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- catalog abstract ""A Kind of Fate: Agricultural Change in Virginia, 1861-1920 addresses how modern agriculture in Virginia developed as a result of widening social acceptance of government intervention in agricultural affairs; an infusion of capital from increasing commodity prices, land values, and credit; and biological research to combat diseases. In addition to descriptive quotes from the period, poignant photographs capture the essence of these farmers' daily trials and triumphs."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b11576065.
- catalog created "2000.".
- catalog date "2000".
- catalog date "2000.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2000.".
- catalog description ""A Kind of Fate: Agricultural Change in Virginia, 1861-1920 addresses how modern agriculture in Virginia developed as a result of widening social acceptance of government intervention in agricultural affairs; an infusion of capital from increasing commodity prices, land values, and credit; and biological research to combat diseases. In addition to descriptive quotes from the period, poignant photographs capture the essence of these farmers' daily trials and triumphs."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "1. Swept Away 3 -- Disease: Epidemics and Epizootics 5 -- A New Order of Things 23 -- Untenable Country 30 -- 2. New Needs, Old Ideas 37 -- Dogma of "Soil Fertility" 38 -- Crops and Crises 49 -- 3. Toil and Trouble 83 -- Life in the Country 84 -- Debt, Taxes, and Despair 95 -- 4. Professing Change 111 -- Growing Knowledge: The Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station 114 -- Reaching the Farmers 135 -- 5. New Farming 147 -- Drive for Production 148 -- Dairying: Progressive Exemplar 163 -- Capital and Credit 170 -- 6. Reforming Fate 177 -- Farmers and Tenants 178 -- Rural Life Movement in Virginia 186 -- End of an Era 204 -- Conclusion: Two Generations 213.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-242).".
- catalog extent "xxiv, 256 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0813825695".
- catalog issued "2000".
- catalog issued "2000.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Ames : Iowa State University,".
- catalog spatial "Virginia".
- catalog subject "630/.9755 21".
- catalog subject "Agriculture Virginia History.".
- catalog subject "S451.V8 S52 2000".
- catalog tableOfContents "1. Swept Away 3 -- Disease: Epidemics and Epizootics 5 -- A New Order of Things 23 -- Untenable Country 30 -- 2. New Needs, Old Ideas 37 -- Dogma of "Soil Fertility" 38 -- Crops and Crises 49 -- 3. Toil and Trouble 83 -- Life in the Country 84 -- Debt, Taxes, and Despair 95 -- 4. Professing Change 111 -- Growing Knowledge: The Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station 114 -- Reaching the Farmers 135 -- 5. New Farming 147 -- Drive for Production 148 -- Dairying: Progressive Exemplar 163 -- Capital and Credit 170 -- 6. Reforming Fate 177 -- Farmers and Tenants 178 -- Rural Life Movement in Virginia 186 -- End of an Era 204 -- Conclusion: Two Generations 213.".
- catalog title "A kind of fate : agricultural change in Virginia, 1861-1920 / G. Terry Sharrer.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".