A Short Account of an Experiment in Crossing the American Bison with Domestic Cattle

The Experiment was begun in 1894 by crossing a pure buffalo bull upon a variety of domestic cows, including purebred cows of the following breeds; Polled Angus, Hereford, West Highland, (one) Sussex, and (two) Devon; also Grade Polled Angus, Grade Galloways, and a number of the sort known as scrubs.The object in this variety was to learn which sort would yield the choicest fur.Unfortunately no produce was got from any of the 6 West Highland nor from the 2 Devons, and for the rest I could not distinguish any marked difference in the length and quality of fur on the hybrids.As to the more conspicuous character of color the following table shows the result in 28 instances:Color and Horn Characters of Progeny from Crossing a Buffalo BuU with Cows of Different Breeds.