OP: Beef Cattle
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Stanhope Press, Boston, 1925. Hardcover. Very Good. First printing.
Anyone with a vested interest in the history of cattle husbandry in the US is in for a real treat here.
Professor Roscoe R. Snapp (1889–1953), in this textbook for college students, quickly establishes the impressiveness of building an industry from scratch with a non-native species. Evolving alongside a developing nation, cattle ranching suffered the turbulence of political and social traumas—Civil War, “Spanish fever,” WWI—and benefited from technological innovations like the railroad. Dogged industriousness kept ranchers afloat throughout.
Beyond this historical framework, Snapp describes in great detail the nitty gritty of the business—everything from cattle reproduction to grain rations, marketing, and equipment. He explains the benefits of purchasing your Hereford calves from Kansas City and your steer from Omaha in the late summer. And he discusses the effects of different forms of silage—Sudan grass, alfalfa, oats, peas, millet—on the daily weight gain of the animals.Then there’s the projecting of financial losses sustained during rail transport. Truly an indispensable resource for a budding or established rancher.
Our copy is the 1925 first edition in Very Good condition. Bound in brown cloth, showing light fraying and soiling, it lacks a jacket. Soundly bound, clean, and unmarked.
