Jevington, Building A Cornstack 1888
Photo ref: J13105
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Helped by improved fertilisers, increased yields made farming on the Downs more profitable by the end of the Victorian period; however, arable farming on the chalky downland soils remained difficult. Note that oxen were still being used to help with the harvest here.

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