Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-12-15
VETERAN BOWMAN
 0f TEXAS PLAIN
Charles Goodnight, the Burbank of the Cattle BuSiness-OriginatOr of the C8talO.

Col Charles Goodnight, ex-TeXas Ranger and Confederate cavalryman and at one time one of the largest cattlemen of his state, now rides at the ass of S4, among his herd of true buffalo on his home ranch near Am
 arillo in the TeMas Panhandle.
 Col. Goodnight is one of the last representatives of the Texas cowmen of the earlier days, and perhaps the best known cattle raiser in the entire southwst, for everybodl knowns "Un- cle Charley" as he is familiarly known by his intimate friends and the boys on the ranch, many of whom have grown old in his employ, sharing with him the various stages which the cattle business have pass ed through in the past half century.
 Col Goodnight is not only cattle man, but a cattle breeder. He is also one of the most hospitable and con: panionahle of men. He and Mrs. Goodnight keep. ,saen house at the ranch home at Calude, Texas, where many have been entertained with their true western Hospitality.
 Besides his extensive cattle busi- ness, in which he has made and lost several fortunes in the past, the GOodnights have found time to foster benevolent and religious institutions, the Goodnight Methodist College be- ing one instance of their benevolence.
 Col Goodnight can be truly said 70 be the Burbank of the cattle busi- ness. He is the originator of the "cattalo," which is cross between the native buffalo and the Polled An gus, which he has bred to distinct breed which he finds best adapted to the section of the country in which he lives. Besides this, Col. Goodnight has made other expera- ments which have proven beneficial to the cattle industry.
 Speaking of Golf Goodnight's herd of buffalo recent issue of the Texas Farm and Branch says:
 The herd numbers nearly 200, and the colonel's object in securing their ancestors, 40 years ago, was for the purpose of crossing them with domes- tic cattle. He tells the whole story very precisely and clearly:
 [" Being raised in a buffalo cOun try l cecame interested in their ax- treme hardihood and adaptability to thrive under all climatic conditions and on large range of territory.
 !" I decided. to eros them with the common cattle and if possible to establish a breed which would stand the high altitude and severe winters ns the buffalo themselves do. and the elks and mountain sheep. and l com menced with the Rolled Angus, hav ing found them the hardest of the COW kind
 In 1878 captured a lot of wild buffalo calves by roping, and allowed them to suck the common COW as 9 foster mother This insured their serving the common COW after they had become large enough-in other words, after they were, three years old. In crossing, I met with much loss from abortion and death and I found that no calves were born eX- cept females; all cows carrying bull calves either a'borted or died.
 q T bred the heifer calves back to the pure buffalo, obtaining good percentage of calves. about equal ill sex, and when two years old and up tested these thrae-q,larter grades.
 The males proved to De worth less and infertile, although tried the same plan for number of years. The females were fertile and crossed read fly, either with the buffalo or com- mon bull.