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Citation on horse slaughtering in the mid-1900s that probably was relatively unrelated to the Great Depressions? Legitimately interested.
by daniel_levine 10y ago
Citation on horse slaughtering in the mid-1900s that probably was relatively unrelated to the Great Depressions? Legitimately interested.
- zubat 10y agoI don't have a detailed source on hand for the slaughtering operations specifically, but this is a good overview article of where the meat went: https://priceonomics.com/when-americans-ate-horse-meat/ https://priceonomics.com/when-americans-ate-horse-meat/
- daniel_levine 10y agoJust to be clear for everyone who doesn't click through. The car was one (and seemingly a very small one) amongst many reasons people ate horses, coupled with varying economic recessions, shortages of other meat, and changing consumer taste.
- maxerickson 10y agoYeah, over 40 years it would be easy to reduce the number of horses simply by attrition.