2. Origins (17 th century): England “Low Countries”

3. The keys to Understanding the Agricultural Revolution: S cience E ntrepreneurshi p T echnology Photo Credit: Nineminutes

4. The Farmer as Scientist Photo Credit: Sean ChurchSean Church

5. Whea t Oats Fallo w (Middle Ages) Whea t Oats Fallo w W heat Oats F allow OU T with the old.

6. 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!

7. By theakshaytheakshay The four-field system produced a higher crop yield because none of the land had to lie fallow.

8. Photo Credit: Julian StallabrassJulian Stallabrass

11. I have a genetic defect that’s been perpetuated by selective breeding. THANKS, SCIENCE! Photo by BarbarossaBarbarossa

12. Photo Credit: Sean Church

13. Sean Church The Farmer as Entrepreneur

14. Bruegel, The Harvesters (1565)

16. The Old Way

17. Photo Credit: Craig MaccubbinCraig Maccubbin Enclosur e Movement The New Way

18. Enclosure Movement Photo Credit: http://www.dennisflood.com/photos/2003/1000/foggy_wooden_fence.jpghttp://www.dennisflood.com/photos/2003/1000/foggy_wooden_fence.jpg 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.

19. Workhouses, such as this one, provided shelter and employment for the able-bodied poor.

20. By theakshaytheakshay Large landowners were able to make use of the latest developments in science and technology, producing higher crop yields.

21. Photo Credit: Sean ChurchSean Church The Farmer as Inventor

22. It’s been awhile... Photo Credit: Galdo TrouchkyGaldo Trouchky

23. The Sower By mira66mira66

24. Photo Credit: Science Museum/Science & Society Picture Library (UK) Science Museum/Science & Society Picture Library (UK) Jethro Tull (1674-1740) Tull’s horse-drawn seed drill made sowing seed more efficient and precise.

25. Agricultur al Inventions Jefferson’s Moldboard Plow In the United States

26. A mathematics text from Washington’s library

27. Before the Scientific Revolution

28. A lot less complicated than a sixteen-sided barn, but not nearly as cool!

29. By theakshaytheakshay Technological inventions like Tull’s seed drill resulted in more efficient agricultural practices, producing higher crop yields.

31. Source: https://www.agronomy.org/publications/cs/articles/47/4/1327https://www.agronomy.org/publications/cs/articles/47/4/1327

32. POPULATION EXPLOSION

33. 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