Abstract
BETWEEN Britain and the United States there are many differences in situation, and there is a corresponding diversity of outlook. Such differences are particularly marked in their respective livestock industries, and are historical and geographical in origin. Many of the American breeds came from the British Isles, but, in the place of stock in agriculture, in marketing arrangements, in food habits, there are great contrasts. The Englishman likes his breakfast bacon and Sunday joint, the American prefers porterhouse steak, frankfurters, and (in moderation) 'Spam'. Britain is not self-sufficient in meat or animal feeding stuffs; livestock are an essential part of an intensive mixed agriculture; droughts are very inconsiderable affairs. In America there are well-defined regions—cotton, wheat and corn belts; distances are important because dairying must be within a few hours' journey of population centres; the opening up of the interior by railways led to the packing-house system.
Introductory Animal Husbandry
By Prof. Arthur L. Anderson. Pp. xi + 777. (New York: The Macmillan Company, 1943.) 20s. net.
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Introductory Animal Husbandry. Nature 155, 314–315 (1945). https://doi.org/10.1038/155314b0
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