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Farming was traditionally a very labour intensive process. Even at the beginning of the 20th century, over 30% of the population was directly concerned with agricultural production. Today, less than 1% of the population work on the land. Gradually, more and more complex machines have been developed that do all of the tasks that would have once been done manually. Many of the ancient traditional methods were still just about in use in the 1930's… Ploughing changed from this….
To this in just one generation…
Images courtesy of Rural History Centre, University of Reading
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