History of Farming in Ontario: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

History of Farming in Ontario, credited to C. C. James, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of History of Farming in Ontario, by C. C. James. Read by Esther. This paper takes the reader through the early settlement from 1783 to the modern period of 1888-1912. We see how farming and farm industries developed and how the population was distributed during these times. We see the trends of settlers moving into the urban centers instead of rural and how the farm industries (making cheese, butter, wool, etc) move off the farm to the city factories. Excerpt: “The farmer’s wife in those days was perhaps the most expert master of trades ever known. She could spin and weave, make a carpet or a rug, dye yarns and clothes, and make a straw hat or a birch broom. Butter, cheese, and maple sugar were products of her skill, as well as bread, soap, canned fruits, and home-made wine. In those days the farm was a miniature factory or combination of factories.” (Introduction by Esther)

Recording facts

• Recording title: History of Farming in Ontario
• Author credits: C. C. James
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 3
• Combined MP3 track duration: 1:23:28

Catalogue topics

• history
• non-fiction
• advice
• nature
• science
• instruction

Track guide

1. 1 - Part One — 25:50
2. 2 - Part Two — 32:45
3. 3 - Part Three — 24:53

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