Farming= Inefficient
- Waste time walking between fields
- Have to leave one field fallow
- Need lots of fences
- Lots of ***** farming
- Farmers wanted to improve crop yields by growing fodder crops (e.g. turnips, cloves)-> restore soil's fertility-> no need to leave field fallow
ENCLOSURE->BIGGER FIELDS->SELECTIVE BREEDING
Enclosure= prevents spread of disease from one herd to another
- Animals kept in seperate fields, controlled breeding could be achieved
- Larger animals helped produce more meat and wool
- Before 1750-> most people= subsistence farmers, produced only what THEY needed to survive
Comments
No comments have yet been made