M.F. Smith 1979 JOURNAL Aug. 31 Socorro, 4550ft, Socorro Co, New Mexico many gophers in his fields. He had a very big operation. We drove past several corn fields, then finally found some alfalfa fields right next to the river. John set along the edge of the field and Dave and I set along an irrigation canal parallel to the river. Caught several dead animals, then finally got some live ones for karyotyping. Total of 15 animals for Socorro, 5 of which we later karyotyped. Aug. 31 San Acacia, 4700ft, Socorro Co, New Mexico Drove north to San Acacia. Saw some good looking fields on the east side of the highway, west of the railroad tracks. John talked to the rancher and again he said to take all the gophers we wanted, I set along the edge of an alfalfa field. This was the easiest digging I had had so far. X1 X2 dirt road X2 X2 N X2 I caught 3 animals out of my 6 sets. Altogether we got 10 animals, 2 karyotyped. Finished processing these animals after dark. Got back to Albuquerque around 11 PM.