CHAPTER vn 



SOME PIONEERS OF PROGRESS IN 

 AGRICULTURE 



Jethro Tull (1674 to 1741 . 



:i 1700 and .-.jrirultu: 



Many wn' M! h c- nt ur\ 



and advice t.> lam )<!>. and 



iislnd 1 th- new aL'ncultur 



iut 1 



ills prof* sM-.ll \vll 11 Still 



d tlciwn nil his fat;. rn in 



Within t\s< be had ii 



r drill. This he ad.: 

 .1 turnii uthnd Oi 



in li; ly, in a : 



not only in ' d but a ; ir. Tull 



d the in 



im-tl: ML: <>i' tarnipfl 



wliirh liad hith.-rto prevailed 



a matter for rrj/r. tliat 



althniJL'h Tu re much 



1 in his lil't tinn- : )i- QCC this L ri 



Lord Townshend (1674 to 1738). 



nshcnd, a c of Tull, 



. . 



:i the political life nt' th<- lirst th 

 ' 



in 17:iO, lmu.\.r. h :niin^ on his 



-.in in N Much 



marsh, \\astr, ajul \vnodland. In 

 ffnrts tu r ela.m this t rntnry he \\.. 



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