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Record Nr.

UNINA9910813185703321

Autore

Derry Margaret Elsinor <1945->

Titolo

Ontario's cattle kingdom : purebred breeders and their world, 1870-1920 / / Margaret Derry

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2001

©2001

ISBN

1-282-03392-1

9786612033926

1-4426-7809-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (238 p.)

Disciplina

636.2009713

Soggetti

Cattle - Breeding - Ontario - History

Cattle breeders - Ontario - History

Beef cattle - Ontario - History

Cattle trade - Ontario - History

Livres numeriques.

History

e-books.

Electronic books.

Ontario

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Ontario and Agriculture, 1850-1920 -- 2 Livestock Expertise: Ontario Purebred Breeders and Their World -- 3 Purebred Breeding, Cattle Production, and Regulation -- 4 The Relationship of Purebred Breeders to the General Beef-Farming World in Ontario -- 5 Purebred Breeding and Dairying -- 6 Ontario Cattlemen and Canadian Beef Farming -- 7 The Ontario Beef Farmer and the Meat Industry -- 8 Conclusion -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Plates.



Sommario/riassunto

The story of the purebred cattle breeders' world includes nineteenth-century medical opinions and strategies for disease control, the evolution of cattle associations, and the development of state regulation.