Summer- Fallow in 18th-Century Scotland: the Ultimate Phase in the Development of a Technique. A brief history of the origins of summer-fallow in Europe is followed by the analysis and comparison of terms used in various languages to designate this practice. Excerpts from an article published in the Farmer's Magazine in 1800 illustrate the technical problems posed by the introduction of summer-fallow in Scotland and relate the circumstances and results of one of the first experiences, citing the opinions of contemporary critics. Scottish farming prior to this innovation is described so that the reader can better comprehend the effects of summer-fallow and of wheat cultivation (with which it is associated) on the agricultural system. Althou...
Four Centuries of Farming Systems in Kent, 1500-1900. The story of farming in the county of Kent du...
Since the end of the XVI Nth century, intensive farming regions have suffered from an overpopulation...
The agriculture of the great plains of Northern Europe evolved within different economic systems. I...
Summer- Fallow in 18th-Century Scotland: the Ultimate Phase in the Development of a Technique. A br...
In 1992 the age-old term fallow was resurrected as set-aside under the new arrangements of the Commo...
While agricultural technology was essentially stagnant in most of Europe during the Late Middle Ages...
The author analyses the development of part-time farming of a particular kind linked with an industr...
SUMMARY The maize agriculture has been spreading for about ten years over Beauce, changing the agri...
Accumulation of data from botany, archeology and genetics yields an improved picture of the beginnin...
The sickle and the scythe. An instance of path dependence - The morphological characteristics of th...
Farming schedules and cultivation systems in continental Europe during the XVIth century This paper...
Unlike a common notion today, fallow is not a new phenomenon nor has it always loathed. Using divers...
Local Land Systems : A Historical Approach to the Relationship between Forms of Land Usage and Indus...
International audienceC. J. A. Mathieu de Dombasle (1777-1843) was an agronomist from Lorraine who w...
American Plants in Europe : The Innovation in Tools and Agricultural Techniques in the Modern Era, J...
Four Centuries of Farming Systems in Kent, 1500-1900. The story of farming in the county of Kent du...
Since the end of the XVI Nth century, intensive farming regions have suffered from an overpopulation...
The agriculture of the great plains of Northern Europe evolved within different economic systems. I...
Summer- Fallow in 18th-Century Scotland: the Ultimate Phase in the Development of a Technique. A br...
In 1992 the age-old term fallow was resurrected as set-aside under the new arrangements of the Commo...
While agricultural technology was essentially stagnant in most of Europe during the Late Middle Ages...
The author analyses the development of part-time farming of a particular kind linked with an industr...
SUMMARY The maize agriculture has been spreading for about ten years over Beauce, changing the agri...
Accumulation of data from botany, archeology and genetics yields an improved picture of the beginnin...
The sickle and the scythe. An instance of path dependence - The morphological characteristics of th...
Farming schedules and cultivation systems in continental Europe during the XVIth century This paper...
Unlike a common notion today, fallow is not a new phenomenon nor has it always loathed. Using divers...
Local Land Systems : A Historical Approach to the Relationship between Forms of Land Usage and Indus...
International audienceC. J. A. Mathieu de Dombasle (1777-1843) was an agronomist from Lorraine who w...
American Plants in Europe : The Innovation in Tools and Agricultural Techniques in the Modern Era, J...
Four Centuries of Farming Systems in Kent, 1500-1900. The story of farming in the county of Kent du...
Since the end of the XVI Nth century, intensive farming regions have suffered from an overpopulation...
The agriculture of the great plains of Northern Europe evolved within different economic systems. I...