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[[di?]]. The largest old bull was taken at 15 feet & showed no signs of fear or anger, although Mr. Goodnight said they would kill you in short order if on foot near them. The hair is ragged & not long yet but they are beauties without any evidence of their confinement. The 3 largest old bulls were not in this herd as they prefer to keep off in a rough gulch by themselves.

The different grades keep mainly apart, but one two thirds buffalo cow & a calf by a full blood bull (the calf only 2 days old) were at one corner of this herd. (see photo). This cow was of a yellow brindle color with very long hair & mainly of the buffalo form. Her horns were slender & curved in. The calf was yellowish-brown, a little lighter than a full blood buffalo calf but otherwise not different. In another pasture with the polled angus cattle we found the quarter bloods, which differed little from the black hornless herd except in a slight difference of form