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There was an Era When Wheat was King”

Excerpted from Nicola Ross’ book, “Caledon”, 1999

Subsistence agriculture predominated until the 1850s. At this juncture, several events pushed Caledon’s farmers toward commercial farming. First the prices of agricultural commodities, especially wheat, were jacked up by...Many of Caledon’s fine farmhouses and barns were built on the proceeds from wheat during these prosperous years. Read the article>>