The New Horse-Houghing Husbandry
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The New Horse-Houghing Husbandry is an influential early 18th-century agricultural treatise that helped revolutionize farming practices by promoting systematic tillage and the use of the seed drill.
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| Surface form | Occurrences |
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| Horse-Hoeing Husbandry | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
agricultural treatise
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book ⓘ |
| aimedAt |
improving crop yields
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reducing manual labor in farming ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
early modern agronomy
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innovation in agricultural implements ⓘ |
| author | Jethro Tull NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centuryOfPublication | 18th century ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ |
| describes | methods of drilling and hoeing crops ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
mechanization of sowing
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systematic tillage ⓘ |
| fullTitle | The New Horse-Houghing Husbandry: or, An Essay on the Principles of Tillage and Vegetation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
agricultural science
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non-fiction ⓘ |
| hasAuthor | Jethro Tull NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn |
adoption of seed drills in Europe
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later agricultural manuals ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | helped revolutionize farming practices ⓘ |
| influenced | British agricultural revolution NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
farmers
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landowners ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
agriculture
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seed drill ⓘ tillage ⓘ |
| mentions | horse-hoeing husbandry system ⓘ |
| promotes |
horse-drawn hoeing
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use of the seed drill ⓘ |
| proposes |
regular inter-row cultivation
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row-based planting ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1731 ⓘ |
| timePeriodDescribed | early 18th-century agriculture ⓘ |
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Horse-Hoeing Husbandry