GOVERNMENT BUHFALO HERD. 

 Galloping through Lamar Valley, Yellowstone National Park. 



Through the courtesy of General S. B. M. Young and 

 the Quartermaster at Fort Yellowstone, the wSecretary 

 was driven to the l)uffalo range in Lamar Valley, a dis- 

 tance of thirty miles, somewhat south of east from Mam- 

 moth Hot Springs. 



]Most of the way lay through open rolling grass coun- 

 try, with distant snow^-covered moimtains always in view. 

 Prong-horned antelopes were seen at frequent intervals, 

 sometimes singly, hut usually in small hands. Three coy- 

 otes showed themselves during the trip, the last one within 

 the buffalc^ range. 



The buffalo herd, numbering eighty-four head, and in- 

 cluding fourteen calves of 1908, was found in what is 

 known as the Lower Corral, a long, narrow meadow lying 

 between the south side of the road and the T^amar River. 

 This corral is about one and one-half miles long, and con- 

 tains nearly four hundred acres. 



The Upper Corral, a])out six hundred acres in extent, 

 is on the slope of a mountain on the noi-th side of the road. 

 Here the buffaloes are kept during the summer months, 

 while the grass in the Lower Corral is ])ermitted to grow. 

 In the fall about one liundred tons of hay are cut for winter 

 feeding, and then the buffaloes are turned in to spend the 

 A\'inter. AVith the exception of one cow. A\'hich has since 

 died, the herd was in splendid condition. 



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