New farming methods
New farming methods and improvements in agriculture in Western Europe was a major contributing factor to the industrial Revolution. Improvements in agriculture not only led to more crops but also helped create more jobs for the people and a larger workforce. Because of the need for more workers and ways to transport out the goods this helped cause the Industrial Revolution to begin. The second agricultural revolution that occurred many years before helped to produce more quality farm products and later helped the British farmers build upon the farming methods used previously by the Dutch. British farmers wrote farm journals to keep track of different farming experiments such as the mixing of many soils to produce more crops, and recorded new machines created to aid farmers with everyday farming tasks. Some of the new machines created that helped with crop production included the seed drill which was created by Jethro Tull and helped to place seeds in rows rather than randomly distributed over the field which helped to reduce seed waste, as well as improved plows made out of steel. The Cotton gin created by Eli Whitney was another invention that helped the farming industry during the Industrial Revolution. This device sped up the process of separating the seeds from the cotton which before was very time consuming and helped to gain more profits for the agricultural industry as more cotton was being produced. Together these new farming methods helped to improve production of goods and was one of the reasons for the Industrial Revolution to begin.
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