1. The Agricultural Revolution 1690 – 1790’s
Food for the Masses

2. Increasing Food Supplies
Wealthy land owners buy land and create enclosures – for farming experimentations.
1. Seed Drill
2. Crop Rotation
3. Live Stock (Animal) Breeding

3. The Seed Drill Invented by Jethro Tull in 1701.
Allowed seeds to be planted in well spaced rows at specific depths.
This guaranteed that seeds would be planted and correctly.

4. Crop Rotations
Rotating various crops allow for the earth to regain lost nutrients – helped produce more food.
Ex: Wheat – Turnips – Barley – Clovers.

5. Live Stock Breeding
By allowing only the strongest and best sheep to breed a breeder could increase the amount of meat per animal.
This starts the concepts of genetics. (How do the Nazi’s use this idea?)

6. The Results of the Agricultural Revolution
The increase of food resulted in the following.
1. More food produced = Price of food (↓)
2. Price of food ↓ = Easier for all people to afford and buy
3. More people can buy food = stronger people.
4. Stronger People = Population (↑)

7. As farmers lost their land to enclosures, many moved to the cities to become workers in newly developed factories.