The One Thing Most Instrumental in Bringing About Modern Agriculture

question 35

Multiple Choice

The one thing most instrumental in bringing about modern agriculture was

• A) enclosures replacing open fields.
• B) crop rotation.
• C) manure fertilizers.
• D) hybrid seed.
• E) the heavy plow.

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