GOVERNMENT BUFFALO HERD. 

 Galloping through Lamar Valley, Yellowstone National Park. 



Through the courtesy of (xenei-al S. B. M. Young and 

 the Quartermaster at Fort Yellowstone, the Secretary 

 was driven to the buffalo range in Lamar Valley, a dis- 

 tance of thirty miles, somewhat south of east from Mam- 

 moth Hot Springs. 



Most of the wa}' lay through open rolling grass coun- 

 try, with distant snow-covered mountains always in view. 

 Prong-horned antelopes were seen at frequent intervals, 

 sometimes singly, but usually in small bands. Three coy- 

 otes showed themselves during the trip, the last one within 

 the buffalo range. 



The buffalo herd, numbering eighty-four head, and in- 

 cluding fourteen calves of 1908, was found in what is 

 known as the I^ower Corral, a long, narrow meadow lying 

 between the south side of the road and the I^amar River. 

 This corral is about one and one-half miles long, and con- 

 tains nearly four hundred aci'es. 



The Upper Corral, about six hundred acres in extent, 

 is on the slope of a mountain on the north side of the road. 

 Here the buffaloes are kept during the summer months, 

 while the grass in the I^ower Corral is ])ermitted to grow. 

 In the fall about one hundred tons of hay are cut for winter 

 feeding, and then the buffaloes are turned in to spend the 

 winter. With the exception of one cow, which has since 

 died, the herd was in splendid condition. 



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