The principal source of information on the subject of cross- 

 breeding, can be found in the experiments independently conducted 

 by Col. Charles Goodnight, and Col. C. J. Jones, (Buffalo Jones). 

 The latter, whose experiments covered a number of years, has left 

 a record containing some valuable information. Col. Jones produced 

 his first half-breeds — two heifers — in the spring of 1888, and it is 

 a singular fact that up to this time, the buffalo cross had not 

 been given a distinctive name. They were identified and recorded 

 as half-buffalo, half-bloods, half-breeds and cross-breeds. Col. Jones 

 at this time created and gave them the name, Catalo. The origin of 

 this name, which is now universally accepted and applied to all buf- 

 falo crosses, is recorded by Jones as follows: "To these cross-breeds 

 I have given the name "Catalo" from the first syllable of cattle — cat — 

 and the last three letters of buffalo — alo — (Cat-alo) thus forming a 

 suggestive nomenclature for these new animals.'"* 



As some writers differ in the spelling of this word Catalo, it will 

 be well to notice that in creating this name, Jones combined three 

 letters from cattle, and three from buffalo — six letters — which allows 

 of but one "t" in the spelling of it, and not two as is frequently the 

 custom with some writers which also alters the pronunciation of it. 

 The original pronunciation is, "Cat-a-lo" whereas if two "tV are 

 used it changes it to "Cat-ta-lo" which is not as originally constructed, 

 or intended. 



The many years of continuous experimenting in the production 

 of catalo places Col. Charles Goodnight — known throughout Texas as 

 the father of the Panhandle — at the head of the list. Col. Goodnight 

 is a broadminded man, a deep thinker and one not easily discouraged. 

 With him it is no longer an experiment but an accomplished fact. 

 For forty years he has given his time and means without stint, 

 first to create, then to improve. The result is he has established a 

 breed that will not only reproduce its kind, but one far superior 

 in many ways to any other breed of cattle. In this new breed, Col. 

 Goodnight has succeeded in incorporating all the good qualities and 

 hardiness of the buffalo, also the extra or fourteenth rib, the same 

 as in the buffalo. In regard to this feature, he states that it varies 

 greatly. A few of the higher grades have the extra rib. Time and 

 patience alone can add this perfectly, and only as the blood becomes 

 purer will it become thoroughly established. The advantage of this 

 extra rib is not only evidence of greater hardihood, but lengthens the 

 carcass, fills out the flank and gives more and better meat. Col. 

 Goodnight has demonstrated beyond doubt that the catalo is a valu- 

 able animal and one that will continue to breed much longer than 

 domestic cows. These facts and many others obtained by continuous 

 and close observation has created a standard by which others can 

 hope to succeed and avoid the costly mistakes of their predecessors. 

 Col. Goodnight has the largest herd of catalo in the world, and as 

 he is well advanced in vears and unable to continue or make further 



* Buffalo .Tones' Forty Years of Adventure. By (^'ol. Henry Inuman, page 24.3; 

 Published by Crane" & Co., Topeka, Kansas, 1899. 



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