. Cyclopedia of farm animals. Domestic animals; Animal products. 290 BISON BISON to the lexicons and encyclopedias. It is now pro- posed to adopt the spelling cattah, as being best in form, most conformable to the two words from which it comes(cattle and buffalo), and perhaps more euphonious. This word is here used to designate all hybrids of bison and cattle of whatever blood and. Fig. 326. At top, a bison buU: a Galloway cow; a direct hybrid between a bison bull and a Galloway cow. whichever parental way the cross is made. The accent is on the first syllable, as in buffalo. There are no reco
. Cyclopedia of farm animals. Domestic animals; Animal products. 290 BISON BISON to the lexicons and encyclopedias. It is now pro- posed to adopt the spelling cattah, as being best in form, most conformable to the two words from which it comes(cattle and buffalo), and perhaps more euphonious. This word is here used to designate all hybrids of bison and cattle of whatever blood and. Fig. 326. At top, a bison buU: a Galloway cow; a direct hybrid between a bison bull and a Galloway cow. whichever parental way the cross is made. The accent is on the first syllable, as in buffalo. There are no recognized authoritative sources of information on the cattalo. The following facts have been gleaned by the Editor from an extensive correspondence and inquiry on the subject. Description. The cattalo is characterized by large size, being heavier than either race from which it comes, great hardiness, and rather remarkable feeding qualities. It is also said to be gentle and easily handled. Individuals vary greatly in form ; some of the half-breds are straight on the back and a? square as Shorthorns, while perhaps 50 per cent will have half humps and resemble the bison in general conformation. The color depends somewhat on the parentage. Crossed with Galloway or Aber- deen-Angus cows, the hybrids come either brown after the bison, or black, after the mother, more commonly the latter. A small percentage come perfectly brown. The "fur" is more dense than that of the bison, particularly on the three-fourths and seven-eighths bison hybrids; and, instead of the shaggy shoulders, the fur is equally distributed, being nearly as long on the rump as on the shoulders. It is a beautiful glossy coat, said by some persons to be more handsome than the coat of the pure-blood bison. The cattalo has the voice of the bison. The hardiness of cattalos is indicated by the fact that they can live entirely in the open, winter and summer, with no feed but grass. In the winter they dig in the snow
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