Makers of Modern Agriculture

A collection of concise biographies of influential agricultural innovators, tracing their lives, inventions, and philosophies that shaped modern farming. Profiles of Jethro Tull, Coke of Norfolk, Arthur Young, John Sinclair, and Cyrus H. McCormick illustrate how drilling, dry-farming, systematic improvement, agricultural statistics, and mechanical reaping increased productivity. Each chapter blends personal background, practical experiments, and reflections on rural life, machinery, and methods, showing how scientific observation, invention, and social reform advanced cultivation, land use, and the organization of farm work.