Open AccessBEEF CATTLE AND SHEEP ON HILL COUNTRY FARMS
Author(s) -
Fynvola Le Hunte Ward
Publication year - 1962
Publication title -
proceedings of the new zealand grassland association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1179-4577
pISSN - 0369-3902
DOI - 10.33584/jnzg.1962.24.1146
Subject(s) - beef cattle , zoology , agricultural science , geography , biology
Beef in the Old World was frequently a by-product of cattle used for other purposes, as cattle were once the main motive power on farms. It was not until after they were superseded by horses as draught animals that they were reared and fed primarily for beef.