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The Enclosure Acts are a series of Acts that began to be passed in 1604. They stated that formerly common land in England could become independently owned with property rights.
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The development of a national market in Europe began in 1648. As the feudal system depleted in popularity, innovations in cities, colonies, and the merchant class of Europe allowed for the development of an economy centered around trade and commerce with other regions- the national market concept.
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The Royal Society of London advocated for the benefits of growing potatoes by sharing that they are useful in times of famine, can be grown on poor soil, and can be harvested in large amounts. The Society did this to improve food security in England.
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The Norfolk Four Course Crop Rotation System was developed by Charles “Turnip” Townsend. It replaced the fallow system and is a cycle in which wheat, barley, turnips, and clover are grown on the same field at different times of the year to ensure a high crop yield and healthy land.
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Charles "Turnip" Townsend was an English statesman who promoted the large scale growth of turnips in England alongside the use of the Norfolk four-course system.
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Land drainage, conversion, and reclamation programs began in 1960. These programs aimed to make more land suitable for agriculture through strategies like drainage ditches and converting land to farming use.
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The Seed Drill was created by Jethro Tull in 1701. It is a tool made of a hopper, cylinder, and funnel. It increased crop yields by making the process of seed planting more efficient and precise as well as less wasteful.
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The Swing Plough a lighter plough than those made before 1730. It is made out of wood and more efficiently increases a plot's health and readiness for planting by allowing for more land to be loosened in a shorter span of time.
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Aurther Young was born in 1741. He wrote books about France, England, and agriculture- most notably Travels in France, The Farmer’s Letter to the People of England, and The Farmer's Calendar. Furthermore, Young advocated for the use of the seed drill and crop rotation techniques in Europe through many of his pamphlets and novels.
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Robert Bakewell and Thomas Coke were two agriculturalists that developed and popularized a process in which people mated two animals that had desired traits. They did this so that the animals who were mated produced lots of offspring with the most desirable characteristics.