Project Gutenberg 2009-05-08 Public domain in the USA. 457 Carrier, Lyman 1877 1963 Agriculture in Virginia, 1607-1699 Jamestown 350th Anniversary Historical Booklet Number 14 Produced by Mark C. Orton, KarenD, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "Agriculture in Virginia, 1607-1699" by Lyman Carrier is a historical account written in the mid-20th century. The book details the development of agricultural practices in Virginia during the early colonial period, focusing on the years following the establishment of Jamestown, the first permanent English settlement in North America. Carrier explores the intersection between Native American farming methods and European agricultural traditions, analyzing how these influences shaped the early economy of Virginia. The book discusses the initial struggles of early settlers in Virginia to cultivate crops and the reliance on Native Americans for sustenance during famine periods. It covers the colonists’ challenges with land preparation, crop selection, and livestock management, reflecting on their eventual adoption of indigenous farming techniques and the significance of tobacco cultivation in establishing economic stability. Carrier emphasizes the evolution of agriculture in Virginia from its tumultuous beginnings to a burgeoning industry, highlighting how practices and lessons learned during these formative years contributed to the colony's success and set the stage for its future agricultural developments. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 67.4 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Agriculture -- Virginia -- History S Text Browsing: History - American Browsing: Science - Earth/Agricultural/Farming Category: History - American Category: History - Early Modern (c. 1450-1750) Category: Science - Earth/Agricultural/Farming 112554 2025-06-12T04:09:23.971983 text/html 109181 2021-01-05T01:42:01 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 1604319 2021-01-05T01:42:01 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 1709497 2025-06-12T04:09:31.352961 application/epub+zip 1705831 2025-06-12T04:09:27.588958 application/epub+zip 103619 2025-06-12T04:09:26.139010 application/epub+zip 1806015 2025-06-12T04:09:33.977987 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1792229 2025-06-12T04:09:30.187995 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 188775 2022-09-13T10:51:49.974162 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 100857 2025-06-12T04:09:23.498007 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 100745 2021-01-05T01:42:01 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 39371 2021-01-05T01:42:01 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 100737 2021-01-05T01:42:01 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 39351 2021-01-05T01:42:01 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20076 2025-06-12T04:09:34.138929 application/rdf+xml 12538 2025-06-12T04:09:26.704963 image/jpeg 2933 2025-06-12T04:09:26.424982 image/jpeg 1697873 2025-06-12T04:09:24.029037 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog