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Charles Townshend ... Townshend became the 2nd. Viscount Townshend of Raynham in 1687. He was an able politician, reaching the position of Secretary of State in the reign of George I. He retired from politics in 1730 and turned his attention to his estate in Norfolk. Townshend introduced a new type of crop rotation which was already practised in Holland. It rotated crops on a four year basis and used turnips and clover as two of the crops in the rotation ...

Charles Townshend was not the only Townshend to make innovations in agriculture ..

Viscount Townshend successfully introduced a new method of crop rotation on his farms. He divided his fields up into four different types of produce with wheat in the first field, clover (or ryegrass) in the second, oats or barley in the third and, in the fourth, turnips or swedes. The turnips were used as fodder to feed livestock in winter. Clover and ryegrass were grazed by livestock. Using this system, he found that he could grow more crops and get a better yield from the land ...

If a crop was not rotated, then the nutrient level in the field would go down with time. The yield of the crop from the field decreased. Using the four field system, the land could not only be "rested", but also could be improved by growing other crops. Clover and turnips grown in a field after wheat, barley or oats, naturally replaced nutrients into the soil. None of the fields had to be taken out of use whilst they recovered. Also, where animals grazed on the clover and turnip fields, eating the crop, their droppings helped to manure the soil ...

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Charles "Turnip" Townshend (1674-1741) was an agriculturist who introduced English farmers to the farming method of crop rotation. His actions contributed to the Agricultural Revolution in Great Britain during the eighteenth century.Charles Townshend (1725-1767) was a British member of Parliament. He created the Townshend Acts, which were despised by Americans. They included the tax on tea. His actions helped lead to the Revolutionary War.


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