Agriculture in Virginia, 1607-1699
by Lyman Carrier
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About this eBook
- Author
- Carrier, Lyman, 1877-1963
- Credits
- Produced by Mark C. Orton, KarenD, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- S: Agriculture
- Subject
- Agriculture -- Virginia -- History
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 28730
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/28730
- Release Date
- May 8, 2009
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.Agriculture in Virginia, 1607-1699
- 2.Agriculture in Virginia, 1607-1699 — Old World Agriculture — Agriculture in England — Continental Influences — Crops Grown — Indian Agriculture — Indian Tillage — Indian vs. Old World Culture — The Settlement of Jamestown — First Attempts at Farming — Livestock — First White Farmer in Virginia — A Change in Policy — Starving Time — Governor Dale Takes Charge — Henrico Settled — Appomattox Lands Seized — Change in Policy — Tobacco in England — Tobacco Became Money — Fluctuating Prices — Growth of the Colony — Efforts to Sustain Higher Prices — Crops Other Than Tobacco — Silk Culture — Hemp and Flax — English Grain — Livestock — Swine — Cattle — Goats and Sheep — Horses — Conclusion
- 3.BIBLIOGRAPHY
- 4.APPENDIX I — A Plowman's Day
- 5.APPENDIX II — The Transport of Grain
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