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Crop rotation: haymaking, 1855.
Crop rotation: haymaking, 1855. 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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HIP / Art Resource, NY
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19th century
AGRICULTURAL WORKER
Agriculture
Ann Ronan Pictures
B&W
B/W
Black & White
Black and white
Britain
British
country
crop rotation
CROPS
England
English
Engraving
farm hand
farm labourer
FARM WORKER
farming methods
Field
Harvest
Hay
haymaker
hay-making
LOCATION
Monochrome
NINETEENTH CENTURY
People
Print Collector1
RAKE
RURAL LIFE
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