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New Inventions and methods
Four field crop rotation and Charles ‘Turnip’ Townsend Robert Bakewell and sheep breeding. Jethro Tull and the seed drill.
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Charles ‘Turnip’ Townsend
If crops are grown continuously, soil loses fertility. Nitrates in the soil must be replaced 3 field farming 1 field left fallow Not efficient
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4 field crop rotation
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Jethro Tull People ‘drilled’ seeds by hand. They used a lot of seeds.
Not efficient or precise. Instructed his workers to be more precise and use less seed.
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Seed drill
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Robert Bakewell Breeding controlled Selective Breeding
Hiring out his prize rams
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