1. Cause/Effect Improved Farming

2. Cause/Effect Improved Farming
Europeans invented new technology which helped to increase the amount of crops grown
Used a heavy wooden plow with IRON blades which cut and turns over dense clay soil.
Discovered water power which helped to mill and grind wheat into flour and used Windmills to grind grain, pump water, and cut wood.
Horse collars were used so a horse could pull a plow instead of a person and faster than oxen which allowed them to plant MORE crops so there was MORE food.
Rotating crops on 3 fields instead of 2 kept soil fertile. Winter crops on 1; Spring crops on 2, and 3 is left fallow – no crops – 1/3 of fields left unplanted instead of ½.
Greater food production meant MORE people lived and the population expands