Food Animals and Meat Consumption in the United States; Volume No.241


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Interested in the history and economics of meat production in the United States? This comprehensive volume by John Roberts provides a detailed overview of the industry from the colonial era to the early 20th century. Roberts delves into the production, distribution, and sale of beef, pork, and other meats, as well as the factors shaping consumer demand. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.




Food Animals and Meat Consumption in the United States (Classic Reprint)


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Excerpt from Food Animals and Meat Consumption in the United States A study of the table and the corresponding chart, Figure 1, shows a rather remarkable unanimity in all the curves, including that of the population, until 1885, excepting the drop in cattle and swine at 1867, due to the Civil War. After 1885 the three live-stock curves are characterized by considerable irregularity. The line of population definitely parted company with that of sheep in 1885; that of swine4 Department Circular 241, U. S. Dept. Of Agriculture. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.













Congressional Digest


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Each issue is devoted to a controversial issue before the Congress.










Technical Note


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Journal of the Royal Statistical Society


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Published papers whose appeal lies in their subject-matter rather than their technical statistical contents. Medical, social, educational, legal,demographic and governmental issues are of particular concern.