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The three things that ended the Cattle Kingdom were the following:
- Great Winter of 1885-86 that killed thousands of cattle because of lack of winter feed and overgrazed rangeland
- The invention of and increased use of barbed wire
- Extensive overgrazing of native grasslands
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 12y agoSevere overgrazing, the extensive use of barbed wire, the expansion of the railroad and the real nail in the coffin: the Great Winter of 1885-86 where thousands and thousands of cattle perished from cold and hunger.
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∙ 8y agoOvergrazing and overproduction played the biggest role in the ending of the cattle kingdom. Successive harsh winters and summer droughts were also a factor.
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