The farmer's age : agriculture, 1815-1860
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The farmer's age : agriculture, 1815-1860
(The Economic history of the United States, v.3)
M.E. Sharpe, 197-
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Bibliography: p. 421-439
Includes index
Reprint. Originally published: New York : Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, 1960
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Part of a series of detailed reference manuals on American economic history, this volume examines the aspects and problems of land policies and the growth in farming during the mid-1800s.
Table of Contents
FoREwoRD, PREFACE, LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS, LIST OF TABLES, I. THE SouTH IN 1815, II. NoRmERN AGRICULTURE IN 1815, III. PuBLIC-LAND Poucms, IV. THE BusiNEss IN LAND: Ptrnuc-LAND PoLICIFS, 1835-1861 70, V. THE BoRDER SoUTII: ToBACCO, FLAX, AND HEMP 99, VI. RICE AND SuGAR 118, VII. CorroN, VIII. GRAIN FARMING, IX. PRAmm FARMING, X. LIVESTOCK:, XI. DAIRY FARMING, XII. HAY, FRUIT, AND VEGETABLES, XIII. LABOR AND FARM MACHINERY, XIV. SEARCH FOR NEw SPECIES, XV. GOVERNMENT CoNCERN FOR THE FARMER, XVI. AGRICULTURAL PERioDICALS AND JoURNALISTS, XVII. EDUCATION FOR FUTURE FARMERS, XVIII. NEw LAND AND FARM PRoBLEMs IN TIIE FAR WEsT , XIX. EcoNOMIC PRoBLEMS, INDEX
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