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BUFFALO HERDS SHOW INCREASE The annual renort jnst issued tells that the herds of buffalo under the Ini ted States Government supervision not only sliow a satisfactory incrcasi but a noticeable im ¬ provement in quantity and appearance over the original stock stockAmong Among these herds will be found some of the largest and most magnificent specimens of this noble ami historial animal Col Charles Goodnight the wellknown breeder of buffalo after a recent in ¬ spection of the Wichita herd proclaimed the ani ¬ mals to be the largest and finest he had ever seen It might be remarked incidentally that Colonel Cimdiiight was brought up in the buffalo country laid out the Goodnight trail in 1S and is known as the father of the Panhandle of Texas TexasThe The society expects short lj to establish two more herds one in the Pisgah National Forest and Game Preserve in North Carolina the other in Sully Hill Park North Dakota DakotaItison Itison arc in narks in twentynine states and the District of Columbia The Tniled States Govern ¬ ment maintains six herds containing 758 animals as follows Montana National Bison Rrniige 00 National Zoological Park Washington I C 18 Niolirara Keservation Nebraska 14 Wichita Na ¬ tional Forest and Ganu Preserve Oklahoma 92 Wind rave National Game Preserve South Dakota 31 and Yellowstone National Park Wyoming 400 400ISison ISison have increased in numbers since 18S9 by 5432 animals The herd in 1889 totaled 1091 today it numbers 0525 0525Within Within the last few days C A Smith game commissioner of Oklahoma lias purchased and had shipped to that state one buffalo bull and nine rows from the great Him Mountain game preserve if Austin Cnrhiii at Meridon N II This is the largest fenced game preserve in the United States and it has been in existence for many years Sportsmen in the east point with interest to the fact that the west is now coming cast for its buf ¬ falo and they claim that this is due in large measure to better protective lar 1 Iorceiiieiit of those laws than pi the other sections of the country innngn iney annul that there is much room for improvement in their section
