History of the Beef Cattle Industry in Illinois

"History of the Beef Cattle Industry in Illinois" by Frank Webster Farley, takes you on a tour of how beef cattle farming grew in Illinois, starting from the days of the first settlers all the way to the 1800s. It looks at how things like breeding, selling cattle, and the rise of the Chicago market changed the beef business. The book kicks off by explaining how Illinois's land and environment helped or hurt cattle farming, focusing on how access to water and ways of early settlement played a big part in how people raised cattle. It sheds light on the important people and turning points in the cattle world, getting ready to look at how cattle were fed, how the market worked, and how local farming changed into a more business-minded beef industry.