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ciety and shipped from the New York Zoolog- 

 ical Garden in 1908. They then numbered 15, 

 and in two years had been increased by the 

 addition of 10 calves; but two of the original 

 herd had died. 



The bison seems destined to remain with us 

 only as an object of curious interest, and a 

 reminder of the vast herds which so short a 

 time ago pastured on our western plains. "In- 

 teresting as have been the experiments made 

 by Mr. C. J. Jones and others, in the cross- 

 breeding of buffaloes with domestic cattle," de- 

 clares W. T. Hornaday, than whom none is 

 more fitted to render a verdict, "it is now quite 

 time that all such experiments should cease. 

 It has been proven conclusively that it is im- 

 possible to introduce and maintain a tangible 

 strain of buffalo blood into the mass of western 

 range-cattle. ' ' 



