Acadiensis, Volumes 8-9Department of History, University of New Brunswick., 1978 - Atlantic Provinces Journal of the history of the Atlantic region. |
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40 was this relatively greater loss of farms in the Maritimes compensated by growth in average farm size . Improved acreage per farm was 36 acres in 1871 compared with 48 acres in Quebec and 51 acres in Ontario .
40 was this relatively greater loss of farms in the Maritimes compensated by growth in average farm size . Improved acreage per farm was 36 acres in 1871 compared with 48 acres in Quebec and 51 acres in Ontario .
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In rural areas , they stretch back to the early farm organizations of the later nineteenth century . In those years , farmers , reacting to the pressures of increasing competition , banded together to form mutually - owned organizations ...
In rural areas , they stretch back to the early farm organizations of the later nineteenth century . In those years , farmers , reacting to the pressures of increasing competition , banded together to form mutually - owned organizations ...
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But the Englishmen's critique reflected their evaluation of Nova Scotian farm practice in European terms . Accustomed to intensive farming and insensitive to the implications of cheap land , expensive labour , and poor market connection ...
But the Englishmen's critique reflected their evaluation of Nova Scotian farm practice in European terms . Accustomed to intensive farming and insensitive to the implications of cheap land , expensive labour , and poor market connection ...
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