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means of selection without any diminu- and hump have been practically taken 

 tion through succeeding generations of from the bison and placed upon the 

 diminishinc: bison blood until the coat back of the domestic ox. 



B— Bull calf. C— Cow calf. A— Abortion. 



The double line divides the grade buffalo calves from cattalo calves. 



Breeding Record of Three-Quarter-Buffalo Cows, December 31, 1912. 



MY EXPERIENCE WITH BISON HYBRIDS. 



Charles Goodnight, Goodnight, Texas!' 



I CAN summarize my experience in 

 crossing Texas buffaloes with native 

 cattle, as follows : 



I take a male buffalo calf, put him 

 with a native cow and let him suck her 

 until weaning time. I let him run with 

 common cattle until large enough to 



serve. He will then cross with any 

 kind of domestic cattle. In making 

 the first cross, no male calves have 

 ever iDeen born; cows conceiving them 

 either suffer abortion or die, hence I 

 only get heifer calves and a small per 

 cent, of them. There is no trouble 



'See also "Breeding Cattelo" bv C. J. Jones, in American Breeders' Association Annual 

 Report, vol. Ill, p. 161, 1907. 



