Show HISTORIC LONGHORN LONG HORN CATTLE TO BE PRESERVED BY government that the long horned or spanish breed of cattle once so numerous in the southwest may bo be preserved from complete extinction the forest service united states department ot of agriculture will maintain a herd on the wichita national forest in oklahoma according to fin an announcement made today to day by colonel W E B greeley chief fo forester reister the agricultural appropriation bill signed by president coolidge e on january 17 carries carric s an all item tor for their purchase and maintenance the department has tor for several years urged the necessity tor for a small herd of these picturesque examples ot of early pioneer life of the southwest for the benefit and education ol 01 future generations interested alu pioneer history said colinea colonel greefer the NV ichita national Nat loual forest lies right in the heart ot of the old range of 0 tile the old southern herds ot of plains buffalo and is part of 0 the regio hesion n formerly known as the indian territory L et where now live more than fifty thousand indians here also grazed sonic ot of the herds herda ol 01 t these long horned cattle when the livestock industry in the southwest was in its infancy there are still a few living members 1 ot of this once numerous breed of cattle to be found in texas tit the herd for the government will be set eel feted cled by expert cattlemen fa a millar with the ot of the cattle aud and ot of the southwestern ranges they will be grazed in a pasture immediately adjoining the one occupied by the herd ot of buffalo now established la fit the forest |