History of Agriculture in Ontario 1613-1880 / / Robert Jones.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Archive 1933-1999
• VerfasserIn: Jones, Robert,
• TeilnehmendeR: Landon, Fred.
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2019]; ©1946
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Language: English
• Series: Heritage
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (438 p.)
• Other title: 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
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781487588984; 9783110490947
• DOI: 10.3138/9781487588984
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Robert Jones.

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.