Origins (17 th century): England “Low Countries”
The keys to Understanding the Agricultural Revolution: S cience E ntrepreneurshi p T echnology Photo Credit: Nineminutes
The Farmer as Scientist Photo Credit: Sean ChurchSean Church
Whea t Oats Fallo w (Middle Ages) Whea t Oats Fallo w W heat Oats F allow OU T with the old.
Whea t Oats Photo Credit: Dan KlimkeDan Klimke Whea t Oats Photo Credit: Dan KlimkeDan Klimke Whea t Oats Photo Credit: Dan KlimkeDan Klimke (Seventeenth Century) W heat Oats Photo Credit: Dan KlimkeDan Klimke IN with the new!
By theakshaytheakshay The four-field system produced a higher crop yield because none of the land had to lie fallow.
Photo Credit: Julian StallabrassJulian Stallabrass
I have a genetic defect that’s been perpetuated by selective breeding. THANKS, SCIENCE! Photo by BarbarossaBarbarossa
Photo Credit: Sean Church
Sean Church The Farmer as Entrepreneur
Bruegel, The Harvesters (1565)
The Old Way
Photo Credit: Craig MaccubbinCraig Maccubbin Enclosur e Movement The New Way
Enclosure Movement Photo Credit: THE DOWNSIDE: Hurt poor farmers who lost grazing rights for their cattle on the common land THE DOWNSIDE: Hurt poor farmers who lost grazing rights for their cattle on the common land THE UPSIDE: Agricultural production, as a whole, became more market- oriented and efficient. THE UPSIDE: Agricultural production, as a whole, became more market- oriented and efficient.
Workhouses, such as this one, provided shelter and employment for the able-bodied poor.
By theakshaytheakshay Large landowners were able to make use of the latest developments in science and technology, producing higher crop yields.
Photo Credit: Sean ChurchSean Church The Farmer as Inventor
It’s been awhile... Photo Credit: Galdo TrouchkyGaldo Trouchky
The Sower By mira66mira66
Photo Credit: Science Museum/Science & Society Picture Library (UK) Science Museum/Science & Society Picture Library (UK) Jethro Tull ( ) Tull’s horse-drawn seed drill made sowing seed more efficient and precise.
Agricultur al Inventions Jefferson’s Moldboard Plow In the United States
A mathematics text from Washington’s library
Before the Scientific Revolution
A lot less complicated than a sixteen-sided barn, but not nearly as cool!
By theakshaytheakshay Technological inventions like Tull’s seed drill resulted in more efficient agricultural practices, producing higher crop yields.
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POPULATION EXPLOSION
Due to advances in S cience, E ntrepreneurship, & T echnology, Europe was all SET to feed a larger population to provide the manpower for the Industrial Revolution. Photo Credit: Nineminutes