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& in much larger size than the cattle of the same age.  They were black, mainly hornless, but the yearlings were as large as two year olds of the cattle & Mr. Goodnight says the full grown steer weight 18000 lbs.  I photographed 3 of them ^[[yearlings]] at a distance of 15 feet.  They are perfectly gentle but keep out by themselves away from the cattle

Mr. Goodnight breeds only buffalo bulls to domestic cows & increases his full blood herd as fast as possible.  Has just sold 15 to the Yellowstone Park where Buffalo Jones is trying to bring up the depleted herd.  He says the full bloods are very hardy & that he looses none save [[strikethrough]] up [[/strikethrough]] by injury in handling.  Says the crossed heifers breed freely but the bulls do not, so he makes sure of them.  Says three quarters of the calves are bulls.

Returned in time to catch the 11:20 train to Dalhart & then got a 5:20 P.M. train for Logan, N. Mex. where I arrived after dark.

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[[underlined]] Photographs taken 1902 V.B. [[/underlined]]

8 [[left bracket]] Jefferson & vacinity 8, June 10-13. mainly of woods, cypress & pines

12 [[large left bracket]] At Marshall 4 - 1 of pinus nintis, 2 of general ridge woods, oaks, hickory, pine etc. June 16. & of wild morning glory. 
At Timpson - June 17, 4, 2 of woods of [[underline]] Pinus nintis [[/underline]] & 2 of Sweet gum, oak, & ironwood & hickory woods. 
At Joaquin 4, 2 of end of log of P. teda, 13 inches across inside of bark, 22 years old, grown in old field, & 2 of forest of P. Teda on old cotton rows - June 18. 

21. Huntington town - from station - a typical texas lumber town. June 21.

22. Same of other side of town.

23. Prairie & pine woods on border near Houston, June 23.

24-26 - Same, as 23, Rudbeckia & cone flowers

27-30 Moss on live oaks & pines near Houston, June 25

31-45 - Taxodium along Guadalupe R. at Center Point, Texas, June 26.

46-49 - Live oaks with Tillandsia recurvata & next of Chondestes in the moss, June 27.

48 & 49, distant hills over cottonfields, same place