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The Royal Society promoted the potato as a high yield, nutritious crop that would be able to sustain Britain's population since at the time Britain was experiencing a rapid growing population. -
Jethro Tull created the Seed Drill which is a mechanical drill that evenly distributes the seeds with correct depth and spacing. -
The Dutch and Rotherham Swing Plough was based on earlier Dutch Models. This invention contains an iron blade and a wheel-less frame to make it lighter and easier to handle. -
This invention was developed in Norfolk, England. This method consist of replacing the medieval three-field system with a four field rotation consisting of wheat, turnips, barely, and clovers. -
Charles Townsend was a British stateman and an agricultural reformer who promoted the use of turnips and clover in rotation to replenish soil nutrients and feed livestock. -
Robert Bakewell pioneered selective breeding by mating animals with their desirable traits to produce improved breeds. An example of an improved breed is the New Leicester sheep. Thomas Coke advanced these practices on his estate -
The Enclosure Acts are a multitude of British parliamentary laws that consolidate small, scattered plots and common lands into larger, and privately owned farms that are then surrounded by fences or hedges. -
Arthur Young was an agricultural writer who published Annals of Agriculture; which started in 1784 and ran until 1815. Young published new methods and economic analysis of farming practices. -
Agricultural reformers started major land reclamation projects, draining marshes and converting wetlands. This was specifically done in eastern England to turn the land into productive farmland. -
The development of a national market allowed for the improvement in transportation systems like canals, turnpikes, and later on railways and created an integrated regional economy which allowed for a unified national market.