https://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=317073
A thread on interesting-ish agricultural POD I made a while back.
A thread on interesting-ish agricultural POD I made a while back.
I thought the main problem with it was that dirt kept sticking to the plow bottoms. So you had to unplug it every so often. Then JD invented his and dirt didn't stick to it. So that practice became more popular after that. That's what I thought happened.
But I could be wrong
What about the widespread adoption of the foot plow in antiquity? The Incas only invented it in 1600, and it's perfect for societies without draft animals.
I'd be curious about what sort of tools and techniques you would evolve to maximize lithic mulch agriculture? Or raised platform agriculture, as practiced by the Andeans? Or shallow pit agriculture as practiced in the canaries?
How would pre-industrial cultures develop or apply fertilizer?
God that sounds labor intensive, then discovering the high nitrogen content in animal manure? I'm not sure