The discovery of Longhorn cattle, a breed of cattle descended from cows and bulls left by early Spanish settlers in the American Southwest, triggered the growth of the cattle industry.
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.
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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.
The Texas cattle industry had its origins from the Spanish culture in raising cattle and ranching. However, some practices of cattle ranching may have come from African cultures since many of the men who were involved in ranching and acting as cattle hands in many ranches in and around Texas were of African-American origin or descent.
The majority of cattle in Argentina can be found in an area of the Pampas called the Humid Pampa, which have very fertile fields.
The cattle industry originated in Ancient Egypt over 5000 years ago. Same with the cattle drives.
Developed vaccine for Anthrax, a disease that threatened the cattle industry.
Which western states have cattle as a primary industry
cattle ranching
Ranchers made the western cattle industry profitable. They did this by selling and raising cattle for food and agricultural purposes.
How did the cattle industry of the 1800s build on it's Spanish beginnings
The cattle industry had its origins in Europe. Several breeds of cattle, from many different countries throughout the content of Europe.
I don't think it was the cattle trails themselves that changed the industry, it was more or less the building of the railroads, more pioneers taking over the land, and barbed wire that changed the cattle industry as a whole.
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.
It helps the cattle industry because since texas had alot of plains the cattle were able to survive in texas.
The dairy industry and the beef cow-calf industry.
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