1905 · Las Vegas, N.M
by Barnes, Will C., [compiler
Las Vegas, N.M: Cattle Sanitary Board of New Mexic, 1905. 127pp. Original printed wrappers. One-inch triangular area of loss at top edge of front wrapper, closed tears and small chips to spine, dark stain to top corner of last fifty pages and rear wrapper, proceeding into text in the last thirty pages. Good condition. With original mailing envelope. A rare pre-statehood New Mexico livestock pamphlet that includes quarantine regulations and instructions to inspectors, published by the Cattle Sanitary Board of New Mexico "for the information and benefit of the stockmen of the Territory," according to the compiler, Will C. Barnes. The regulations cover "dipping and handling of cattle affected scabies or mange" and govern the importation of cattle, horses, and mules into the New Mexico Territory. There is also information on laws relating to diseased cattle, animals injured by railroads, brands, bounties on wild animals, and more. A section on "Indian stock" lists laws prohibiting Native Americans from grazing horses and mules within one league of cultivated land from April through December, and also describes the methods for seizing and selling such animals. The work also includes a list of inspectors and the districts they oversee, along with the relevant Compiled Laws of 1897, 1899, 1901, 1903, and 1905 governing livestock. The last section is a Supplement containing modifications to the United States livestock regulations "published since this book went to press." The original mailing envelope is addressed to the brand inspector, M. G. Keenan, at Springer, New Mexico.
William Croft Barnes wrote a number of books on the horse and cattle trades, including TALES FROM THE X-BAR HORSE CAMP and WESTERN GRAZING GROUNDS AND FOREST RANGES, both of which are Merrill Aristocrats. Adams lists several of Barnes's titles as well, but this compilation of New Mexico livestock laws is not in RAMPAGING HERD (Inventory #: WRCAM56400)
William Croft Barnes wrote a number of books on the horse and cattle trades, including TALES FROM THE X-BAR HORSE CAMP and WESTERN GRAZING GROUNDS AND FOREST RANGES, both of which are Merrill Aristocrats. Adams lists several of Barnes's titles as well, but this compilation of New Mexico livestock laws is not in RAMPAGING HERD (Inventory #: WRCAM56400)