Boyce, Todd Vernon2018-04-232018-04-231937TRA-046-05-003http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11867/700564 page typed transcription, created by Click Relander."...It is hard to over-emphasize the importance of the cattle business in the west. When the Civil War ended the soldiers wandered home after Appomattox the Lone Star State boasted of 5,500,000 cattle. During the conflict the Southern Armies needed meat and needed it badly but the Union forces closed the dates from the Confederacy by an effective blockade. In the North the cattle industry prospered as the Northern armies offered a large and steady outlet for all salable stock and the prices rose until steak sold for forty cents a pound."NO KNOWN COPYRIGHT The organization that has made the Item available reasonably believes that the Item is not restricted by copyright or related rights, but a conclusive determination could not be made. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.