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ciety and shipped from the New York Zodlog- 
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.’’ 
