Landlords and Farmers in the Hudson-Mohawk Region, 1790–1850The transition from a predominantly self sufficient economy to one primarily dependent on the market in the first half of the nineteenth century was to effect changes in the United States fully as far reaching if not as spectacular as those accompanying the industrial revolution. Farming as a way of life was yielding place to the concept of farming as a means of profit. Few farmers in the country felt the impact of these revolutionary forces more