Precis: Lasater Ranch occupies about 30,000 acres of shortgrass. Lasater's cattle were denied. Tom Lasater failed to graduate from Princeton, and became a rancher. He had an idea, to mix Herefords, Shortthorns, and Brahmans. Cattle was thought to be more benefitial from the challenges of the ecosystem.
Gems: "He thought cattle benefited more from the challenges of a natural ecosystem than from any human efforts to control the environment."(p.256)
Thoughts/Questions: I didn't know it was that easy to become a farmer, and start a company. I think that it was a good idea for tom to combine different cattle to make the best kind. It was probably a technique that he started, and possibly others followed afterwards.
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