Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. FOREWORD vii
3. PREFACE xi
4. CONTENTS xv
5. LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS xvi
6. CHAPTER I. AGRICULTURE BEFORE THE LOYALISTS 1
7. CHAPTER II. AGRICULTURE IN THE LOYALIST ERA, 1784-1812 17
8. CHAPTER III. WAR, DEPRESSION AND RECOVERY, 1812-1831 36
9. CHAPTER IV. THE AGRICULTURAL POPULATION, 1815-1850 50
10. CHAPTER V. THE BACKWOODSMAN 67
11. CHAPTER VI. THE WHEAT FARMER, 1815-1850 85
12. CHAPTER VII. AGRICULTURE IN THE OTTAWA VALLEY TO I860 109
13. CHAPTER VIII. TARIFFS AND PREFERENCES, 1831 - 1846 122
14. CHAPTER IX. LIVESTOCK AND ITS IMPROVEMENT BEFORE 1850 140
15. CHAPTER X. AGRICULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS BEFORE 1850 156
16. CHAPTER XI. THE AMERICAN MARKET, 1847-1861 175
17. CHAPTER XII. FARMING IN THE GRAND TRUNK ERA 196
18. CHAPTER XIII. REPERCUSSIONS OF THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR 216
19. CHAPTER XIV. THE GRAIN TRADE AND GRAIN-GROWING, 1866-1880 231
20. CHAPTER XV. THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE DAIRY INDUSTRY 250
21. CHAPTER XVI. THE LIVESTOCK INDUSTRY, 1866-1880 266
22. CHAPTER XVII. AGRICULTURE ON THE FOREST FRONTIER, 1850-1880 289
23. CHAPTER XVIII. MISCELLANEOUS ASPECTS OF AGRICULTURE IN THE EIGHTEEN-SEVENTIES 304
24. CHAPTER XIX. AGRICULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS AFTER 1850 328
25. CHAPTER XX. CONCLUSION 353
26. BIBLIOGRAPHY 361
27. INDEX 391