Question

Three of the following improvements in agriculture that helped to bring on the Agricultural Revolution are correctly paired with their inventor or discoverer. Which is NOT? mechanical reaper - Cyrus McCormick rolled steel plow - John Deere seed drill - Charles Townshend scientific breeding of livestock - Robert Bakewell

Answer 1

The agricultural improvements that are not correctly paired with their inventor or discoverer is : 

Seed drill - Charles Townsend

Seed drill was Invented by Jethro Tull, not Charles Townsend

Answer 2

Question: Three of the following improvements in agriculture that helped to bring on the Agricultural Revolution are correctly paired with their inventor or discoverer. Which is NOT?

Options:

• mechanical reaper - Cyrus McCormick

• rolled steel plow - John Deere  

• seed drill - Charles Townshend

• scientific breeding of livestock - Robert Bakewell

Answer: Seed drill - Charles Townshend

Explanation: Charles Townshend invented crop rotation, which lead to more food but he did not invent the seed drill. The seed drill was invented by Jethro Tull. The seed drill made neat rows of crops and allowed larger harvests. Jethro Tull was a farmer, writer, inventor and figure in English agriculture because of his urge to improve age-old agrarian practices by using and applying science and technology. He invented the plant drill in the year 1701, it was invented as a one-person/one-row device, but later, better seed drills were designed and they sowed seeds in three uniform rows, had wheels for movement, and were drawn by horses.