ROBERT BAKEWELL

BIOGRAPHY

• Born: 1725 in Dishley, England
• Died: October 1, 1795, in Dishley, England

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• Born into a family of tenant farmers
• Traveled Europe to learn about farming methods
• In 1760, he gained ownership of his family farm

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• He was an advanced farmer and was open to new methods
• These methods included irrigation and building canals to flood the fields
• He also tested different manure and flooding methods

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• Was one of the first farmers to breed both sheep and cattle for meat instead of mainly for wool or work

INVENTION

• Bakewell separated male and female animals to prevent random breeding
• Developed "in-and-in"

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• The "in-and-in" method exaggerated desirable traits
• This method also removed animals with undesirable traits
• Process known as selective breeding

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• The process of selective breeding provided humans with the best and healthiest food available.
• This also grew to the spreading of different animal breeds

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• The process of selective breeding aided in providing healthy food but also prevented disease from spreading throughout animals.

WORKS CITED

• "Robert Bakewell | Biography - British Agriculturalist." Encyclopedia Britannica Online. Encyclopedia Britannica, n.d. Web. 30 Mar. 2015. .
• "Robert Bakewell." BBC News. BBC, n.d. Web. 30 Mar. 2015. .
• http://www.ans.iastate.edu/history/faculty/bakewell/bakewell.html
• http://www.le.ac.uk/el/newdishley/project.html