Norfolk four-course system
Method of crop rotation
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This system was developed in the early 16th century in the region of Waasland (in present-day northern Belgium), and was popularized in the 18th century by British agriculturist Charles Townshend. The sequence of four crops (wheat, turnips, clover and barley), included a fodder crop (turnips) and a grazing crop (clover), allowing livestock to be bred year-round. The Norfolk four-course system was a key development in the British Agricultural Revolution.
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