148 Making Beef for Dinner - Increases in Early 19th Century Cattle
Published: June 25, 2025
Duration: 32:45
What happens when you grow more cows to make more milk to make more cheese and butter?
You end up with more oxen that can't make milk - but are useful as a source of beef.
And this works out well when you are living in a society that craves more meat,
and are in a place with apparently wide open spaces that are just fine for feeding said cattle.
A bonus when you have lots of growing industries that are willing to buy beef from you to feed their growing ambitions - whaling, t...
You end up with more oxen that can't make milk - but are useful as a source of beef.
And this works out well when you are living in a society that craves more meat,
and are in a place with apparently wide open spaces that are just fine for feeding said cattle.
A bonus when you have lots of growing industries that are willing to buy beef from you to feed their growing ambitions - whaling, t...