In Buffalo Days 
They are fertile among themselves or with 
either parent. A half-breed cow of Mr. 
Jones's that I examined was fully as large as 
an ordinary work-ox, and in spring, while 
nursing a calf, was fat on grass. She lacked 
the buffalo hump, but her hide would have 
made a good robe. The great size and 
tremendous frame of these cross-bred cattle 
should make them very valuable for beef, 
while their hardiness would exempt them 
from the dangers of winter,—so often fatal 
to domestic range cattle,—and they produce 
a robe which is quite as valuable as that of 
the buffalo, and more beautiful because more 
even all over. If continued, these attempts 
at cross-breeding may do much to improve 
our Western range cattle. 
Mr. Jones has sold a number of buffalo to 
persons in Europe, where there is a consider- 
able demand for them. It is to be hoped that 
no more of these domesticated buffalo will be 
allowed to leave the country where they were 
born. Indeed, it would seem quite within 
the lines of the work now being carried on 
by the Agricultural Department, for the gov- 
ernment to purchase all the domesticated 
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