History of Agriculture in Ontario 1613-1880 /

History of Agriculture in Ontario 1613-1880 / / 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.

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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
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Physical Description:1 online resource (438 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • 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

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