The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-08-17
TRAINING
Mr.. Baynes Meets Difficulties in Ex-
p%erlrnents With gison Calves.


From he New York Tribune
The Reconsideration OF the buffalo has Its
exciting moments, as Ernest Harold
EaNnes. secretary CT the American Bison
society, discovered when ne attempted ii.
one OF the reasons which Mir. haynes adj
Nauccs why tn" iNn!4alo saould be pre-
served is it's usefulness. Not only is the
aGimal a source OF excellent meat and OF
articles of ral:aent, h0t he believes that II
would make 4 desirable beast of burden.
Before engaging in the organization ci
The society he undertook to demonstrate
mis- 10 himself, He determined not only
o tratn bu;faloes as dfsft a%aialals, but to
cure q series OF p~ho,ographs illustrating
the PROCESS. The calves on which the eN-
pertinent was made wele secured frSm the
Hae herd on the Gorilla estate, which l.
oaly a few miles from Mr. Eayncs' home
ia New Hampshire,
one of the things which Mr.. Baynes dis.
covered early was that buffalo mothers.
much like ether four-footed mothers, dis
Ike any interference with their offspring
ut Iaynes proposed 10 photograph the
aaWes. which were TO be the subjects OF
tie experiment. just after they We're born.
The picture most distinctly photographed
upon his retina when he attempted to Sc.
cure his photographs was the image of a
ereat body charging toward him with
head down and srubby tail aloft. twitch-
lis VAIN - N--NN '%'
smashed.
TIE transfer of the four calves from the
Corbin estate to Meriden. Mr.. Baynes'
home. fifteen miles over the mountains,
was productive of a series of butting con-
tests. The calves We're to be transported
in crates, Two in each. The first match
was with the men engaged in Grating
them. each man in turn was bowled over
by the young but energetic things before
they We're inclosed between the stats of
the crates. The second contest was be-
tween the two occupants of each crate.
AS soon as the second calf had been put in
the two fell to butting each other ener-
getically. TIL calves reached Mr.. BaEnes'
home at 9 O'Clock at night. The crates
were opened by lantern light in a barn in
which a thirty-foot pen had been built.
The calves shot out as If fired from a gun
and Immediately began butting their sha.
dows on the sides of the pen and their
ncighbors from the other crate. The light
in the lantern was Intentionally eNtin-
guished and Mr.. Baynes entered the pen
to make friends with his new charges.
He CROPPED about in the momentary quiet.
ness for one of the calves, but one of them
found Kim first. Then all the others got
his range and he retreated, but not with.
out losing his equilibrium.
When Mr.. Baynes appeared with bottles
of milk, as he did at frequent intervals in
the succeeding days, for the calves We're
only three weeks old when he got them.
they again butted him, not as an enemy,
but simply for pure joy.
In course of time they We're fitted with
haltcrs, then with yokes, and at the age OF
four months a pair of them We're hitched
to a heavy stoneboat and driven for five
miles by means of reins and ordinary pony
bits. This pair was finally put into har.
ness and driver to a stoutly constructed
cart. When between five and six months
old the team was exhibited at the New
Hampshire agricultural fair, where ii
created a sensation by the speed it dis.
played on the track. Mr.. Baynes believes
from his experiments they will prove fast.
er, stronger and of greater endurance thar
oxen.