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England
“Collective Farming”DESCRIPTION:
• Farmers divided land into strips
• Each farmer had 30 strips
• They grew wheat & barley
• One field was left open or fallow to let the soil replenish nutrients
• There were no fences
“Collective Farming”
PROBLEMS:
• Cattle easily ruined crops
• Quick spread of disease amongst cattle
• Inefficient
POPULATION GROWTH
NEW INVENTIONS
FRENCH BLOCKADE
Wheat
“Crop Rotation”
• rotated the type of crop growing in each field on an annual basis
• allowed land to replenish nutrients – called “scientific farming”
• possible because of the introduction of new crops
CloverTurnip
Barley
YEAR 1
YEAR 3YEAR 4
YEAR 2
“New Invention: Seed Drill”
“New Crops”
POTATOES ALFALFATURNIPSCORN
BEFORE
AFTER • invented by Jethro Tull
• yielded 10 times more food using 80% less seed
“Enclosure Movement”The invention & introduction of fences!!!
Fences around crops
Fences around animals
More Crops
Healthier Animals
More Animals
More Fertilizer
Cheaper Food
Healthier Population