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Eric L. Jones ()
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Eric L. Jones: University of Buckingham

Chapter Chapter 11 in Landscape History and Rural Society in Southern England, 2021, pp 143-156 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract This chapter provides a context for the disruptive technology of the ‘fodder revolution’ dealt with in the Chapter (9) on the arable colonisation of light hill country soils. The early importance of grassland is emphasised and the ascending intensity of its use is traced, together with that of a widening portfolio of fodder crops. The shift from uncultivated herbage to managed pasture is charted. The most conspicuous phase is sometimes called the ‘clover revolution’. The significance of this is evident from the unavailing resistance by seventeenth-century graziers from the traditional Vale pasturelands. The management of hay meadows is described, as is the eventual rise of the specialised trade of independent hay trussers.

Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-68616-1_11

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