The Farmer's Last Frontier: Agriculture, 1860-97

I. NATURE AND THE FARMER, II. AGRICULTURAL SETTLEMENT IN NEW AREAs, III. Disposing OF THE PUBLIC Domain, IV. LAND AND Labor IN THE NEW South, V. Southern Crops AND SPECIAL Problems, VI. THE PROGRESS OF FARM MECHANIZATION, VII. THE EXPANSION OF Prairie AGRICULTURE, VIII. SPECIAL PROBLEMS OF Prairie FARMERS, IX. THE LIVESTOCJC FRONTIER AND THE GREAT-PLAINS FARMER, X. FINANCE AND MARKETING Problems OF THE RANGE, XI. SPECIALIZED Agriculture AND EASTERN ADJUSTMENTS, XII. Governmental ACTIVITY IN Agriculture, XIII. The: AGRARIAN Uprising, XIV. FARMERS' Cooperative Movements, XV. THE FARMER AND THE NATION, XVI. THE LITERATURE OF THE SUBJECT, APPENDIX, INDEX

Part of a series of detailed reference manuals on American economic history, this volume traces the development and expansion of agriculture across the USA during the last half of the 19th century.