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A cow's life : the surprising history of cattle and how the Black Angus came to be home on the range / M.R. Montgomery.
LIBRA SF199.A14 M66 2004
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Montgomery, M. R.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Aberdeen-Angus cattle--United States--History.
- Aberdeen-Angus cattle.
- Aberdeen-Angus cattle--Canada--History.
- History.
- Canada.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 264 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Walker & Co., 2004.
- Summary:
- Montgomery traces the history of cows from the formidable, long-extinct Auroch to the ancient cattle roads and drives in England to the selective mixing practiced by British cattlemen well before Charles Darwin or Gregor Mendel.
- Contents:
- 1 The Mother of All Cows 7
- 2 How Cows Changed the World 28
- 3 A Unique British Cattle Culture Develops and Successfully Emigrates to America 53
- 4 In Scotland, a Great Breed Is Born 70
- 5 Cow Wars of the Nineteenth Century: How the Aberdeen-Angus Conquered the Cattle Shows and Defeated Its Only Serious Rival 91
- 6 Angus and Aberdeen Come to America 108
- 7 Angus on the High Plains and at the Felton Ranch 117
- 8 Potential Problems with Cattle Under Domestication 140
- 9 Man Makes Cow 162
- 10 "Mothering Ability" Demystified... Almost 185
- 11 The Importance of Herd Behavior to Cattle 201
- 12 The Aberdeen-Angus Enter and Escape an Era of Undersized Cattle 213.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Clarence J. Marshall Memorial Library Fund.
- ISBN:
- 0802714145
- OCLC:
- 55138856
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