Jonathan Brown

Farming in the 1920s and 30s (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

With world markets upset and economies in recession, the 1920s and '30s were not an easy time for farmers, who required great resilience to survive. Jonathan Brown here examines the challenges that farmers faced and the ways in which they responded. Some turned to new crops, with new markets emerging for sugar beet, eggs, milk and pork. Some used tractors and other machines to increase productivity, and the motor car and lorry opened up new possibilities for bringing produce to market. It was hard work whichever direction was taken, but the effects of these innovations was undeniably beneficial and the farming landscape was transformed from what it had been in Victorian and Edwardian times.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK
• Seitenzahl: 64
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Juli 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781782001096
• Artikelnr.: 38349411

Autorenporträt

Jonathan Brown is an Honorary Fellow of the Museum of Rural Life in Reading. He is the author of several books, including 'Steam on the Farm' and, for Shire, 'The Edwardian Farm'.

Inhaltsangabe

?Introduction
Adjusting to Peace in the 1920s
The Farmers
The Farms
Cows, Pigs and Sheep
Dairy Farming
The Poultry Farm
The Arable Farmer
Power on the Land
Return to War
Further Reading
Index