Living and Working in the Countryside

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Living and Working in the Countryside
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• Remember that before 1800 farming used open
  fields (or run-rigs in Scotland)
• After the 1800s there was a move towards enclosed
  fields with hedges or fences as boundaries.
• Benefits of Enclosures
• Animals couldnt wander off
• More crops could be produced more profits
• It was clear who owned which field and they had
  control of what was produced/reared on it
• Owners could improve their own fields
• More land was cultivated

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A Change in Fortune

• The Golden Age of British Agriculture 1830 -
  1870
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  Post 1880s

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• Why Golden?
• Write down 3 reasons why the period of 1830 to
  1870 are described as the Golden Age of British
  Agriculture
• Why a change in fortune?
• Write down 3 reasons why after 1870 British
  farming slumped.

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Golden Age 1830 - 1870 Slump after 1870
Food prices high New inventions increased production Little foreign competition New breeds of animals were introduced Money was invested into farming to improve efficiency such as drainage systems Bad weather and harvests along with disease in cattle in sheep caused a depression Other countries caught up with Britain Britain no longer ahead of foreign competition After WW1 little government help for farmers.