The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-03-22
Unusual Hybrids Result
From Experiments
Made at Ranch.
.OME WERE ACCIDENTS
5any Results Prove Interest
ing From the Viewpoint
Of the Scientist.
By c. NJ. SARCIIET.

Eupn II comes to the production or
,brid~ in the animal line, they will
lways try anything once at the 1Ol
lnch near this city. Burbank may
the wizard of the plant world, but
lu,u IL comes TO animals the palm
ust be awarded to the managers Of
o. ranch. some Of the experiments
cross animals and thus produce
h entirely new breed have been alb
hute successes, some have been
u.ifive failures, and some OF the
u,coSses have been simply and
,ro'v accidental. The results have
on interesting always from a scicn-
BIZ standpoint.
It has been maintained, many
lncg. that although the buffalo and
p common COW could be crossed
Iccesefully, the hybrid thus pro-
kcod-known as cattalO--would
breed and therefore .could not
tolong its kind. The experiment
h. been made ON practically every
Slffalo ranch in the nation. on the
b. Ranch, however, there is cat
tlo heifer or COW that has been bred
tcccssfully and that has been the
kother Of seven calves, two of which
h. bulls that arc also being used for
tcediny purposes The buffaloes
themselves have been quite prolific
thr 1Ol and as a result the herd
ov numbers something over 60.
siberian Boar wild.
Successful also have been the at
empts TO cross the sacred cattle
yth the common COW, although "A
Ivhrid ~ this kind might he ex-
icctod to be produced easily. When
he 1Oi wild west show stopped OPP
ratious. several years ago, there
fcrc numerous animals of an un-
s1lal kind in this country left on the
pnch and this fact made IL possible
make several experiments that
thcrwisc would have been difficult
bring about Among the animals
hus left on the 10l were Siberian
yild boar, a sacred bull, male yak
md several head of caribou, includ-
hg a bull.
The Siberian boar proved TO be
Gst As wild as his advertising In the
how had proclaimed him to be, and
he Miller brothers had hard time
lceping tho animal within any en-
hosure.. lie was everlastingly break
hg out and roaming over the neigh
orhood endangering the boasted
lure blood not only of their own
erds but also those of their neigh
ors., lie was big fellow, consid-
rably taller than the ordinary hog,
With numerous white stripes running
,bra-like around his body, and was
narrow in build that really he
boxer tubercular. In combat he was
bile to protect himself against any
nd all other male hogs and in fact,
gainst many other animals. He was
ing Of the ranch whenever he broke
pose.
Bull Not 81 sacred.
While the Siberian boar was prov
1g himself a nuisance generally 10
he south half of Kay and the north
rn half Of Noble counties. the sacred
ul was also on the wa path n con-
iderable part of the time. and he
oon proved himself not so sacred as
is name implied. He got a reputa-
ion Of being breachy and he also
banned about at will for some time
Though in recent years he has been
ontent TO remain at homo with his
Nn private harem. All the sacred
httle, as is perhaps well known
fNe large hump on one shoulder
pat sticks into the air like a saddle
brn.
It so happened that the Siberian
par and the sacred bull undertook
exploring expedition at about the
yme time and were gone sovera
Nys before they were again rounded
ana put back with their own kind
fNeral months later neighbor, who
asts but one milk COW and one SOW
Ipeared at the white house" tn,
iiclal headquarters of the ranch
d called for George L. Miller, tn,
ihch manager. The neighbor ex
taihed that some time before he haC
Ine utter OF pigs at his barn, tn,
Eoduct OF his one SOW, and that al
lhem mad zebra stripes and wer,
bercular shaped.
could stand the pigs all right,
Y nelghbor complained, "for | car
ttcher and eat them--I suppose 81
nan hog meat il just as good a
y KIND, excepting that the bacoi
l'i he more lean than fat-but thi
forming when | found that my onl,
iik COW has calf with a lonl
lmp on one shoulder, | thought /
lne to ca II and inform you that IN
hit has been reached"
lhe Yak Cross No Good.
'ue OF the experiments on tn
men that proved "A failure was tn
tempt TO cross the yak with tn
oninon COW. This Asiatic male wa
lghiy priced on the ranch, and be
iuse there was no female of his kin
was thought proper to attempt I
oSs him with the common COW
YER although numerous attempt
ere made
another failure has been that {
osslng the caribou with the com
ION COW. II has been held by IN
n'Isd Slhtes govern ment that thi
III %" done, and only recently tn
pNSrnment invested in 500 cows 1
pu'h"rn Texas for the purpose {
p'ppIng them to the Philippines an
IoSSlng them with the caribou. IN
awe cattle OF the islands.
george L. Miller maintains and dC
l'Ies mat this cannot be done.
now, because we have tried ii tim
Hl ume again, and my advice I
government would be TO save Il
p"hey'' The caribou proved so VI
nE on the ranch that they WEI
pa 10 Swope park at Kansas Cit
o, No fence on the ranch prove
ttong enough to withstand the bul
,"'neNer they made up their mine
tNe SIBERIAN boar finally met a
nIInely end. somewhere down Il