Part 1

HISTORY OF THE BEEF CATTLE INDUSTRY IN ILLINOIS

FRANK WEBSTER FARLEY

THESIS

FOR THE

DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE

IN AGRICULTURE

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