San Jon High School - El Coyote Yearbook (San Jon, NM)

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We make our living by --- I ttled. About this Before 1890 the land in the area around San Ion was sparsely se time, however, large cattle drives started coming through, and the ranchers discovered that the land was good for grazing. Once the entire San Jon Valley was owned by the H, O, W, Cattle Company, but soon other people began to realize the value of the land and it was broken into smaller ranches . Although the lean years have come with the good, RANCHING is still one of the best industries around San Jon. There are several cattle markets near and there are good transportation facilities, This picture was made on the Bradley ranch, and the fat lazy cattle indicate that 1957 was a good year,

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We make our living by --- I Not too long after the ranchers came, people that were passing through began to wonder if the land would be good for farming. They bought their little homesteads and around 1904 the first crop of maize was planted, The maize thrived and soon other crops were planted until today maize, wheat, corn, kafir corn, sorgum alum, hegari, millet, and broomcorn are shipped from our valley to all parts of the nation . Almost everybody farms. It isn't at all unusual to see a rancher or store owner op- erating a farm on the side. Here broomcorn, raised on the Smith Farm, is being loaded on trucks that will car ry it all the way to Pennsylvania.