The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-07-21

ested in the preservation, 90
game animals. One OF M --ee5.lieflcaa
trying TO save the buffa4o is 1--.Lls IN
the TACT that il is the onI,- s-.s 20
the bovine kind, EXCEPT. of oT-, -----1l u
I-USA OK Ihat can live rhror,L' ----
"cSleIn winters IN the Open- -Tl,f5 1-l
mas been pretty wen gone o,-o-- point
want 10 say this. that rbrcueF''..olu l
ehJlre east slope of the R,ri7-- - Tie
talns from Canada 10 Nexi.o -i.- '--oll
lem OF securing domestic sn7r,..l-is ~
are able TO live through The sa,-s,-- - e--4t
Iefs OF that region is d far mora -
JIG than most people would i5r,sgf--9
ne Ordinary breeds of domestic s-g
-i-l-IS caH stand the winters. and -
result there Is now 2 great F-r,,.,,s -e :. d
cattloes, especially crosses ba+y----- - -or
buffalo and the PoIied Angus ~. 49, '--.
cattle, arncng western cattIer7aD n, %
FoIIed Angus Is a breed of ,a-,- - arg
stfonS and hardy cattle from chs -
ana hornlesS- The cross oh-s5,,..,4' n
breeding the buffalo and PoIIa5 -
together IS race Of hardy cattle 80
ing the most beautiful coat o. bsi-
ever saw. II has a Iuster like . - ~
wing, and makes q fined robe even ts.s
the hide Of the pure buffalo.
We have had the same trnl7b1a u.5.,.
sheep, the ordinary breeds of NTa-ir-,--'
CotSWolds. etc. being too teu5a- f7-- -
climate One man in Colorado s7rr.e5
ed some years ago in obtaining cross--
between the Big Horn or Rocky NOM
tain sheep and the domestic. -
which proved a complete success 80
ing up TO snow limit on the r7orIr+.5--
and running out all winter. They 49,
very beautiful animals, but. as I'm -
case or the buffalo. il Is hard M o.
people 10 take hold of the matter ~
lately western sheepmen have iunortaI
large numbers OF Persian sheen h7r5,.
animals from the high mountsfns.r -
north Persia, and having a be7utif.1
fleece, out of which Persian rups -
spun These sheep take To the COME.
as though they belonged there. grs-i,.-
up to the snow line and remaining =
the open all winter We are COST
| them with the MerinC for the ~aasoo
/ that the pure Persian sheen cost p.raf,-,
high, and the cross has thus far proven
satisfactory. standing the winter a.
most as well as the pure Persian.
In fact, the main object of nv +ri,
| TO Alaska was TO obtain musk oven
which I knew would thrive during ~
cold winters and at high Iatitudes bu-
unfortunately. the Indians. in thaf-
crazy, superstitiOUs belief that If orr
/ Of them left the country the others
would also disappear. killed them one
| night when We were not on our guard
/ During that trip into the interior ~
/ Alaska I saw millions (aud when 7 saw
millions I don't mean thousands ~
| Barren Ground caribou, or reindeer a
/ large. hardy animal, furnishing soma
/ of the best meat that I have eye-
! tasted. In fact, 1 can't IMAGINE a
| greater luxury than reindeer tongue
] These animals are much larger and
! heavier than the domestic reindeer
/ which the government imported al co7.
] siderable expense from Siberia and
/ Lapland for Alaskan reindeer farms
and i think that better results would
/ have been obtained had they. in ihs
/ first place, made an effort TO dOnestf
/ cate the Barren Ground caribou. an
! even Of the opinion that these reindee-
would be a profitable venture for am
| one who undertook to dOmesticate anr
raise them for their meat. tongues
4 hides and antIers, along the east slop,
/ of the Rocky mountains"