Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-05-05
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CATALO CHARACTERISTICS.

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CATALO CHARACTERISTICS.
What Is true Of the buffalo is also
true Of the oatalo a cross which 1
originated first in Kansas ana after
ward continued at the Goodnight ranch
IN Texas. The catal0 Is COW, ana IN
an essentials il takes It's instinct from
the stronger blOOd-that Of the huudlo.
In my travels In the Arctic regions /
became convinced that millions of meat
bearing animals could be maintained
there ~ natures laws We're followed.
We cannot expect 20 cultivate cattle on
bunalocs on the luxuriant moss OF the
far north. where reindeer and musk
thrive Neither can We expect 10 make
a complete success OF cattle on the
bunalo's natural pasturage
The new race OF cattle-the cataloes-
which / have produced by crossing the
buffalo with the Galloway and Rolungis
cattle-are as well adapted 10 the short
grass country as the buffalo, and they
combine with the best natural chargc-
teristics OF the buffalo the peculiar adj
vantages OF cattle for human food. The
catalo has the great size and weight
Of the buffslo. Ii breeds as fast and
is as healthy It's flesh is as juicy
compact and and sweet as that OF our
best cattle. For shelter II requires only
the handsome black beaver hide which
is cross between the strong heavy
coat Of the buffalo and the softer hide
Of It's COW mother.
In a general way the Goodnight herd
Of bufialoes and cRtaloes, In which Mr.
and Mrs Goodnight OF Goodnight
Texas, and myself have a Joint inter
est, is pretty well known throughout the
west Colonel Henry lnman, who has
written the history Of my life OF ad-
venture I'm the west and Of my Arctic
explorations, has told something of my
connection with the buffalo. while ar
ticles have appeared concerning the
Goodnight herd. There seems TO have
been some misunderstanding about the
proposition that the G0odnights and
myself have made 20 Congress.
In 1856. MIR Charles Goodnight, a
Texas ranchman, at the request of his
wife. caught three buffalo calves These
were the beginning of a herd which is
al present the largest In the country.
About the same time had small herd
in Kansas These ! took 90 Nebraska,
and shortly afterward ] sold the herd
OF a hundred. They were taken 90
Montana, and I afterward purchased
them and took part OF them 20 Texas
AlOnC with the Guodnights / have
established ranch Of about two thou
sand 1--WE hundred acres on this we
have twenty elk. forty deer and NUM-
Der OF specimens Of prOnghOru antelope.
a specie which is nearly extinct We
/ have also one hundred and ten bunaloes
and about eighty cattle. Mrs Good
night Is now getting along In years.
She ana Mr. Goodnight have loved their
/ bunaloes as they would have loved
their children II they had ever had any
Ihey are both anxious that their h.r'
] OF buitaloes shall go 20 the goyernmsu.
from the proceeds OF the sales fT|-.
this buffalo herd Mrs Goodnight ere
I tahlished a little college. Their rano.
les up IN the Pan Handle country anu
I their college offers 20 about a hundre
I boys ana girls the only chance they
nave Tor obtaining an education. 40
/ this school they board and are taught
I az cost-about $40 per month.
II this herd Of bunaloes Is sold ta
private parties, geological gardens cir
cuses, etc. the chances are that th.
animals viii become extinct. The Good
nights. as well as myself have been
anxious that the government take the
nero, and that an arrangement be made
whereby an income can be had from he
surplus animals 20 maintain the collcr
and TO pay for the labor Of fenein a
part OF the public domain and cgrinr
Tor the bunaloes The present ranch
I at Goodnight Is too small for tho anil
mas now on H. the only wav on pr1-
curing additional land IS by SELLING
/ part OF the herd. and the land around
the ranch Is somewhat expensive.
IDEAL PLACE FOR BREEDING
Down IN New Mexico there are thirty.
ihree million acres OF unoccupied ianl
around the foothills OF the Guadeloitpe
mountains nothing lives al present but
mere Is an ideal place Tor raisinr n
I great herd OF buffaloos. for mo buffal,
s .,,l,, and the gramma grass grow pien-
Liuily and there Is suficiencv Of
SHADE. In response to the urging ~ AZ
most every scientific society In fhe
country. and 20 the kindly expression of
every one almost with whom / have
come m contact and thoir eypressiors
on opinion that the government should
40 something Tor the preservatiop of a
nero OF buttaloes / came 10 Wesbirg-
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