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agriculture - Coggle Diagram
agriculture
enclosures - copnsolidating scattered holdings into blocks of land ran by a sole landowner or tenant
- crop rotation made easier
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countries without enclosures like oxfordshire also were agriculturally successful so shows insignificance of enclosures
lets new farming techniques be used like less fields left fallow and differebnt soil types for differen crops
individual breeds kept together so breeds that made more wool selected which helped cloth prodcution
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new farming technqiues
cause: increased literacy leveles of yeomen and husbandmen meant that they could read books on agriculture and dutch immigration lead to new crops andn improved irrigation
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crop rotation- initially 1/3 fields left fallow for nutrietn restoration leading to low yield. 1420- 7 million agricultural and 3 million fallow 1700- nine million arable and 1.8 million fallow. crop rotation meant that more crops and experimentation can occur leading to frost resistant turnip which is more economical anmd it benefited crops that aid industry such as flax for linen
nitrogen rich crops used to provide nutrients and fertilise soil so the next year could have a higher yield
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