Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-06-17
lNvFNTING NEW AklMAL%

- EN- years go it "a found that it was possible to cross the
cow with the native American buffalo. In fact, the cross va
made and the herds have been developed until at present. there
re more than 200 head in the United States. Buffalo ones
tNESSU numbers is that on the Goodale ranch in the panhandle Of
~~ Texas Great, shaggy, high wnhered steers stalk about the
fields. overlooking their domestic ancestors in no mean manner.
This is a creature that never existed in the worhlu until recently, says
Ike. 1t is a neW thing in the world. IL iniporIh IMPORTANT question o&uoh IS , "n"m'
it is a useful thing, This question is OF yet decided, but it is we'll within
the range of possibilities that it will prove more proft'ble tic IaFe ne hybrid
than the cow, and if his is proved the latter Will pass away nd IN us p'"'
will remain the new creature the cattelo, fol sc it is called through a com
bination Of the names of its ancestors.
There ire a number Of points in which tn" Catt"o surpasses tn DO
nestle COW. 1t is of greater activity and car find a livelihood where the
as pasturag" for it where herds Of cattle ould never Eraz': Ilke~N ne
frozen north countries lend themselves to the grazing OF cateio wherer
wild ancestor that is whhont a peer as a FesEteI or '"h I'erlor Alaska
might be induced to yield up billions we're attelo brought there to pasture
But there is still another of the brand-new animals that appears moro
attractive than all the rest This is the zebnss, onsprlns Of the royal zebra
of Abyssinia and the pl"hrian ass of ~" west 1t las been developed under
the special care and guidance of the .I"u States government itself,
the hope is strong that there will resut a bearer Of burdens and drawer of
loads that will surpas any domestic ANNA o known Five Years ago
his dornaln' ana the Abl%NnAh "praS are me HrEeSt 'u n'""""F' , IN
the world. As his back yard wa already filled with things from tn wild
ment of Agriculture. who, being agog witt the newly found idea o the" times
that of inv"n,ng ley animals. set about using his royalty of the stripes or
that purpose
The asses they already had in plenty Of the variety Of the patient Next
an Duro that bears the packs of the prospectors Oft the west TIL" expert
ton To-day there" are five" Young hyhrids running about tn place and de
cIaring themselves the very latest things in animals. The oldest zebrass, the
those that followed are all females, this fact Offering the possihlhty O deve
opng the herd vey rapidly. Animal growers throughout the country are
And tn" possibilities loom large TO all appearances The zcbrass seems
to have combined man of the sooi qualities Off both its parents, and is m
OF the prrtu'~l creatures in tn" world. 1t has the heavy Dat of hair of its
mother on the body and tn" short cnat OF its father q the head and legs.
rar"n, are" present, hut greatly dimmed on tn" body, while vivid o the legs.
TIL" creates, hybrid that TN" world has "Nrr known is TN" mule This
barren, and the possibility of developing a more perfect type through selec-
ton did II OF exist The mule had TO be taken as he VAS and made tn" los
II" nations am int he EVER ,Fohr T. RE has surpassed IN
many ways both tn" horse and the ass THAI bred him. The zebrass is wi