text_original: Improved methods of cultivation and 1 Porter, Progress of the Nation, p. 477 (ed. 1912). 4 INTRODUCTORY [1815  of stock breeding were introduced ; farms were consolidated ; capital was embarked in agriculture, and science was called in to reinforce the old rule of thumb. Thanks to this agricultural re  volution, England was able not merely to feed a rapidly increasing population at home, but to export her produce to the continental countries rendered sterile and desolate by the ravages of war.
text_transcription: IMPROVED METHODS OF CULTIVATION AND STOCK BREEDING WERE INTRODUCED FARMS WERE CONSOLIDATED CAPITAL WAS EMBARKED IN AGRICULTURE AND SCIENCE WAS CALLED IN TO REINFORCE THE OLD RULE OF THUMB THANKS TO THIS AGRICULTURAL REVOLUTION ENGLAND WAS ABLE NOT MERELY TO FEED A RAPIDLY INCREASING POPULATION AT HOME BUT TO EXPORT HER PRODUCE TO THE CONTINENTAL COUNTRIES RENDERED STERILE AND DESOLATE BY THE RAVAGES OF WAR
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