New Mexico extension news, Volume 23, Number 2

              New Mexico Extension News
PUBLISHED BY THE EXTENSION SERVICE, NEW MEXICO COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE AND MECHANIC ARTS
VOL. XXIII
STATE COLLEGE, N. M„ FEBRUARY, 1943
4-H Girl Wins High
Honors ai Wool Show
Rambouillet Fleece Exhibited by
Barbara Wunsch Awarded Top
Place as Grand Champion
The dads took a back seat at
the wool show; brother was not up
front either. But sister, in the
person of Barbara Jean Wunsch, a
4-H club girl of Mesilla Park, New
Mexico, headed the procession
with the Grand Champion fleece
shown at New Mexico's Fourth
Annual Wool Show, held in connection with the Fortieth Annual
Convention of the New Mexico
Wool Growers' Association, at Albuquerque, February 4-5.
Barbara has developed into quite
a "sheepman." She has ten or
twelve well-bred Rambouillet
ewes and the fleece that won the
grand prize was shorn from one of
these. It weighed 12 pounds and
the shrinkage, as determined by
officials of the show, was 46.25%.
According to these calculations,
the fleece produced 6.45 pounds of
clean wool. Experts attending the
show placed a value of $1.22 per
pound, clean basis, on this fleece,
giving it a total value of $7.87.
C. J. Fawcett. manager of the
National Wool Marketing Corporation of Boston, Mass., who was
one of the judges at the show, in
commenting on the fleece exhibited by Barbara, said: "This is the
kind of wool to produce from the
manufacturer's point of view. It
definitely shows the result of good
breeding, good feeding, and good
There were 90 fleeces entered in
this year's show, 20 of them belonging to 4-H club boys and
girls. The fact that a 4-H club
girl exhibited the grand champion
fleece, and the further fact that
this is the first year that 4-H club
boys and girls have competed in
the New Mexico Wool Show,
caused New Mexico sheepmen
who attended the show to "sit up
and take notice." They were so
enthusiastic about the results of
the first year's work with the
boys and girls that the amount of
money subscribed for 4-H club
work last year was almost trebled.
In 1942. members of the Wool
Growers' Association subscribed
$300 to be used in carrying on
club work with New Mexico boys
and girls. During the show, $850
was subscribed to be used in 1943.
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Reid of Hills-
boro, after observing the interest
shown in wool fleeces, donated $50
to be used in buying Angora goats
for 4-H club boys and girls in
Sierra and Hidalgo counties in
1943. Fleeces shorn from these
animals are to be exhibited at the
1944 Wool Show.
The Diamond A Cattle Co. of
Roswell, N. M., had the winning
fleece in the fine wool class, %Vi
inches and over. Ray Chambers,
of Clayton, N. M., had the winning
VICTORY FLEECES
Income Tax Schools
Create Much Interest
Extension Economists Meet With
Farmers and Ranchers in 17
Counties of the State
schools for farmers and ranchers
were conducted by the Extension
Economists in approximately one-
half of the counties in the state
during January and February.
These schools were held in Colfax,
Union, Quay, Curry, Chaves,
Eddy, Dona Ana, Roosevelt, Sierra,
Rio Arriba, Santa Fe, Mora, Guadalupe, Socorro, Bernalillo, Torrance, and San Juan counties.'
very well a
l the
One of the best exhibits i
show included two flying
made from shearling pelts. Everyone who saw the exhibit seemed
much interested in knowing just
what is being furnished our armed
forces in the way of proper cloth-
ins. In addition to the flying
number of shearling pelts
of v
ealso
Included in the exhil
tures of pilots in actual training,
showing how these suits are worn
by the men.
Other exhibits at the show included a Lincoln skin, secured
from South America, with a 2M>
year's growth, various types of
woolen materials, a mohair exhibit showing different articles
made from mohair, woolen blankets made from wool which was
exhibited at the 1942 show, miniature model corrals, and
other displays pertainin
sheep industry.
Showing Grand Champion fleece of the Wool Show (center) with
fleeces exhibited by Torreon Livestock Co., of Roswell. N. M., at each
side.    These fleces both took first places to their classes.
JUNIOR WOOL SHOW
The first Junior Wool Show on of the_ rules of the contest is that
record in New Mexico was held
at Albuquerque in connection with
the annual meeting of the Wool
Growers Association and their
Wool Show. Twenty-one fleeces
Were entered in the Junior Wool
Show by club members from
Dona Ana, San Juan, Union, Colfax,, and Bernalillo counties. Most
that had been given to county
winners of the 4-H Sheep Contest,
sponsored by the New Mexico
Wool Growers Association.
The Wool Growers started the
fleece in the fine wool class under
2*/2 inches. The Torreon Livestock
Co. of Roswell, had the first place
fleece in the half-blood combing
class, also the winning fleece in
the  three-eighths  blood  combing
tended by farm
men and women
and there was a
great'deal of in-
terest, and man
y questions were
These    farm
account    schools
were held as a
result of requests
and ranchers for ii
come tax information. Since the
personal exemptions were reduced last year, many farmers and
— ated to file inter  the   first
one fleece from each
sheep is to be sold and the proceeds from these fleeces will go
toward financing the Wool Growers Sheep Contest for 1943. Nine
fleeces were sold to various individuals and business firms, bringing a total amount of $850. This
money will be used to finance the
Wool Growers Sheep Contest in
1943.
The first place Junior fleece was
owned by Barbara Wunsch, 4-H
Club member from Dona Ana
county. The fleece weighed 12
pounds and was purchased by
Floyd W. Lee, president of the
New Mexico Wool Growers for
$100. Mr. C. J. Fawcett, judge
for the Wool Show, stated that
this fleece is a high yielding
fleece and is a result of good
breeding, good feeding, and good
care; combinations of which makes
good wool from a manufacturing
standpoint.
The results of the first 10 prizes
for the Junior Wool Show were
Richard Blancett, 2nd, 3rd, 5th,
and 7th places; Howard Calkins,
6th place; and Charles Leierer,
4th, 8th, 9th and 10th places.
Since this was the first Junior
Wool Show, it is expected that the
show will increase both in quantity and quality. 4-H Club members next year will send their
fleeces to the Wool Show to compete for prizes and for exhibition.
$50 of the $850 will be used in
financing two Angora goat projects.
The idea of this is not only to
create interest among 4-H members in Angora goat projects, but
to create competition in showing
Angora goats.
The 4-H Club members who win
the sheep and goats in the respec-
It
was not the primary inten
of the Extension Economist
sist all farmers and rancher
returns, but to give them all information possible in order that
they might be in position to decide whether they must file a return, what was necessary to do,
and how to do it. Some of the
most important points covered in
the farm account schools on income tax were the determination
of who must file a return, what
forms to use, and where to obtain
such forms or blanks.
The two methods  of filing  an
standpoint—the accrual or-inventory method and the cash receipts
and disbursements, were explained
in detail. Actual examples were
worked  out  in  each  school,   de-j
t the net
j the 1
expenses, and arriving 1
farm profit for income
Of considerable interes
profit  on form  1040-F.  an illu
tration   was   carried   through
figuring out from form 1040-F tl
(Continued on r.
tive contests will do their part in
showing adults what junior groups
can do with various types of live-