From Country to City

There are little jobs in the country, if you are lucky to have a job, the pay is small, not enough for a family of four or five. There are huge amount of jobs in the city, with the discovery and use of new technology, there are mountains of openings for people to work these machines. With all the vacancy's in the city and the very few in the country there are hundreds upon hundreds of people that are moving to city in search of work, higher wages and a better life for themselves and their family. This development has now led to rapid urbanisation. I have attached a photograph of this movement.  

The Enclosed-field System

I jump into my time machine, I'm going 50 years into the future, to the same farming village. Again I reach my destination in a flash. A lot has change, mostly for the better, they have know discovered the Enclosed-field System. As I walk through the little farming village I can report that they have enclosed the land with fences around the boundaries, used the common and waste land for more crops, they have also placed one owners crops in the one region, this then cuts down on the travelling time that these poor people had to endure, they are also experimenting and growing different plants in their crops. Although there are many positives to this vast change there also negatives, the very poor used to have 'Squatters Villages' on the Common land and used to work for the villagers were they were needed, they have now been told to leave. I would have guessed that they have moved on to the city. I have attached a sketch of the Enclosed-field System.

The Open-field System

I have reached 1715, I was hear in a flash, literally. I walk threw a little farming town, Framlingham I think. Stress and exhaustion is written on every single person's face that I past. They all seem to hauling heavy carts full of equipment. This is because of a system called the Open-field System, this means that owners crops are scattered all over the place hence I guess this is why these people are carting their equipment long distances. There is a lot of land not being used, this is called Common Land, where no matter if you are poor or rich your can let your animals graze, there is also Waste land where people place their pigs to graze. This land is also were the 'locals' gathered wood for their fires to keep warm during these harsh winters. There are no fences, the animals are drifting where they please, eating the plants that grow in the crops. For most their crops are all they have, animals eating these crops is not a good thing. This system may be fair but is defiantly not efficient. They should enclose the land and use some of the Waste and Common Land for crops. I have a sketch  of the Open-field system.