These two volumes are the product of the author's research covering a period of nearly twenty-five years. More than a mere account of progress in the technique of farming and the evolution of breeds of live stock and varieties of cultivated plants. He conceives of it as a record of the life of the people from the agricultural point of view, understanding the way of life of a great section of the United States which was almost entirely agricultural.

First published in 1933.

Volume 1: Part I, Agricultural Beginnings and Geographic Expansion -- Part II, Agricultural Industries in the Colonial Period -- Part III, Institutional Development in the Colonial Period -- Part IV, Economic Evolution in the South -- Volume 2: Part V, The Development of National Economy -- Part VI, Agricultural Industries and Husbandry in the Post Colonial Period -- Part VII, Geographic Expansion and Regional Development -- Bibliography -- Appendix -- Index.