N.M. Stat. § 16-6-23
[Eastern New Mexico state fair; purposes; exhibits.]
An annual eastern New Mexico state fair may be held in Chaves county, at which
shall be exhibited livestock, poultry, vegetables, fruits, grains and other agricultural
products, minerals, ores and other mining exhibits, machinery, farm implements and all
other things which may be in the interest of advancing agricultural, horticultural, stock
raising, mining, mechanical and other industrial pursuits of eastern New Mexico, and the
state generally, and any county of the state may erect, maintain, furnish or donate
exhibits consonant with the purposes and in furtherance of the interest of said fair.