The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-12-04
lO1 Ranch Brings Out
American Breed of Cow
That Is Part Buffalo

Special to The World
PONCA CITY -Burbanking the
animal kingdom until the result is
an entirely new breed Of cattle has
been accomplished on the 1Ol ranch
here. This former realm OF the
vii west has been transposed almost
completely in the past few years
really beginning with the world war
period Into domain of intensified
agriculture and purebrcd livestock
with numerous eXperifncntations iL
each line. Occasionally, and natur
ally, the ranch owners undergo a
reaction Of sufficient length to pun
an oldtime rode" just to remind
the world that oklahoma has not
forgotten how to use the lariat apd
part blood buffalo cattle. the great
or the year the l0l is devoted 10
ture.
The Millers OF the t0t, together
with Colonel Goodnight. Pawree
Bill and other well known ranch
men OF the country have expert
mented for years In attempts to
cross the buffalo with the common
COW sufficiently to establish a line
that. would perpetuate Itself. All
have succeeded to some extent. The
trouble has been, everywhere. tnat
this hybrid, like TIE mule. will not
breed and the tnlS way to got addi-
uonal cattalo Cbuffalo-cattlo) has
been to continue the crossing OF the
fullblood buffalo with cattle. on
many ranches there have been herds
secured I'm this fashion.
Stick-to-itiveness has finally won
the battle for the 10l. where there
is now a herd Of approximately 80
calves following them, TO pure blood
majority Of the herd being ono
eighth to onc-siNteenth buffalo.
This herd was made possible when
eventually, about ten years ago, ono
sattalo heller was found that would
breed. She, OF course. was "A half
blood-and the herd Of eighths and
siNteenths is her progeny.
Other Breed L. Galloway.
This particular COW is the dauEh-
ter OF buffalo bull and a Galloway
COW, and in turn she was bred TO
fullblood Galloway bull. Every
year, for eight years, she has reared
"A quarter-bloOd calf, Her calves.
in turn, have been bred. and their
calves following them, to c-blood
Galloways, until today this distinct
herd Of buffalo-cattle eNists-a new
breed OF cattle entirely.
Prominent in this herd are two
onc-eighth Galloway buffalo bulls.
as fine animals as the southwest has
ever produced, and these are being
used continually to increase the hy-
brid herd. II is from this herd that
Cattalo steer was taken, nearly
four months ago and placed IN a
box stall for the purpose of feeding
him until he will weigh a ton. lie
q O. N al "a 4
is becoming so largo that his trlp
TO Chicago for exposition purposes
Is fast drawing near. After being
exhibited, he is To be killed sepa-
rately from all other cattle by one
of the big packing concerns ana n
record kept Of the total amount Of
meat products produced from him
and attention paid also TO the quail.
ity Of the meat.
The Miller brothers, according to
Col Joe @. Miller, have requested
the National Galloway or Polled An
gus association the privilege OF reg
istering the two one eighth buffalo
bulls, and IL this Is not granted then
they along with the various cows
and calves Of the cattalo herd will
be registered separately as a dis
tinct American cattle breed. with
the bison as the ancestor.
Puts Pep Into Cattle.
The buffalo cattle breed Is
harder animal than any other
known breed OF cattle, according 10
Col. Joe Miller. The crossing OF the
two puts new blood and pep" into
the offspring and provides also
healthier strain. as the buffalo has
never been known TO be attacked
by blackleg and Is not susceptible
To other diseases OF common cattle
Tho Millers claim too, that the
meat product ls Of better grade. that
the hybrid itself Is = better beef ami
NAL, ana that it grows to a greater
size and produces more beef. one
COW IN the hybrid herd weighs $50
pounds.
II Is now always easy for the ont
slider to distinguish the buffalo IN
he one-sixteenth animals In par.
.lcular, although something OF the
nump remains and the hybrid Is not