■ BUFFALO BREEDING.
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It tm t» B« *»•» Buftnea*
br a Texas Cattle
Company*
“Most people are of the .belief/* re*
marked Sheriff Taylor, of Sherman,
Texas, according to the Memphis
Scimitar, •‘that the American bison is
an extinct animal, but that is a great
mistake. It is true that in comparison
with the numbers of the beasts that
used to thunder over the western
plains the numbers now to be found are
insignificant; but yet there are some
in existence, and there are measures
# now under contemplation for the prop
m agation of the species, so that in time
they may become reasonably common
f again.
W “I know of only one herd of buffalo
in Texas, that belonging to Mrs. Mary <
Goodnight, of the Goodnight Cattle
company, in the Panhandle. Her herd
comes down from the original stdck of
the Staked Plains. SeVeral years ago
the herdsmen of the Goodnight pas
tures captured three calves and after
iomesticating them as much as their
natures would permit proceeded to
breed them. This was done as a pas
time and without any special .purpose
in view until the race began to go out
of existence, and then it was decided ta
•?o into the inbreeding as an industry.
So the herd has grown until now it
numbers about 70, 60 or more being
full-grown and he&lthy specimens of
the species.
“I have often seen these animals on
the Goodnight range, and they certain
ly bring to mind' the old time on the
plains. The Goodnight people have the
means to go into the cultivation of the
buffalo on a liberal scale*and in Texas
it is understood to be the purpose of the
nanagers for Mrs. Goodnight to dis
pose. of none of the stock for a period.
of years, say 25, when the herd will
number something like 5,000.
“I am told that there are other herds
in the United States. ‘Buffalo’ Jones,
of Kansas, has a large herd*- He has >
always taken great interest in the
propagation of the animals, and of
late has been working on a scheme to
have the United States government to
set aside a large pasture for. the ex
clusive range of buffaloes, the breed
ing stock to be , contributed, by Mrs.
Goodnight. Jonea and any others who
may have any of the animals which
they would be willing to part with.’*
. r The Earth’* Inhabitant*.
The entire population of the globe is
upward, ot-1,406,000,000, of wbpm. 3$,
214.000* die every year,*96,480^every day,
4,020 every hpur, 167 every minute and
one and a fraction every second* *
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