vii, 349 pages, [8] leaves of plates, facsimile, portraits 24 cm
Note
Includes index.
Bibliography
Bibliography: pages 329-335.
Contents
Introduction : the rural mind in transition -- "The horns must go" -- From folkways to science in livestock medicine -- The bogus butter controversy : cows versus hogs -- From rails to barbed wire -- "No trespassing" -- Sheep versus dogs -- Tramps, scamps, and swindlers in Arcadia -- Horticultural humbugs -- Seed peddlers -- "Lightning rod man" -- The patent problem -- Barbed wire battles in Iowa -- Victory and defeat in the patent wars.
