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Crop rotation: harvesting corn, 1855. Artist: Unknown

Crop rotation: harvesting corn, 1855. Reaping with a scythe, binding and stooking. Crop rotation is the practice of growing different crops alternately on the same patch of ground over a cycle of several years in order to protect the health and fertility of the soil. In Norfolk a 4-course system of crop rotation was practised, with wheat planted the first year, followed by turnips, then barley, often underplanted with grass or grass and clover ley to be used for hay or grazing in the fourth year.
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Crop rotation: harvesting corn, 1855. Artist: Unknown
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Crop rotation: harvesting corn, 1855. Reaping with a scythe, binding and stooking. Crop rotation is the practice of growing different crops alternately on the same patch of ground over a cycle of several years in order to protect the health and fertility of the soil. In Norfolk a 4-course system of crop rotation was practised, with wheat planted the first year, followed by turnips, then barley, often underplanted with grass or grass and clover ley to be used for hay or grazing in the fourth year.
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engraving
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Album / Ann Ronan Picture Library/Heritage-Images
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Image size:
4315 x 2430 px | 30.0 MB
Print size:
36.5 x 20.6 cm | 14.4 x 8.1 in (300 dpi)
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