Great Britain and U.S. Cattle

As a 19th Century beef shortage ravaged Great Britain the Great Plains across the pond was opening to commercial interests.

Great Britain recognized this confluence of events:

a) The beef shortage in Great Britain.

b) Prime grazing land in the United States.

The price of beef shot up. Capital was flowing to the cattle industry. Enter additional capital coming from London.

Increased demand + Higher prices + Investment = A primed American cattle industry.

Yet in latter part of the 19th Century transporting cattle to the East Coast still involved horse-drawn wagons.

So capital was deployed to railroads.

Modernization of the transportation of cattle by rail facilitated the shipment of beef the East Coast. From the East Coast cattle could then be loaded onto ships headed to London. Thus, solving a problem in England: more beef