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HOW DID FARMERS GROW MORE FOOD? - Coggle Diagram
HOW DID FARMERS GROW MORE FOOD?
Problems faced by the farmers and country
Population increase in Britain
Demand for food products increased
Farming techniques were outdated
Farmers only provide for their families and didn't think about making money
Soil were not fertile enough to grow crops
There's not much import
Enclosure
An act to allow farmers
to enclose the commons and common field
Benefits everyone
grow more food
Divide up all the land and individual farmers
They would look after and improve their own patch
Imporvements in farming in the 18th century
New crops grown
Norfolk-four-course-rotation
Careful breeding
animal got bigger
Farming become profitable business
invest in improving farms-raise rents- earn more profits
enclosure
land was used more efficiently- freedom to make improvements
new tools and equipments used for farming
there are more cheaper and widely available , speed up process