Cows, Ticks, and Disease
A Medical Interpretation of the Southern Cattle Industry
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10235751 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Tamara Miner Haygood (0000-0002-7610-5939, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1986 |
| Volume | 52 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 551 |
| Publication date | 1986-11-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of Southern History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-4642 • E-ISSN: 2325-6893 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/2209148 |
| PMID | 11617505 |
| OpenAlex | W2411271572 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
NORTHERN TRAVELERS IN THE ANTEBELLUM SOUTH WERE OFTEN struck by the scrawniness of the livestock. Frederick Law Olmsted noted the considerable herds of poor cattle raised on the river bottoms of Natchitoches, Louisiana, reported that, poor though they were, these animals looked better than any he had yet seen during extensive travels in the South.1 Another traveler, Solon Robinson, whose interest in agriculture was keener than Olmsted's, was also unimpressed by southern livestock. Cattle sheep are plenty, he wrote of Florida, and just as mean as could be desired. Even when he found unusually good cattle, they failed to meet northern standards. A fine Louisiana plantation, for example, had 70 or 80 head of horned cattle, among which are some good shorthorns for this part of the country, though not at all to be compared to this breed at the north.2 Historians have generally agreed with the opinions of writers such as Olmsted Robinson on this matter, though there has been some dispute as to the importance of livestock to the Old South economy whether the region was self-sufficient in its requirements for food draft animals. For the most part, however, arguments by proponents of the southern livestock industry have focused on the number of animals raised in the South not on their quality. Indeed, Frank L. Owsley, though insisting in Plain Folk of the Old
Biology · Geography · Interpretation (philosophy · Linguistics · Veterinary medicine · Agriculture and Farm Safety · History · Medicine · Philosophy
| Citations per year | 0.24 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2005 - 2023 (19) |
| Highly cited | No |