Show S Specimen of Cattalo Attracts Much 4 Attention rt r e a at iC t Sr State rare t. t 1 Fair aiT Grounds d S The Tnt n in flatt aIt L Lake Ie- Ie of Teddy Ted ly dy dy th the only mole Hybrid between n tho buffalo and tim tho common day everyday cow hR has aroused ed a certain amount of Int Interest In tho the possibilities of tho bl hion on and anti bison culture Teddy Teddy Ted TetI dy Is on exhibition nt at the state fair fairgrounds fairgrounds grounds rounds and anti visitors see seo po him ever every ever lay day to wonder vonder at his marvelous size and sha shaggy IO fierceness The Tho commercial value of tho the animal animals Is s one of the topics dl discussed In a t. t re recent recent recent re- re cent paper h by Ernest Harold Banes Baynes secretary secretor of the American Bison so society so- so cI clety lY which with the support of President President President dent has taken en up tho the fight to o prevent ent the entire extinction of tho the animal whose forebears once roamed tho ho plains o of the great West Vest In million mil mil- lions lion In his article which Is ii printed In n Country Life Lif In America merlen Mr Baynes calls attention to tho ho Island improvement company of or Salt Lake Lahe which Is one of or the few fow com companies panics In Inthe Inthe Inthe the United States to own herds of moro more than thon 5 25 5 animals on Ante John E. E Dooly Dooh of that company states tates that there are nrc now nearl nearly p 10 iO pure pure blooded blooded on Antelope Island isI- isI and and that the they are among the finest specimens of the animal extant anywhere Mr Dool Dooly attributes their good condition to the fact act that they feed eed entirely on the native gras grasses es on which th the buffalo has been heen reared and ha has haR thrived from time Immemorial Mr Mi RAynes refers to Lo the uses the Indian made of the b buffalo lo showing how low it formed his r hos coverings for or his tepee his food even e fuel thread cup cups ropes and how tho head hend entered Into nto the th red r mans man's r religious lI ious cere- cere monies Of 01 th the U uses I to which the tho hilt huf folo anil and much of it Is II true of the I well h bo he In modern morn moderna as well may may put pm I a he ho says AAY in part J J Jr doubt 1 Shat t 1 lie 1 l MIA onn of nf the tho mo most t L valuable animate In I ho thi world today On tho the hoof ho hi hI I Is worth on an average With a fairly large range tho the buffalo should prove pro a most profitable farm animal for as asan asan asan an expert export recently remarked thero there Is no other animal worth as much that can be produced so easily and at so small at COSt cosi Ie He is easier to rear and anti less expensive to feed than a a. domestic domestic domestic do do- ox His Itis ne flesh h A cry very closely re resembles re- re ordinary beef Ills his robe rohe alono alone Is worth as much as ns two or three good cows COWK Then buffaloes bear a n. heavy hei coat of wool which ordinarily the they shed hed on tho the range during tho the spring With proper equipment they might bo ho sheared as heep arc sheared and the prod product ct sent to to tn th the the ther r market Tho rho writer has had tho the wool tested In the tho mills and It is IR stronger er grade raele Corrade for Cor grade rade than huep's sheep's wool foils felts olt beau beau- Is very ry warm warm and arid wears like Iron A pair of gloves knitted from this thit material and worn for or si six months were subjected to all sorts o of rough u w Usage yet et apparently they were about as ns good as on the day ilay they wore made That Thal buffalo calves ma may be bo read readily It brought up on cows cow's milk as domestic calves are arc reared the writer knows from personal experience as he has reared a a. number of them When hen taken young oung enough the they may he be broken en to lo harness or tho the yoke The writer has tried this experiment and ancl has hns a buffalo buffolo team three years old which he has driven repeatedly at agricultural agricultural agricultural ag ag- ag- ag fairs fair n and even on the streets o of a ell city The They are much faster taster than domestic oxen by n actual test and apparently much stron stronger pr When hen just juM justa juMa a year 01 old lh they y drew drev a t. t heavy little cart curt with ith two men in it IT lr miles over some Rom of tho the roughest and steepest mountain roads in N New W Hampshire mp |