HISTORY OF THE BEEF CATTLE INDUSTRY IN ILLINOIS
BY
FRANK WEBSTER FARLEY
THESIS
FOR THE
DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
IN AGRICULTURE
IN
THE COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE
OF THE
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS
1915
[UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS]
May 22, 1915
THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT THE THESIS PREPARED UNDER MY SUPERVISION BY
Frank Webster Farley
ENTITLED History of the Beef Cattle Industry in Illinois
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IS APPROVED BY ME AS FULFILLING THIS PART OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE
DEGREE OF Bachelor of Science in Agriculture
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Henry P Rusk
Instructor in Charge
APPROVED: May 27, 1915
Herbert W. Mumford
HEAD OF DEPARTMENT OF Animal Husbandry
[INDEX]
[I. Introduction] Topography of the Land People Cattle and cattle feeding [II. Cattle Feeding Industry] The first silo in Illinois The Chicago market [III. Cattle Barons and Pioneer Drovers] John T. Alexander Jacob Strawn Benjamin Franklin Harris Tom Candy Ponting [IV. The Range Industry] Texas cattle [V. The Pure Bred Industry] T. L. Miller Thomas Clark [VI. Cattle Plagues] [VII. The Feed Industry of the United States.]
HISTORY OF THE BEEF CATTLE INDUSTRY IN THE STATE OF ILLINOIS