Robert C. Ashby Papers, 1909-1934

Description: Papers of Robert C. Ashby (1882-1958), professor of Live Stock Marketing (1927-1949), Chief of Live Stock Marketing, Agricultural Experiment Station (1937-1949), author of Essentials of Livestock Marketing (1953), monographs, research bulletins and articles, including correspondence, charts, articles, stockyard statistics, pamphlets, stockyard rules and regulations, tariffs, commission charges, manuscripts of articles, notes, livestock exposition catalogues and swine pedigrees. The documents relate to major livestock markets, the care of swine and horses, swine genealogy and the promotion of livestock raising.