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"Improving Our Lot" - Planned Holistic Grazing, for starters..
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<blockquote data-quote="Treg" data-source="post: 5674350" data-attributes="member: 42292"><p>A brief history of farming...[ATTACH=full]738120[/ATTACH]Beyond the hedge you can see a line of mature trees, these trees are on the remains of a ancient dyke , the largest enclosed prehistoric area in western Europe, built approximately 4000bc & enclosing 1500 acres (the ring fence! ) . The inhabitants worked together to herd cattle in side and outside the enclosed area . 2000 bc they started to add hedges inside the enclosure to grow crops & maybe easier management of cattle? This process of adding hedges took several thousand years & happened at the same time that Cornwall is getting rich on Tin . Did the inhabitants have less time so enclose the cattle so they could dig a hole to find Tin ? ( one of the oldest tin working areas is also within the main enclosed area, started in approximately 2000bc ) .</p><p>Not sure when ownership of land really started but the enclosed area became a manor in between 500 - 1000 AD , hedges start to be removed!? Until 17-1800s when individuals start being tenants / owners , this happens at the same time as the famine & last of the Cornish rebellions, no coincidence IMO ( let the peasants have their own piece of land , stops them rebelling because it can be taken away & they will probably work harder to produce food for their own families (more efficient?)). These smaller farmers rebuild some of the ancient hedges so many fields were less than half a acre with farm size 10- 15 acres. These small units with several fields allowed them to keep various livestock, grow crops ( with field rotations ) & work down the mine.</p><p>My own land became a farm in 1880 kicking off the 12 tenants as it was sold to a different estate, the drop in the price of tin effected the previous estate, where as the new owners son worked in Spain & sent money home to buy property. As farm size in the area started to increase & more machinery is used on farms hedges begin to be removed again increasing field size. The last 50yrs field size has remained the same, with most people increasingly using electric fences to sub divide fields.</p><p>As [USER=5961]@Henarar[/USER] says there's nothing new in farming.<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite24" alt="(y)" title="Thumbs Up (y)" loading="lazy" data-shortname="(y)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Treg, post: 5674350, member: 42292"] A brief history of farming...[ATTACH=full]738120[/ATTACH]Beyond the hedge you can see a line of mature trees, these trees are on the remains of a ancient dyke , the largest enclosed prehistoric area in western Europe, built approximately 4000bc & enclosing 1500 acres (the ring fence! ) . The inhabitants worked together to herd cattle in side and outside the enclosed area . 2000 bc they started to add hedges inside the enclosure to grow crops & maybe easier management of cattle? This process of adding hedges took several thousand years & happened at the same time that Cornwall is getting rich on Tin . Did the inhabitants have less time so enclose the cattle so they could dig a hole to find Tin ? ( one of the oldest tin working areas is also within the main enclosed area, started in approximately 2000bc ) . Not sure when ownership of land really started but the enclosed area became a manor in between 500 - 1000 AD , hedges start to be removed!? Until 17-1800s when individuals start being tenants / owners , this happens at the same time as the famine & last of the Cornish rebellions, no coincidence IMO ( let the peasants have their own piece of land , stops them rebelling because it can be taken away & they will probably work harder to produce food for their own families (more efficient?)). These smaller farmers rebuild some of the ancient hedges so many fields were less than half a acre with farm size 10- 15 acres. These small units with several fields allowed them to keep various livestock, grow crops ( with field rotations ) & work down the mine. My own land became a farm in 1880 kicking off the 12 tenants as it was sold to a different estate, the drop in the price of tin effected the previous estate, where as the new owners son worked in Spain & sent money home to buy property. As farm size in the area started to increase & more machinery is used on farms hedges begin to be removed again increasing field size. The last 50yrs field size has remained the same, with most people increasingly using electric fences to sub divide fields. As [USER=5961]@Henarar[/USER] says there's nothing new in farming.(y) [/QUOTE]
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