Show BUFFALO HERDS HAVE HAM GROWN twenty five years ako ago the canadian government purchased a small herd of buffalo and placed it in a national park at banff for several years the herd was regarded merely its as an object of curiosity then a game preserve wits was decided upon and the herd together with other buffalo acquired from a united states rancher was turned into the inclosure closure tn the preserve Is located nt at wainwright alan and extends over square miles of sandy prairie which was considered unsuitable for agriculture the buffalo in number thrived from the start and last spring the caretakers counted of the tha animals although the 1922 crop cannot bl be e counted until the bison are herded into their winter quarters it Is estimated that there will be an addition of at least 1000 calves besides this herd hard at wainwright there adv are other buffalo in canada in sufficient numbers to bring the total up to mutely head and the govern mentis pre preparing P aring to kill about 1000 1000 of them every year to prevent the preserves from becoming overcrowds di ede cd popular mechanics 31 magazine agazine |