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History of Agriculture in Ontario 1613-1880
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This comprehensive history of Ontario's agricultural development, first published in 1946, is a classic of scholarship and readability. It will appeal not only to agriculturalists and historians bu...
This comprehensive history of Ontario's agricultural development, first published in 1946, is a classic of scholarship and readability. It will appeal not only to agriculturalists and historians but also to anyone interested in life in early Ontario.
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- Creator
- Robert Jones
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
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- Publication
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- Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2019]
- ©1946
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- 1 online resource (421 pages)
- ISBNs
- 9781487590628, 1487590628, 9781487588984, 1487588984, 0802063047
- OCLC
- on1088906487, on1386704947
- Reprint of the 1946 ed. issued as the University of Toronto studies, history and economics series, v. 11.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- In English.
- Frontmatter -- FOREWORD -- PREFACE -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS -- CHAPTER I. AGRICULTURE BEFORE THE LOYALISTS -- CHAPTER II. AGRICULTURE IN THE LOYALIST ERA, 1784-1812 -- CHAPTER III. WAR, DEPRESSION AND RECOVERY, 1812-1831 -- CHAPTER IV. THE AGRICULTURAL POPULATION, 1815-1850 -- CHAPTER V. THE BACKWOODSMAN -- CHAPTER VI. THE WHEAT FARMER, 1815-1850 -- CHAPTER VII. AGRICULTURE IN THE OTTAWA VALLEY TO I860 -- CHAPTER VIII. TARIFFS AND PREFERENCES, 1831 - 1846 -- CHAPTER IX. LIVESTOCK AND ITS IMPROVEMENT BEFORE 1850 -- CHAPTER X. AGRICULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS BEFORE 1850 -- CHAPTER XI. THE AMERICAN MARKET, 1847-1861 -- CHAPTER XII. FARMING IN THE GRAND TRUNK ERA -- CHAPTER XIII. REPERCUSSIONS OF THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR -- CHAPTER XIV. THE GRAIN TRADE AND GRAIN-GROWING, 1866-1880 -- CHAPTER XV. THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE DAIRY INDUSTRY -- CHAPTER XVI. THE LIVESTOCK INDUSTRY, 1866-1880 -- CHAPTER XVII. AGRICULTURE ON THE FOREST FRONTIER, 1850-1880 -- CHAPTER XVIII. MISCELLANEOUS ASPECTS OF AGRICULTURE IN THE EIGHTEEN-SEVENTIES -- CHAPTER XIX. AGRICULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS AFTER 1850 -- CHAPTER XX. CONCLUSION -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX