The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-04-28

/ path along which the ancestors Of these
buffalo have travelled Tor countless ages.
When the pool, lake or stream IS
reached, the buffalo step in, fill them
selves and Immediately return to the
| banks, instead OF lingering in the water
and polluting it, as do domestic cattle
| Tn, q by keeping to one track, they have
| saved the grass, over which the cattle
| straggle to water, and they have kept
| the water pure and fresh. After resting
| an hour or so, they wend their way over
| well defined trail for miles and miles,
| without cutting a blade Of grass which
| Is so necessary for their subsistence. If
the man who causes two blades Of grass
| to grow where only one has grown" is
benefactor Of the race how much more
| is the buffalo a benefactor, who pre-
serves thousands OF blades that other
animals ruthlessly destroy?
The buffalo never yields to disease. He
is clean in his domestic habits and in
/ consequence always drinks pure water,
eats clean, fresh grass, does not besmear
himself with filth. and consequently never
suffers from any OF the skin diseases
common among domestic or range cattle.
His thick under-fur and the 'pantalettes'
which cover his legs make him unaware
Of the existence of flies in summer and
allow him to fatten where domestic cattle
grow thin and die on account of these
pests. When winter comes ne adds an
additional robe Of fat and turning his
head to the storm eats quietly along in
the face Of the fiercest blizzard that ever
blew.
There are many small traits Of the
buffalo that are lacking in cattle. The
buffalo cow never allows her calf to be
destroyed by the coyote. The buffalo
never mire in swamps or pools, as so
many cattle do. When they find they
are becoming stuck they throw them
selves on their sides and swim or pad
die through the mud as would a hog In
spring time they curry themselves by
rolling in wallows, made in the hard,
dry clay, thus removing their winter
coats and loosening up their skins, so as
TO take on flesh. They always lie with
their backs up hill so as to rise easily
and always have guards out day and
night to warn the herd of approaching
danger. They always face storm, and
never drift" as do cattle. They lie
down with their heads to the fiercest
storm, throwing their heads around on
their sides and sleeping contented, while
the great mass of fur. on their high
humps shields the more exposed parts of
their bodies from the winds.
What is true of the buffalo is also true
Of the catalo, a cross which I originated
first in Kansas and afterwards continued
at the Goodnight ranch in Texas. The
catalo is a cross between the buffalo and
the domestic COW, and in all essentials it
takes its instinct from the stronger blood
that of the buffalo. In my travels in
the Arctic regions I became convinced
that millions of meat bearing animals
could be maintained there If natures
laws were followed. We cannot expect
to cultivate cattle or buffalo on the lux
uriant moss of the far north. Neither
can we expect to make a complete sue
cess of cattle on the buffalo's natural
pasturage.
1.-The new race of cattle-the catalos-
which I have produced by crossing the
buffalo with the Galloway and Polled
Angus cattle-are as well adapted to the
short grass country as the buffalo, and
they combine with the best natural char
acteristics of the buffalo the peculiar adj
vantages of cattle for human food. The
catalo has the great size and weight of
the buffalo. 1t breeds as fast and is as
healthy. It's meat is as juicy, compact
and sweet as that of our best cattle. For
shelter it requires only the handsome
black beaver hide which is cross be-
tween the strong, heavy coat Of the buff
faIo and the softer hide OF its mother"
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