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Show :. c.'.iLo fG:r:c Warden . of Ycllow-; Ycllow-; stone Park Talks of Buffalo Breeding. I C. J. Jones, game warden of Tellow-Ittone Tellow-Ittone park, passed through the cltV vvsterday 'for Arizona, where he will ' te a 8uitabIe range for the breeding jOfV ow "genus" of ruminant known . to science as "catalo." ,The catalo is ; a hybridization of the ordinary domes-: domes-: tic cow and the wild buffalo bulL Mr. sties, who was a guest of the Kenyon, been conducting experiments in the production of this new breed of cattle ' i.r the past dozen years; he has i achieved some wonderful results. "Already I have a herd of some fifty : catalo, and these will form the nucleus ; of the experiment station which I hope to establish on snme timber reservation In Arisona or other suitable Western location. The Government of the United States is interested in-the experiments which are In the hands of a private company, the former furnishing ,the range, the latter the catalo. The hew - animal is larger than the domestic cow, the" meat and milk are choicer and rlch-f rlch-f er than the same , product of the do-' do-' v I'.stic animal;' the pelts are worth as , much as $100 apiece, resembling the i Itusslan sable. . "All female catalo are capable of reproducing re-producing their species. We have spent thousands in experiments and I would advise the farmer to await the results of our experiments, which will be made public in time'through the Department of 'Agriculture, before making private attempts along these lines." |