Farm and Ranch Museum & pecan harvesting

Stahmann's is the largest pecan farm in the states. He has the largest one in Australia which makes him the largest pecan farmer in the world. They harvest in the billions a year. He has 128,000 trees at this farm outside Mesilla New Mexico. The harvesting is done by attaching these arms to the trees and shaking, it feels like an earthquake. You can see all the nuts and dead tree parts falling.
The brushes on the vehicle in front of each of the wheels keeps the vehicle from crushing the nuts. They are brushed to the side and then another machine is use to clean the road.


This is the brush machine to clean the road. Then they are picked up by a machine and sorted at the plant.Old wagon from the early days of ranching.
Some of the pottery used in the old days of Mesilla.
Old wagon with wooden wheels.
This art was done on steel under water as the cutting was a very hot task. The cut outs are 3 d and coloring is done using acid.
Front of the museum with the cactus garden in bloom.
This is a whit cow with perfect horns. They are smaller and used for roping as the horns turn inward making it easier to rope. They are raised for show only not for food.
This is an old pueblo set up in the museum and has some pottery in it.