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1. The Agrarian Revolution
-A.Poornima Devi
Assistant Professor,
V.V.Vanniaperumal College for Women

2. Causes of the Revolution
•Open Field System- no fences- disputes among the farmers.
•Owners possessed small strips of land- Scientific methods of
cultivation impossible.
•The Three field System- First and second parts wheat and Barley-
third part left fallow.
•Did not have any secondary occupation- except weaving- farmers
remained poor during non-monsoon season .
•Population increased.

3. Changes brought by Agrarian
Revolution
• Sir Robert Western and Lord Townshend replaced three
field system by the four- field rotation system.
• Wheat, turnip, barley and clover were grown
• Cultivation of Turnip and Clover added to the fertility of
the soil.
• Benefit : fodder available for cattle in Winter
• Farmers affectionately called him ‘Turnip Townshend’
• SirRobert Western- Discourse of Husbandry (1645)

4. Changes brought by Agrarian
Revolution
• Sir Arthur Young- Two important things
1. Book- Annals of Agriculture (1784)- taught
innovative agricultural methods
2. set up Board of Agriculture- give practical
lessons in farming technology

5. Changes brought by Agrarian
Revolution
• King George III- established a model farm at
Windsor
• People affectionately called him ‘Farmer
George’

6. Changes brought by Agrarian
Revolution
• Jethro Tull- invented machine for sowing
• Breeding of Sheep and cattle
Robert Bakewell- Leicestershire sheep- three
times as heavy as old breed
Charles Colling- ‘Durtham Shorthorn’ cows
yeilded a tremendous quantity of Milk
• Enclosure Movement

7. Result
• Increase in the yield of food, milk, meat and
wool
• Small farmers suffered a lot
• The Deserted Village- Goldsmith described the
tragic disappearance of farming anf farmers
became beggars