. The conservation of the wild life of Canada . FENCE AROUND THE BUFFALO PARK, WAINWRIGIIT, ALBERTA This buffalo-proof fence is about nine foot Iilgh and seventy-two miles long; withthe interior dividing fences there is a total of one liundred and seventy miles offencing. Round the entire part fire guards twenty feet wide are plouglied insideand outside the fence, as shown in the photograph. BUFFALO IN THE BUFFALO PARK, WAINWRIGHT, ALBERTA The Buffalo in the park separate into groups of varying sizes. The pliotograph showsa small group containing both young and old animals THE BUFFALO OR BISON
. The conservation of the wild life of Canada . FENCE AROUND THE BUFFALO PARK, WAINWRIGIIT, ALBERTA This buffalo-proof fence is about nine foot Iilgh and seventy-two miles long; withthe interior dividing fences there is a total of one liundred and seventy miles offencing. Round the entire part fire guards twenty feet wide are plouglied insideand outside the fence, as shown in the photograph. BUFFALO IN THE BUFFALO PARK, WAINWRIGHT, ALBERTA The Buffalo in the park separate into groups of varying sizes. The pliotograph showsa small group containing both young and old animals THE BUFFALO OR BISON 141 securing of the true cattalo—the offspring of parents both of which pos-sess mixed blood—and tha elimination of shy breeders, Mr. Boyd devel-oped a herd of prolific animals. Abortions were frequent in the earlycrosses, but this tendency, also, has been overcome in the cattalo, whichcompares favourably with ordinary cattle in carrying the young tomaturity. The success of Mr. Boyds work was, no doubt, assisted by a knowledgeof what others had accomplished. Knowing from the experience of othersthat initial difficulties incident to these crosses could with persistence beovercome, Mr. Boyd pursued his work with confidence and ultimatelyreached a place that began to show the value of the new breed. Afterhis death, however, it was found that the estate could not further pursuethe e
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