vement taking hold in English villages. Enclosure is the process of enclosing pieces of land by the use of stone walls, tall shrubsect. This process helped to increase production because now farmers were able tointroduce new technologies to farming, that before they were unable to do. Beforeenclosure there were large farms where villagers worked together to farm. With thecoming of enclosure, farmers were allowed to rent a piece of land and work that land bythemselves. Enclosure gave incentive to try new ways of farming because the more theyproduced on their piece of land, the more grain they could sell at the market, and in turnthe more profit they could make. For example, a widely common practice in agriculture atthe time was to allow the land to lie fallow after it had been exhausted of minerals throughcultivation. Soon it was discovered that the growing of clover and other types of legumeswould help restore the fertility of the land. The improved use of manure also helpedreplenish land that had been exhausted of minerals. Many of these innovations had beenknown for some time but had never been widely used before. The improvements cameinto universal use due to the pressure from a rising population. The improvements inagriculture, led to a greater supply of grain during the winter months to sustain livestock. This increased the amount of meat on the market throughout the year. All of theseadvances made it possible to feed the new populations of people attracted to industrialcenters and large cities. With enough food to sustain a larger work force than ever seenbefore, England was on its way for the Industrial Revolution to expand. Before 1760 the process of manufacturing textiles occurred in the homes. It was along and tedious process starting with raw material to finished product. For examplewoolen cloth had to be sorted, cleaned and dyed, carded and combed, spun into thread,then woven into cloth.. Even more processes ...
