altogether too many bulls in the herd, as they are con- 

 tinually fighting among themselves and endangering 

 the lives of the young calves, and their removal elim- 

 inates a portion of this danger. It is believed that it 

 would be better if a number of these old bulls could be 

 disposed of entirely, some of the finest ones being retained 

 each year for breeding purposes. 



With the rapid increase of the herd, it is necessary 

 to provide additional meadow land for raising hay for 

 them each summer. The hay crop was very short the 

 past season, and it was necessary to go four miles away 

 from the corrals to secure enough for the winter. In- 

 cluding about thirty-five tons left over from last year, 

 there are about one hundred and fifty tons on hand, 

 and it is believed that unless the winter is unusually 

 severe this will carry them through until spring if care- 

 fully fed. Three thousand dollars was appropriated for 

 the maintenance of the buffalo for the current fiscal 

 year. This sum is now too small for the size of the 

 herd, and it is urgently requested that it be increased 

 next year to $4,000. 



During the past summer the entire herd at Rose 

 Creek has been turned loose outside of the inclosure 

 daily for the purpose of grazing. At first they were let 

 out for about two hours, twice daily, and then driven 

 into the inclosure, but this was gradually increased as 

 they became tamer and more used to being handled, 

 until now they are kept out all day. In this way they 

 are enabled to get practically all the feed they need 

 outside of the pasture, which soon becomes short during 

 the dry part of the summer, and at the same time they 

 become accustomed to being handled, and are becoming 

 quite tame and tractable. 



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