The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-12-03
BUFFALO JONES.

one enclosure for the picture man.
They got at it and for fifteen minutes
struggled for possession. Then one
went down. II it had been a small en-
closure he would never have got up
The victor would have gored and paved
him TO death. There was a large field,
however, and the winner, once he had
thrown his rival, trotted off. "
There viii be other moving pictures,
tho like Of which have never been
thrown on @ screen.
Will Stock Farm.
Mr.. Jones left last night for Montana
and viii return here EN- route 10 Lund,
Utah, about Dec. l.. in charge OF q
carload of catalo. These will be taken
connected with the cataIo farm on
Buekskin plateau. Arizona, and viii be
taken 20 the latter place.
The company has now in the neigh
bOrhood of eighty cat0ios. of varied
crosses. The hybrid which has thus
far furnished the finest fur is three
fonrths buffalo. One-fourth Galloway
cattle stock.
The land is furnished by the govern
ment, and is 60.C00 acres in area. Mr..
Jones first attempted 10 have the gov
purpose of carrying out the work. BY
this method. he saves the government
the amount of the appropriation asked,
100000. and, for the use of the land,
viii give the departments of agricul-
ture his findings in this scarcely eX-
plored field Of stock industry.
Several Salt Lakers are financially
interested in the company, and they
are confident that a fortune will be
Il !, l.
hybrids.
In addition 70 the catalo. a cross be-
tween the Persian lamb and the domes-
tic sheep is being experimental with.
catao Meat for Salt Lake.
Within two weeks salt Iakers will
have an opportunity 10 sample catalo
meat and test the statement of Mr.
Jones that it is superior 10 the best
beef raised. The catalo meat is to be
purchased by a local butcher
Besides claiming rare qualities for
satalo from the standpoint of the cpl
cure, Mr.. Jones says that the meat Of
the hybrid Persian lamb Amer can
sheep VIII be superior to the finest NUT
ton. He believes that the day is near
when II Will command a higher price
than mutton: indeed, il is on this fea-
lure OF the farm, the meat producing
feature, that the hackers of the farm
are mainly basing Their hopes.
How cataIo "erowed."
Buffalo Jones tells how he first came
10 interest himself in the subject of
catalO, as follows:
In the fall of 1885 Kansas and the
adjoining states and territories were
visited by a snowstorm Of unusual Sc
verify. The freezing weather killed a
large portion of all the range cattle
which l was running in Kansas. and
the survivors of the hard winter made
their way south toward Texas.
In the spring of 1856 l set out to look
up the cattle which had wandered
southwark. l crossed over into No
Man's-Land and continually came on
large herds of buffalo which had wealth
cred the winter successfully. 1t was
plain 10 see that the storm had not
played the havoc among them which
It had wrought among the domestic
cattle, for the buffalo looked fat and
sleek, while not a carcass was TO be
seen.
1t was then that the.thought struck
me, If could only set some of that
/ bunalo Mood in our range cattle what
a wonderful animal would have. From
that moment. nearly twenty wears 2 90.
/ ] set to work IL was three years be-
fore I obtained a single calf through
! crossing. Tho story Of the failures and
successes which met me at different
| times since then would fill a volume.
II Is enough to say that where scores
have failed in their endeavOr TO sue
eessfuity cross buffalo and cattle have
Succeeded.
hat is putting it briefly, and tells
nothing of the days and months | have
spent on the plains catching the young
buffalo calves nor of the thousands of
dollars I have spent in the past fifteen
wears do not claim ali the credit.
! Part Of my success is due no doubt to
an accident, the gaining of certain
knowledge regarding the methods Of
breeding and raising the hybrids.'