New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-04-05
BREEDING THE BTFFlLO.
INTERESTING EXPERIMENTS IN CROSSING
WITH GALLOWAY COWS

From Tho san Francisco 'dil
About nfteen years ago It became apparent that
tn American bison. or buffalo. az II ~ .lhhiohS
called vas rapidly being eN;ermlnateI ne aatIh
Wa sounded. ard every state ana territory IN IN,
t-ni,n where fn. auIma.s r. indigenous pAss'i
avs prohibiting the killing OF them in the future:
The alarm WAS sounded "a litle ltic ho"rV,t' AZ
there was hardly enough bpfaloes i"ft 10 supply me
crcuscs anl menagercs or the country, am lut
SON" mysterious reason those running VIII on INC
different Government reservliions am ra'ks ',;,o
TO multiply. Young were born to De sure nnt 'h'Y
id 10; exceed the deaths from natural cauHrs' -
since tha time si,t maRy , -, ncyE carn
made N different parts 81 IN" W'st " prop'tN car,
FOR me few bunaloes LETT 50 that they cpu.l Dr.
and thereby perlctuate the species In Co!oTa 10
the experiment. has been failure on account OF inI
intensely COLI winters ana IN 'tah the So me-
success has been rather dubious although ne pro,
motors feel that they ar on the ri,nt nrack' ani
have reason 10 D. hopeful l. IS most iKe.y tn'i'
the many failures were iue 70 acA 9 understand,
ing Of the habits Of t." nnlIo sensitive
To- changes Of climate. AMI in IN" Wild staie used
mer. 50 as % avoid extremes oi neat ani co'ui III
the experiments ma in colorado AM utrh tneSG
conditions were hary ,e 70 he fact that Sci
enflstq never had a chance To study the buffalo be-
fore they wore 20 scarce 1t was lmpos'iDe - 90 80,
looks as II the bunao-breeding experiment. VIII be
success in California ana II II is II VII rb De larEry
due the mild ana c1nable climate. INC rxper,
mcnt in this state has been made hy the well-known
years he fees moro encouragei tnan ever Mr.
Molera studei the buffalo ana in his experiments
sibe. ana at the same time mako use OF all the
scientific knowledge he could obtain on the SUD-
Mr.. Molcra commenced his experiments on
modest scale In the autumn Of lS' HIS hrst pur-
.hase was Vas maynGen cxhb i named earien"r
m. animal was in the best Of health, and MIR.
boon able to have stood the dscomfor;s and hard
ships OF travel lie hal the animal taken to ms
loose on the range. II was contented from the
start and soon became fat. Seeing that the winter
climate agreed with the bull Mr. Molera sent 10
r. Jonea of Nebraska. and obt Aimed buffalo COW.
which he also turned out on o nc rangc All, ,.,s
horn that has now grown TO maturity AMI Is In ne
bes Of health Encourasei by his success Mr.
all Of which gave birth to calves that are now near,
y years Old some o. thn COWS na YIN s ySyr
ynnng' Incuiing his purchase MIR. Molrra nerd
now numbers fourteen ne pas hsd no' ost b bs sSe
health and spirits. and they should multiply IN tne
ratio in the nsrh rG ns n a oven One hum
dreI I'm the next years AMI as they VIII he all
arciimateI animals there seems to be no reason
S.hy The buffalo should yer become extinct;
In addition to his experiments WIN fu.ivblooded
crn.aipg the buffalo bull with the Galloway cow
Iis success at first not ~ encouraging as WIN
he full breeds The first season four calves were
hnrn hut three Of them died The other however.
Dor' nm in good health ana Mr. Molcra thinks the
Sss n o ~ the men who cared them. Since then
other calves have been born from thc same COVE,
and all appear to be In the best OF health strange
o. saw ali Of the half-brcrl calves we're females
some OF these caves are no" nsarN 'Ir"e !sils
oe,in and It promises TO succeed To avoid IN,
IrncJnr Mr. Molcra has put the lrst hunaio pun
w.. rur,hasel out Ia Golden Gate Park ana taken
H.rnrIous Ben Harrison dO.n IL his ranch The oid
t.ilou seems happy ana contentti on the ranEr'
nnh has greatly improved in appearance The
nroasIne with the half-brced GaloWays VIII pro-
d,,co an animal three-qudrters buffalo, and II they
nrove strong and hard, Mr. Mo.era viii obtain
pp,Scr buffalo bulls In different parts Of the country
nI conIIct his experiments until he has produced
an animal that IL fifteen lxteenths buna.o re
,ni,Ls that when that stage IL reached he VIII
49, an almost distinct breed OF cattle that VIII
,nuI,inly without any crossing -
",rho effects OF crossing Is u nillcn more INTEREST,"
tho and important mater than the simple breeding
,ha mil. breed bufiaocs. which l., afer all more
W. ,at,cr Of science and sentiment tnan anything
"a Shoull the fnll-brecd buffalo he raised IN
,t,ten, numbers 10 warrant its being Killed. only
smau norton OF each animal makes good 1000
" od III skin can only be used Tor rooes On tnr
n III hand all OF the half-breei makes good meat
9.h skin makes the best kind OF leather ana also
nv, nv uner and thicke growth Of hair than the
I"' 80 ,b, s almost fine sea.skin. only the
hairs are much longer. NJ Molara has
am an Effort 10 keep all OF his bunaioes content
l ~ , soon as he detects any signs OF resIesshess
w. has them moved 10 another ranch Inc am
~ .,s have passed their time between POINT sur
na nnh below Monterey. and Moro 90 rancn, near
I~a'ss,rnviIle All have shown the Indications on a
- ~ change at the same time ana are driven
IT, ~ .n,re distance between the two PAGES AFTER
M have made the trip they are as quiet ana con-
. .n "a az can be for a few months 49,. s
IL addition to changing the animals from ssmsn
a., ranch they are constantly being gwen cnnhhH7e
AZ range They are. OF course. always kept WITHIN