The development of the cattle industry is when new breeds are imported into a country, ranchers and farmers expand their herds, and new breeds are created. More people demand beef and dairy products close to home, and these ranchers, farmers, dairy farmers (as well as the feedlot/finishers and meat packers) have to grow to meet these demands. Individual herd sizes increased as the population grew, as what happened in the 19th century.
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The cattle industry had its origins in Europe. Several breeds of cattle, from many different countries throughout the content of Europe.
When the cattle industry failed in Abilene the town lost business and residents. Things dried up when the cattle industry was gone and the town could not sustain itself without it.
Investing in the cattle industry affects the industry as a whole because it can help develop new technology and fix problems that may plague the industry. It can also help make it easier for others to enter the market.
Expansion and the railroad system lead to the boom in the cattle industry. Drought, diseases, a decline in demand, and a harsh winter that killed thousands of heads of cattle all contributed to the bust.
development of barbed wire
development of barbed wire
Refrigerated meat (Forgot the rest of the answer XD)
The open range and the cattle industry contributed to the development of the western US enormously. The infrastructure including rail road was improved and people got job opportunities to work in the cattle industry.
expansion of railway lines
The cattle industry originated in Ancient Egypt over 5000 years ago. Same with the cattle drives.
Which western states have cattle as a primary industry
Developed vaccine for Anthrax, a disease that threatened the cattle industry.
Nothing. The only "contribution" they ever made to the early American cattle industry was let loose a bunch of Spanish cattle that are now ancestors to the Texas Longhorn and Florida Cracker cattle. After the civil war, there were millions of cattle in southwestern USA that needed to be rounded up and shipped to eastern markets to meet the increasing demand for beef.
Joseph McCoy had promised the Texan ranchers that if they brought their cattle to Kansas, where they could be shipped by rail, that he would pay them well for the cattle. The ranchers received three times what they could locally for their cattle, which greatly increased the profitability of ranching.
Ranchers made the western cattle industry profitable. They did this by selling and raising cattle for food and agricultural purposes.
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