During the Industrial Revolution, there were many agricultural changes. These were necessary because the ever growing population meant that more food was needed at a faster rate and farmers needed to harvest and prepare their products more quickly.
Selective Breeding
During the Industrial Revolution, to improve the quality of their meat and milk produce, farmers and breeders decided to only breed their best animals. This made their animals stronger, bigger and healthier, meaning they could produce more meat from one animal and feed the growing population whilst getting more money than before.
Rotating Crops
During the Industrial Revolution, the farmers came up with the idea of rotating their crops each year to keep the soil fresh. For example if one year in field 1 a farmer had barley, in field 2 wheat and in field 3 oats: the next year the farmer would have oats in field 1, barley in field 2 and wheat in field 3. This was all to improve the quality and quantity of their crops by keeping the soil fresh.
Field Fences
A less significant agricultural change would be that they put fences between fields to stop different farmers animals breeding with each other. This prevented more weak and small animals and gave every land owner an equal amount of land.
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