The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1906-11-29
A 6 GOVERNMENT CANE PRESERVE
Colonel Charles Goodnight Proposes to Deed the United
States Government His Fine Herd Of Buffalo Pres
ident VIII Recommend to Congress.

preserved by the goVreetnmnbaater
preserved by government hore on its
native heath. Mr., Goodnight would
corral the buffalo and the "catnlo"
ON the prairie adjacent 10 the rim
OF the canyon. The other animals
he would eonflne in separate corrals
in the depths OF the canyon.
He chooses the prairie for the
buffalo and for the cross-breod be-
cause the native grasses Of the
plains are natures food for these
animals. They will eat other food,
but they prefer the native pasture,
and in no other part OF America are
those grasses 30 nutritious as here
upon the staked Plain IN the Texas
Panhandle, the land is not public
domain, but enough. including the
canyon may BIO purchased for the
use Mr. Goodnight proposes. In
decd, many large holders have of
fered for nominal price 70 convey
to the proposed association lands
which they own in the canyon and
bordering Il.
The transfers must be done soon,
however. for the Atchison, Topeka
& Santa Fe. by It's main line and
branch from Canyon city is daily
carrying a great immigration into
this country.
Mrs. Goodnight Saved the Buffalo.
The most interesting part Of Mr.,
GoodnIght's scheme Is tho propaga-
ton OF his cross-broed. tho "caata-
To- The cross, by years OF breeding
! a success, and Mr.. Goodnight
gives his word that II is better
beef animal than the best known
domestic strains have yet prodrccd.
The domestic animal Is 4 better
show animal and will take the pro-
miums. but Mr.. Goodnight declares
that his "catalo" will make better
beef and more OF It. Mr.. Goodnight
docs not claim that his cross-broed
has reached perfection YET, but he
says that oven now II IS better beef
than the domestic. The cross mix
ture, he says, Is too much in It's
infancy yet for anyone TO foretell
ae ultimate results, but he has gone
fir enough to- know that buffalo
Mood can be introduced into COM
mon t8i.la and properly mixed, It
wil, retse great difference Fl the
,glHe of beef cattle. so far as he
n now, It Is matter only OF
paiitnee and money to obtain any
proportion OF buffalo blood into
domestic cattle that may prove to be
A best
Mr. Goodnight established his buff
$50 herd in 1875 Indians and
whites alike were killing Of the nil
gratory herds, and Mrs. Goodnight.
lls wife, urged him TO save some OF
them. Upon her request he set aside
500 acres OF his 10000 acre ranch
Tor buffalo preserve. -Four years
afterward the idea Of cross-broedlng
the buffalo With the dopestlc ami
NAL occurred to him, and now he
has herd THAT strain alaso Mr.,
Goodnight is not willing 10 give to
the public his process Of cross-breed-
ing--not until the government will
consent to take up the work How
ever, he makes no secret Of the char
acter OF animal he has produced.
Good Points OF the "Catalo.v
Ito crosses tho buffalo with the
Polled Angus and by certain and
proved processes no has mado Al
larger animal than tho domestic, and
better beef. The buffalo has four
teen ribs, instead OF the thirteen
OF the domestic. and 1t has been
only matter Of perseverance for
Mr.. Goodnight TO perpctuate the ex-
ira rib in the "catalo." This gives
length OF slrloin and back to the
new animal, thereby adding 200 or
more pounds OF the most valuable
meat.
Ho also has preserved In the cross
the hsrdihood and tho instincts OF
tho buffalo. The mixed hoods, as
the buffalo. do not eat the poison
GUS loco weed; they do not run from
heel flies and thereby take off fat;
they are immune from blackleg and
all other diseases Of domestic cattle;
they never lie with their back down
hill: they keep their heads to storms
and do not drift; they do not XIII
out the range and more Of Thorn
Craze on given quantity OF pas
turo; they put on more flesh to the
Of food consumed; their d.
gestlon is better than any other do
nestle animal; thsy have a greater
windpipe and stronger lung power;
their intestines and stomach areI
very small and their flesh thick.