2007-07-08 17:34:29 · 5 answers · asked by Paul E 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
No, after the rail roads were coast to coast,
The old hide and tallow factories pretty much closed down.
Before the rail roads, there wasn't a way to get cattle from the west, to the markets in the east.
So cattle were mainly raised for the hides and tallow, which could be shipped by wagon trains.
After the rail roads, it was possible to ship cattle to the east for use as food, so the slaughter houses in the east, then sold the hides and tallow.
Reading some of the answers, its amazing how quickly people forget, before the rail roads, travel from Ohio to Kansas and Texas took months and from the east coast to the mid west took years.
Cattle were raised for hides and tallow , not for food, untill the late 19th century.
2007-07-08 17:58:13 · answer #1 · answered by jeeper_peeper321 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Why just kill them for leather? You can make hamburger or hot dogs out of them too. Nothing goes to waste.
2007-07-09 00:38:43 · answer #2 · answered by msi_cord 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Cattle have never been killed just for leather. They are killed for meat and leather is a byproduct.
2007-07-09 00:42:43 · answer #3 · answered by irongrama 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
nothing of cattle goes to waste in the US.
2007-07-09 00:38:40 · answer #4 · answered by avail_skillz 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The price of beef is way too high to waste any of it.
2007-07-09 00:48:20 · answer #5 · answered by Greg 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋