Model Farm
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A model farm is an experimental farm, which researched and demonstrated improvements in agricultural techniques, efficiency, and building layout. A design to serve as a pattern.[1] Education and commitment to improving welfare standards of workers were also aspects of the ideal farm movement. Farm buildings were designed to be beautiful as well as utilitarian – inspired by the ideals of the enlightenment.
See also
- J W Poundley and D Walker (Land-surveyors and Architects)
- Thomas Coke
- Wrexham Road Farm
- Sturgeons House
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References
- ↑ "Model" def. 15a. Oxford English Dictionary Second Edition on CD-ROM (v. 4.0) © Oxford University Press 2009. The OED does not specifically address farms but does include mention of a farm in an 1857 quote.
Bibliography
- Flagg, Maurice Irwin. Model farm houses. St. Paul, Minn.: University of Minnesota, Dept. of Agriculture, Agricultural Extension Division, 1914. Print.
- Susanna Wade Martins. The English model farm: building the agricultural ideal, 1700-1914 (Windgather Press, 2002).
- G.E. Mingay, The Victorian countryside, Volume 1 (Routledge, 2000), p214 ff.
- "John Martin Robinson. Georgian Model Farms: A Study of Decorative and Model Farm Buildings in the Age of Improvement, 1700-1846 (Oxford University Press, 1984)
- Sarah Tarlow. The archaeology of improvement in Britain, 1750-1850 (Cambridge University Press, 2007), p67 ff.
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