THE AGRICULTURAL REVOLUTION OF THE 18TH CENTURY
AGRICULTURAL INNOVATIONS
The fallow method, in which some of the land was left uncultivated to allow the soil to regenerate, was eliminated.
Continuous crop rotation was implemented instead, with species such as legumes
Continuous rotation was based on introducing crops that replenished the soil even though the field was not left fallow and that could be used as food for livestock
Many products from the Americas were grown, such as tomatoes, potatoes and corn, and the shoeing of draft horses was improved
Farming sector
was the first to undergo significant changes
new methods first became widely used in Great Britain
where the innovations of the last two centuries intensified
mechanisation of agricultural work
iron ploughs
seed drills
new harvesting techniques
Spread to some European and American countries
Changes in the laws that changed the distribution of land ownership among the social classes
New owners introduced new farming methods and cultivated their land in order to supply urban markets
Agricultural Revolution
large increase in food production made it possible to increase the population
iron tools and machines were needed
industrial development over the following decades
