Agriculture and farm life in the Niagara Peninsula
Subtitle: proceedings
By: fifth annual Niagara Peninsula History Conference, Brock University, 16-17 April 1983 ; edited by John Burtniak and Wesley B. Turner, assisted by Irene Stevens.
Contributors: Burtniak, John.; Turner, Wesley B.; Stevens, Irene.
Publisher: Brock University
Published: 1983
Place of publication: St. Catharines, Ont
Language: eng
Number of pages: 144
Subjects: Agriculture -- Economic aspects -- Ontario -- Niagara Peninsula -- History -- Congresses.; Farm life -- Ontario -- Niagara Peninsula -- History -- Congresses.; Niagara Peninsula (Ont.) -- Economic conditions -- Congresses.; Niagara Peninsula (Ont.) -- Social conditions -- Congresses.
Notes: Includes bibliographies.
Table of contents: title: The Niagara grape industry / Ronald C. Moyer; title: The rural landscape of southern Ontario / Owen R. Scott; title: Changes in Lincoln County agriculture, 1783-1881 / Alan Skeoch; title: Agricultural and horticultural societies and fairs in the Niagara Peninsula / Robert W. Carbert; title: Some early Peninsula nurserymen / Pleasance Crawford; title: A history of fruit crop research on the Niagara Peninsula / J.H.H. Phillips; title: Sources for the history of agriculture in the Niagara Peninsula / John A. Moldenhauer; title: Climatic change in the Niagara region during the period of instrumental records / B.W. Thompson; title: A field guide to Niagara's agriculture / Paul E. Chapman.