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strip cropping, practice of growing field crops in narrow strips either at right angles to the direction of the prevailing wind, or following the natural contours of the terrain to prevent wind and water erosion of the soil. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Heinzen points to three concerns that produced this turn: the specialists' desire for improved working conditions, their hope to enhance their own professional status, and their vision of a modern countryside freed from the three-field system, frequent land partitions, and strip farming. In the case of Russia, bureaucrats, who hoped to impose order upon what they perceived to be the chaos of the countryside, did not understand the peasants' risk aversion strategies or the multiple benefits of strip farming, periodic repartitioning of communal lands, and common pasturage. |
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