Dairy Science Commons^™

From Fields To Factories: The Industrialization Of The United States’ Cattle Industry, Joseph Petersen

History | Senior Theses

This paper will look at the changes of the United States of America's cattle and beef industry from the 19th into the 21st century. It will also show how the industry has evolved into its current state and predict the changes to come. This paper will be evaluating how technology and equipment have changed the traditional farming and ranch lifestyles. While also breaking down the economies from pre-industrial times into modern day. This paper will also explore the effect that technology, equipment, ranching styles, labor and financial changes had on the cattle and beef industry. Finally, this paper will prove …

Maine Learns To Love Dairying, Erin Love

Historical Ecology Atlas of New England

The transition from subsistence to commercial farming is a defining trend in Maine dairying that continues today. Technological advances that often caused large landscape scale changes were catalysts in the division between small and large farmers. The industry developed in a relatively short time period—the last thirty years of the 19th century—but the characteristic divide between large and small farmers has continued to be exacerbated.

Plants Of Maine: Our Native Flora & Some Notes On Maine Cattle, F. Lamson Scribner

Maine Collection

Plants of Maine: Our Native Flora & Some Notes on Maine Cattle

by F. Lamson Scribner

Two articles originally published in "Agriculture of Maine 1874-5, 19th Annual Report of the Secretary of the Maine Board of Agriculture."

Contents:Ornamental and Useful Plants of Maine / Some Notes on Maine Cattle