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A -HEREFORD" WHO IS FIVE-SIXTEENTHS BUFFALO. 



'Huron," son of "Ouinto Porto" (shown on preceding page), out of a pure Hereford cow. It 

 is from such crosses as these or one generation further removed (say 10% to 15% buffalo 

 blood) that it is hoped to improve the range cattle of the colder parts of the west, increasing 

 their hardiness and improving their meat-producing and fur-producing qualities. (Figure 2.) 



type in form, but varied in color, and 

 likewise were about midway in appear- 

 ance between their parents. The same 

 remarks apply to the one-eighth-buffa- 

 loes, got from a second cross by the 

 same breeds of domestic bulls. 



An ordinary observer might mistake 

 the three-quarter-buffaloes for bison; 

 and he would scarcely distinguish the 

 one-quarter-buffaloes from domestic cat- 

 tle, except for the finer quality of hair. 

 The one-eighth-buffaloes he would not 

 distinguish at all from domestic cattle. 



Accordingly, in stage one we got 

 animals that were all of one type. In 

 stage two, animals that were all of one 



type or all of another, according as we 

 used the bison bull or the domestic 

 bull; and the proportion of bison blood 

 always determined the measure of 

 likeness to the bison. 



In stage three, as was expected, the 

 proportion of bison blood no longer 

 determines the likeness to the bison. 

 We have two one-half-cattaloes, year- 

 lings, quite as like the bison as are our 

 three-quarter buffaloes; and among 12 

 cattalo calves of 1912 are a one-half- 

 cattalo, a three-eighths-cattalo and a 

 one-quarter-cattalo, which, notwith- 

 standing their difference in grade with 

 respect to bison blood, show equally the 



