AN S 207 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Company Town, Transact, Per Capita Income
13 Dec 2017
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Railroads: altered the pattern of production and distribution, meat packing plants and cattle pens began to concentrate at main concentrations of people. Stockyards: stockyards company, managed the pens and business, meat-packing facilities, offices for commission agents and dealers, breed association offices came later, market newspapers, market prices, cattle loan companies, market new services, harness shops, veterinarians, restaurants (cid:862)li(cid:448)esto(cid:272)k hotels(cid:863) Services: normal charge, yardage at a fixed price per head, weighing at a fixed price per draft (several animals, feed if required. The problem: civil war creates high demands for food for soldiers, regular flow of animals to market is disrupted, war ends- infrastructure is damanged. Longhorns: texas cattlemen round up immense herds, multiplied in south texas during the war, developed first in spain, brought to spainish southwest by coronado et al, dominated cattle trails and miswestern markets for nearly a decade.
