TECHNIQUES -
GRICULTURAL
:
7&
FARMING , * EMPLOYMENT
·
Enclosure :
7 -TECIALISED
fencing off blocks of land for farming tailor area to
farming
-
· :
-no duplication ·
south-east-crops
However , some driven out of their land ·
North-livestock
allowed
water meadows :
*
growth of wider crops ,
less failure
protected from poorharvests
·
*
-
meadows kept damp increase grass growth
:
sustain crops during winter
growth of employment
-
-
animals well fed for longer
secure income
relatively cource however
·
crop rotation
:
>
-
under settlement Act 1662 :
diff crops on diff land reduce pests landowners let
can
easily go
-
of labourers from other parishes
market
gardens
:
-
specialist producer of crops outside of major towns/
cities
impossible without
ULTURE
improvements in :
Z &
/
trading
infastructure .
I ·
NATIONAL MARKETS
-
& pop ↑ food demand
,
shipments in London increased 2x from 1605-1661
.
INVESTMENT
·
AGRICULTURE :
needed more
-
organisation marketsroadtinfastructure
↳ in
-
·
investment left to higher gentry-aristocracy needed improvement too
d · London NM thrived :
bought land, enclosed it + invested >
easy transport via Thames
demand was
-
-concentrated on markets where
Oxfordshire
>
greenery in
-
↑ size more tenants needed to
,
pay prices although NMs existed , didn't dominate until 18th 19th -
century
so forced to specialize >
large no.
small
-
-
> Ireland Scotland transport bad
demand in London drained economy in other locations
GRICULTURAL
:
7&
FARMING , * EMPLOYMENT
·
Enclosure :
7 -TECIALISED
fencing off blocks of land for farming tailor area to
farming
-
· :
-no duplication ·
south-east-crops
However , some driven out of their land ·
North-livestock
allowed
water meadows :
*
growth of wider crops ,
less failure
protected from poorharvests
·
*
-
meadows kept damp increase grass growth
:
sustain crops during winter
growth of employment
-
-
animals well fed for longer
secure income
relatively cource however
·
crop rotation
:
>
-
under settlement Act 1662 :
diff crops on diff land reduce pests landowners let
can
easily go
-
of labourers from other parishes
market
gardens
:
-
specialist producer of crops outside of major towns/
cities
impossible without
ULTURE
improvements in :
Z &
/
trading
infastructure .
I ·
NATIONAL MARKETS
-
& pop ↑ food demand
,
shipments in London increased 2x from 1605-1661
.
INVESTMENT
·
AGRICULTURE :
needed more
-
organisation marketsroadtinfastructure
↳ in
-
·
investment left to higher gentry-aristocracy needed improvement too
d · London NM thrived :
bought land, enclosed it + invested >
easy transport via Thames
demand was
-
-concentrated on markets where
Oxfordshire
>
greenery in
-
↑ size more tenants needed to
,
pay prices although NMs existed , didn't dominate until 18th 19th -
century
so forced to specialize >
large no.
small
-
-
> Ireland Scotland transport bad
demand in London drained economy in other locations
