History of the beef cattle industry in Illinois . 5, Report (special supplement for the State of Illinois): Year Population Year Population 1790 1860 1,711,951 1800 5,641 1870 3,539,891 1810 34,530 1880 3,077,871 1830 147,178 1890 3,836,353 1830 343,031 1900 4,831,550 18«0 685,866 1910 5,638,591 1850 851,470 Cattle and Cattle Feeding-*- When Illinois was first settled, almost the whole of themiddle and the northern parts of the state were covered with arank growth of native grasses, which furnished an ample supplyand variety of forage of fair quality. In the southern districtswere heavy forest
History of the beef cattle industry in Illinois . 5, Report (special supplement for the State of Illinois): Year Population Year Population 1790 1860 1,711,951 1800 5,641 1870 3,539,891 1810 34,530 1880 3,077,871 1830 147,178 1890 3,836,353 1830 343,031 1900 4,831,550 18«0 685,866 1910 5,638,591 1850 851,470 Cattle and Cattle Feeding-*- When Illinois was first settled, almost the whole of themiddle and the northern parts of the state were covered with arank growth of native grasses, which furnished an ample supplyand variety of forage of fair quality. In the southern districtswere heavy forests, but in the central and northern sections werebut few groves or other timber growths to afford shelter tostock. The prairie grasses that grew in the central and northerndistricts were usually devastated by fire during the fall. How-ever, the general fencing and cultivation of the land put a stopto the burning of these dead grasses of the prairies, and soongroves of oaks sprang up and covered many uncultivated spots. Theleaves which stayed on
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