page_title: Johann Friedrich Mayer (agriculturist)
section_title: Work
hierarchical_section_title: Johann Friedrich Mayer (agriculturist) / Work
caption_attribution_description: English: Lehrbuch für die Land- und Haußwirthe, 1782, plate VI
context_page_description: Johann Friedrich Georg Hartmann Mayer was a German Reformed pastor and agricultural reformer, who is considered one of the most important writers on agriculture of his time. He came to prominence through his efforts to promote agricultural reforms, especially with his 1769 publication with new regimes of crop rotation, and his 1773 textbook on rural householders and husbandry.
context_section_description: Mayer is considered the most influential agricultural reformers of the late 18th Century through his many writings, in which he promoted sustainable agricultural reforms such as the use of fertilizer, new crops as potatoes, new ways of crop rotation, sophisticated agricultural devices, and advanced management methods. He also advocated free property for peasants. In the 18th Century the pressure upon agriculture had increased to feed the steady growing population, and Mayer was one of the driving forces to make this happen.
caption: Design for farmhouse, Plate VII, 1773.
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