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He called the result "cattalo" in 1888. [9] Mossom Martin Boyd of Bobcaygeon , Ontario first started the practice in Canada, publishing about some of his outcomes in the Journal of Heredity. [ 10 ] After his death in 1914, the Canadian government continued experiments in crossbreeding up to 1964, with little success.
Why no mention of D.C. "Bud" Basolo (ca. 1923 – December 7, 2012) in the the article? Basolo was a key figure in the development of the Beefalo breed. Having worked on cross-breeding in the 1960s and by the 1970s having succeeded in creating the Beefalo hybrid, he was notable in the business before the World Wide Web and Wikipedia ever existed.
Whitney organized the first comprehensive survey of California, and the first complete topographic maps of the state were completed under him. Mount Whitney, the tallest peak in California is named after him. The State Mining Bureau was established in 1880, and the position of State Geologist was changed to State Mineralogist.
The California Field Atlas is a 2017 book written and illustrated by Obi Kaufmann.It was published by Heyday Books, a Berkeley-based nonprofit small press.Through passages of nature writing and hundreds of watercolor paintings, the book details California's ecology and geography.
The result of the shifting borders is that some of the ranchos in this list, created by pre-1836 governors, are located partially or entirely in a 30-mile-wide sliver of the former Alta California that is now in Mexico rather than in the U.S. state of California.
The Yuba Goldfields, also known as the Hammonton dredge field, is the largest gold dredge field in California. Located along the Yuba River approximately 6–12 miles (10–20 km) upstream of the town of Marysville , in Yuba County , the Hammonton dredge field was actively dredged for gold from 1904 [ 1 ] to 1968. [ 2 ]
Smartsville is a census-designated place in Yuba County, California, United States, [6] in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada.It is one of the many historic towns in California's gold country, and is today a California Historical Landmark. [5]
Fowler (formerly, Fowler's Switch) [7] is a city in Fresno County, California, United States. It is located within the San Joaquin Valley. It has a strong agricultural community, with lush grape vineyards and expansive farmland. Fowler is located 11 miles (18 km) southeast of downtown Fresno, [10] at an elevation of 308 feet (94 m). [7]