a small lot of Spanish Merino sheep were in- troduced into this country from Spain, and from this im- portation the present sheep owned by our Mexican citizens and the Pueblo and Navajo Indians, were derived.
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