. Yearbook of agriculture . Fig. 8.—By 18G0 there had been a notable shift in cattle other than milkcows. There was a great increase in the States north and west of the OhioRiver, in Texas, and in California. An increase in number may be noted inthe Territory of New Mexico and in Utah. Cattle had not yet reached theGreat Plains area. (See Fig. 20.) The driving of cattle from Ohio andKentucky over the mountains to eastern markets had almost ceased by 1860. Our Beef Supply. 237. Fig. 9.—By 1880 cattle were grazing over most of the Intermountain areas ofthe West, and in the Great Plains region, e


. Yearbook of agriculture . Fig. 8.—By 18G0 there had been a notable shift in cattle other than milkcows. There was a great increase in the States north and west of the OhioRiver, in Texas, and in California. An increase in number may be noted inthe Territory of New Mexico and in Utah. Cattle had not yet reached theGreat Plains area. (See Fig. 20.) The driving of cattle from Ohio andKentucky over the mountains to eastern markets had almost ceased by 1860. Our Beef Supply. 237. Fig. 9.—By 1880 cattle were grazing over most of the Intermountain areas ofthe West, and in the Great Plains region, except the Dakotas and easteruMontana. A great reduction in the number of cattle in California may benoted. The number had greatly increased in Iowa. Wisconsin, Illinois,Missouri, Kansas, and Nebraska. The South, excepting Texas. !iad fewercattle than before the Civil War.


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