How long has the four field system been used?
The four field system in Europe in the 1800s
http://www.slbusinessmag.com/buying-farm-machinery/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agricultural_machinery
Farm machines before
Farm machines today
Thank you for listening!
http://hayashi-ss10.blogspot.qa/2010/10/british-agricultural-revolution.html
How much impact did the four field system have on farming?
http://www.bitlanders.com/blogs/agriculture/155923
https://www.flickr.com/photos/fcapacchionephoto/14428769277
How important do you think the four field system was?
A tired land
less fertile
What was farming like before the four field system?
What were the challenges?
What changed as a result of the four field system?
Four field system
Grain-yield
http://news.stanford.edu/news/2015/february/wheat-yield-climate-022015.html
http://soilquality.org/practices/row_crop_rotations.html
What is the four field system?
Viscount Charles Townshend
https://gourangachetiablog.wordpress.com/2015/03/25/scscs-news-letter-issue-2/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Townshend,_2nd_Viscount_Townshend
1. http://science.jrank.org/pages/1870/Crop-Rotation-History.html
2. http://wonderopolis.org/wonder/why-is-crop-rotation-important/
3. http://www.saburchill.com/history/chapters/IR/003f.html
http://science.jrank.org/pages/1870/Crop-Rotation-History.html
4. http://industrulrevdution.sea.ca/innovations.html
Bibliography
The Four Field System
by: Kamilla Rayne B. Riparip