The Pioneer Farmer and Backwoodsman : Volume Two / Edwin Guillet.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Guillet, Edwin, author.

Series:

Heritage

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Agriculture--Ontario.

Agriculture.

Ontario--History.

Ontario.

Genre:

History.

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (407 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2019]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

In this lavishly illustrated new book, the author of Early Life in Upper Canada and other famous histories of pioneer days, relates the story of the Canadian farm and farmer from the primitive to the machine age. Farm life and farm processes are pictured in fascinating detail, and Mr. Guillet "es generously from books, newspapers, letters and hitherto unpublished archives material, using the words of those who actually witnessed the life of other days-the pioneers themselves, or the more observant of the numerous travellers who visited Canada during the period. The 450 illustrations contained in the two volumes of this work include many never before reproduced. A detailed list of contents and a full index enable the reader to find readily any topic of pioneer life to which he wishes to refer.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

ILLUSTRATIONS

THE PIONEER FARMER AND BACKWOODSMAN

CHAPTER I. FARM BUILDINGS AND FENCES

CHAPTER II. SOWING AND PLANTING

CHAPTER III. HARVESTING THE GRAIN

CHAPTER IV. PIONEER STOCK

CHAPTER V. VEGETABLES AND FRUITS

CHAPTER VI. LATER PIONEERS

CHAPTER VII. AGRICULTURAL SOCIETIES AND FAIRS

CHAPTER VIII. THE EVOLUTION OF FARM MACHINERY

CHAPTER IX. MAKING THINGS FOR THE HOME

CHAPTER X. LEATHER WORK

CHAPTER XI. SPINNING AND WEAVING INDUSTRIES

CHAPTER XII. INDUSTRIES ABOUT THE FARM

CHAPTER XIII. GRAIN AND ITS PRODUCTS

CHAPTER XIV. PREPARING FISH AND GAME

CHAPTER XV. FOOD PROCESSES AND RECIPES

CHAPTER XVI. CATTLE AND THEIR BY-PRODUCTS

CHAPTER XVII. DAIRY PRODUCTS

CHAPTER XVIII. FROM HOME TO FACTORY

CHAPTER XIX. THE REWARD OF TOIL

CHAPTER XX. THE MODERN FARMER

APPENDIX A. The Diary of Joseph Abbott, St. Andrews, Lower Canada

APPENDIX B. The Letters of Robert Stevenson, 1843

APPENDIX C. A FEW REMARKS ON A TOUR IN UPPER CANADA IN 1837

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 26. Mrz 2019)

ISBN:

9781442614963

144261496X

9781442613256

1442613254

OCLC:

1091653799