The Agrarian Revolution

Presents dramatized scenes of 18th century Britain which show the developments and inventions that revolutionized agriculture, including crop rotation, enclosure of farms, and the introduction of farm machinery. Explains the English three-field system, the role of the Lord of the Manor, and harvesting techniques of pre-agrarian revolution life. Dramatizes the development, enactment, and implementation of the Enclosure Acts leading to mechanization, selective breeding, and the Norfolk four-course rotation farming system. Shows inventions such as Jethro Tull's seed planter, a corn binder, early steam engines, and tractors in operation.