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Showing 1 to 16 of 16 for “"agricultural improvement"”.
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Enlightened Agricultural Improvement in Eighteenth-Century Scotland
… from the Scottish Enlightenment that influenced agricultural revolution. Practices that had been used for over hundreds of years with little change, went through a dramatic agricultural reimagining during this time period. Scottish Enlightenment “improvers,” like Henry Home, Lord Kames, …
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Notes from the Ground: Science and Agricultural Improvement in the Early American Republic
… and technical practices played within that era's improvement ethic. I argue that science, as seen through the lens of agricultural chemistry and, to a lesser extent, geology, became an important, acceptable, and credible way to interact with early Republic land because it fit within the …
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Land, Labor, and Reform: Hill Carter, Slavery, and Agricultural Improvement at Shirley Plantation, 1816-1866
… Carter's role as one of Virginia's preeminent agricultural reformers virtually unexplored. Assuming ownership of Shirley in 1816, Carter quickly established himself as a leading proponent of agricultural improvement, both embracing and building on the ideas of other reformers like John Taylor …
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Planting improvement : the rhetoric and practice of scientific agriculture in northern British America, 1670-1820
"Planting Improvement: The Rhetoric and Practice of Scientific Agriculture in Northern British America, 1670-1820," explores the history and cultural politics of environmental change in the British empire through a focus on rural land-use practices and the construction of scientific expertise in …
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The Galloway Levellers: a study of the origins, events and consequences of their actions
… of Galloway through a more cautious approach to agricultural improvement and the creation of industrial settlements to provide employment for surplus labour. Finally, a previously unrecognised connection between late eighteenth century Galloway and the theory and practice of the industrial …
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A statistical analysis of a Haitian Mothercraft Center
… when the Center in Fond Parisien was operating, agricultural improvement programs were also being conducted there. Improvements seen in the nutritional survey could not, therefore, be credited to any single program. The community child health survey indicated that the health of the preschool …
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A Society in Transition: Badenoch, 1750-1800
… entrepreneurship through diversification into agricultural improvement, sheep, textiles and timber. The conflicting demands for land, particularly the hill grazings, inevitably created tensions between the social ranks.<br/>The Badenoch economy suffered badly from climatic problems and …
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Estate management at Goodwood in the mid nineteenth century: A study in changing roles and relationships
… paternalism was concerned with the moral improvement of those within his sphere, and the study examines the estate's financial resources which supported that paternalism, and the management structure which the fifth Duke created. The role of agent at Goodwood was particularly significant, …
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Parc Penallta Phase 1 Habitat Survey and Implications for Management
… decades, whether due to landscaping, planting, agricultural improvement or natural succession. Rare species such as the Marsh Fritillary butterfly and the Deptford Pink are found in the park; a testament to the importance of appropriate management in order to protect the habitats for these …
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Rural society in Scotland from the Restoration to the Union: challenge and response in the Carse of Gowrie, circa 1660-1707
… the inter-relationship of society, economy and agricultural improvement in Lowland Scotland circa 1660-1707. Its purpose is the achievement of a deeper understanding of the process of modernisation in early modern rural society in a critical period research focuses on the Carse of Gowrie in east …
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The Drivers of Government Megapolicies: Internal Settler Colonisation in Indonesia
… Megapolicies include large-scale welfare, agricultural improvement, and population resettlement programmes. They are puzzling because of their high costs. Governments could have pursued alternative policies, or the same policy in a more modest or incremental manner. This puzzle eludes …
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Quantifying Impacts of Class I Milk Price Formula Reform: A Study of FMMO Uniform Milk Price Volatility and Class I Milk Hedging
Up until the enactment of the 2018 Farm Bill (“Agricultural Improvement Act of 2018”), available CME futures contracts did not consistently converge to costs paid by manufacturers of packaged milk. Due to the lack of convergence, CME dairy futures were inadequate risk management tools for the …
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Improvements Deferred: An historical-archaeological study of transitional farms in the Grampian Highlands of Scotland, during the Agricultural Improvements of the 18th and 19th centuries.
… These philosophies propelled the craze for agricultural improvement, usually regarded as a top-down revolution.<br/>Agricultural improvements transformed rural landscapes. Traditional agricultural methods and vernacular buildings were swept away. New agricultural practices were introduced …
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Science and the farmer: the development of agriculture in West Wales, 1900-1950
This study contends that agricultural science significantly contributed to the development of agriculture in West Wales and argues that farming during the decades under study was progressive and not, as portrayed by some historians, that farmers in general were suspicious of change, resentful of …
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Dairy Culture: Industry, Nature and Liminality in the Eighteenth-Century English Ornamental Dairy
… As structures related to the dialogue of agricultural improvement and productivity when included on estates, these dairies held signification of industry and social beneficence for gentlemen as well. Placed within a class landscape, the virtue of the dairy space came to represent the …