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History of the Beef Cattle Industry in Illinois

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History of the Beef Cattle Industry in Illinois

Frank Webster Farley

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Illinois grew into a cattle-feeding power, and the story runs from the first silo to the Chicago yards. Frank Farley traces the beef cattle industry across the state: the land, the people, the feeding methods, and the great stock markets. A focused history of the Midwest beef trade. See how the prairie became the nation's feedlot.

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33 chapters

  1. 1HISTORY OF THE BEEF CATTLE INDUSTRY IN ILLINOIS
  2. 2UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS
  3. 3INDEX
  4. 4I. INTRODUCTION
  5. 5Topography of the Land
  6. 6People
  7. 7Cattle and Cattle Feeding[3]
  8. 8FOOTNOTES:
  9. 9II. CATTLE FEEDING INDUSTRY[5]
  10. 10The First Silo in Illinois
  11. 11The Chicago Market
  12. 12St. Louis Stock Yards
  13. 13FOOTNOTES:
  14. 14III. CATTLE BARONS AND PIONEER DROVERS OF ILLINOIS
  15. 15John T. Alexander[16]
  16. 16Jacob Strawn
  17. 17Benjamin Franklin Harris[19]
  18. 18Tom Candy Ponting.

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