Show CATALO COMBINES USEFUL 77 A 1 I k xv 1 7 j xa 7 7 courtesy of the forecast this animal Is five eighths buffalo and three eighths beigh hs hereford the tha spanish edition of the pan american union bulletin reviews mr borthwick Borth 1 article on the catalo in the forecast the following english version gives the salient features it seems that a now new species of the genus bos has been evolved in the united states and canada As is well known tho the american bison or buffalo has become almost extinct only a few small herds nearly all to be found in captivity in i zoological gardens being left to propagate the species the catalo the name given the new cies is a cross between the buffalo and the domestic cow and according to an article by mr lr benton borth wick in a recent number of the fore cast published in philadelphia pa much may be expected from it as a meat producer he states that unlike most hybrids which proverbially proverb lally inherit the worst qualities belonging to both parental strains the catalo seems to have selected and combined in himself the most useful qualities of both buffalo and cow he is so hardy that he can live on pastures that would afford poor sustenance for even a sheep and his meat is equal to the best beef to which has been super added the tender luscious hump that made the wild buffalo so eagerly bought by the huntsmen huntsmon hunts men of the plains it wap wae the extreme desirability of this hump combined with tho the value of his big el 1 aggy hide that helped to bring branc abut tho the practical al extinction of tho th american Ane Arle rican buffalo the indians appreciated both but they lived in peace and amity with the buffalo and left enough of them to insure an inexhaustible supply of meat and tepees for future years the white mans mana appreciation was equally keen but like tho the indian the buffalo was in ills his way he wanted the plains tor for his cattle to range over and he did not approve of the cattle associating with the buffaloes therefore the buffaloes were vere gradually exterminated even in the early days there were some borne farseeing far tar seeing individuals who dimly saw the possibilities of 0 an animal which would be a blend of buffalo and cow so BO a number of breeders bleeders bre eders tried to establish a species of cattle carrying the buffalo strain and the experiments began as tar far back as the first invasion of the western plains by white men but they always failed even down to the present day there are but two breeders bleeders bre eders who have succeeded in establishing this new bovine strain one in texas and the other in canada the important tact fact remains however that the now species has really been established and there are now a sufficient number of catalogs cat aloes according to mr borthwick to make it safe to prophesy that the new animal will play a leading part in the future food supply of the united states slates unlike the mule this hybrid is able to perpetu perpetuate ato its own species without reverting to type so far as is known no males have ever been born borm from this first cross the heifers heffers resulting from the first cross are bred either to domestic or buffalo bulls so that the second generation is either three quarters or one quarter buffalo as the case m ma 1 be in this second generation the animal animal resembles very closely either the buffalo or the dom domestic estle cow according to tha ta preponderance anco of either species in its blood from those animals are produced the true catalo the animal that has both species on both sides when the true catalo appears it becomes a type which combines the characteristics of both lines of 0 ancestry and is quite distinctive it has a lie hedtler wrier coat than the domestic animal cr irles a larger hump and bigger bigge rhind hind quarters lu arters than the buffalo and what Is ie still more important carries pounds more of edible meat than the ordinary beef animal knowing that the gi great secret or ol producing a larger quantity or of meat lay IRY la in the hump of tho the buffalo the first care of the freedora bre edora edera of the catalo was to transfer this hump to the back of the now hybrid instead stead of being a huge lump of fat the hump of the catalo boms the upper cut of a rib roast of it la Is tender clear meat of excellent flavor scarcely distinguishable from that of the ordinary beet beef cattle the great value of the catalo cataio as a meat animal is that 70 per cent of bis weight can be sent bent to tho table As the situation stance today the problem of the catalo lc ft not one of the mechanics of bocc breeding eing that has all been done and now it is simply a matter of selection the rule has been established f an animal is one eighth buffalo it can produce fertile bulls therefore the best of the hybrids are all besse being used for the purpose of propagate ig better ant animals and the others are being used for meat already carcasses have been sent to the houses time alone is to lish a race which will make prodoc tive tivo vast areas that are pd for little else on these almori albov 1 arid plains grazing is too thin ss rt if wat too scarce to allow the br baw mer grade of beet beef animals to exist tal the catalo if loft to itself will rand and gain in weight the range ahlm rl of the past has been responsible for ough fibrous meat too often dl diseased the range animal of buffalo strata strain is hardy enough to resist disease nd will produce clear meat att never gets tough before many yaw it is likely according to mr bortl BorL nicks wicks view that the problem of ov ov meat supply will be solved by the beading of the american bison blood WAL that of tho the beef animal that tor for a century has foraci for aei A 1 tho the main food dependence ot of the people of this |