. The fur traders and fur bearing animals. Fur trade; Fur-bearing animals. 328 Ungulata. how conmaon they were at that time, and who are familiar with the durability of the '' Buffalo'' hide and fur, wonder where they have all gone. No one dreamed forty years ago that the time would ever come when a "Buffalo" skin would be a curiosity, and a mounted '' Buffalo'' head would be worth from two hundred and fifty to a thousand dol- lars ; but that is the condition of things today. When we consider that there is really nothing to take the place of the "Buffalo" skin for warmth or
. The fur traders and fur bearing animals. Fur trade; Fur-bearing animals. 328 Ungulata. how conmaon they were at that time, and who are familiar with the durability of the '' Buffalo'' hide and fur, wonder where they have all gone. No one dreamed forty years ago that the time would ever come when a "Buffalo" skin would be a curiosity, and a mounted '' Buffalo'' head would be worth from two hundred and fifty to a thousand dol- lars ; but that is the condition of things today. When we consider that there is really nothing to take the place of the "Buffalo" skin for warmth or service, as well as the food value of the species, it seems a pity that the North-West Breeding Company, organized in 1886, to interbreed the Buffalo with selected native cattle, did not succeed in their undertaking. They appear to have made as complete a failure as the Buffalo Wool Company, formed in Winnipeg, in 1832, to weave the hair of the Bison into Rocky Mountain Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Petersen, Marcus, 1854-. Buffalo, N. Y. , Hammond Press
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