Cereales - History Lab https://historylab.es Fri, 20 May 2022 15:06:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://historylab.es/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/cropped-icono-historylab-32x32.jpg Cereales - History Lab https://historylab.es 32 32 Harvest threshing machine https://historylab.es/harvest-threshing-machine/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=harvest-threshing-machine Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:30:26 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/maquina-para-trillar-las-mieses/ Drawing of "Máquina para trillar las mises" by Lorenzo Sánchez Mansilla. It is an illustration of the work: "Dissertación de la máquina para trillar", by Juan Cristóbal Manzanares

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]]> Throughout the Modern Age, agriculture was one of the main sectors of the economy. Especially from the 16th century onwards, it experienced significant growth as a result of the increase in population. Agricultural expansion was evident both in the increase in cereal land and in the prosperity of vineyards. After the 17th century, which saw a certain economic decline in various areas, the 18th century saw a resumption of growth that was accompanied by a series of agricultural reforms, promoted by the Enlightenment, which sought to modernise the structures of land ownership and tenure and to increase agricultural production. The image shows a machine used for threshing crops, a process used to remove the grain from the straw on land where cereal crops were grown.

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]]> Evolution of the productive structure of Lanzarote, 1601-1720 https://historylab.es/evolution-of-the-productive-structure-of-lanzarote-1601-1720/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=evolution-of-the-productive-structure-of-lanzarote-1601-1720 Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:28:46 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/evolucion-de-la-estructura-productiva-de-lanzarote-1601-1720/ The productive structure of the island of Lanzarote is conditioned by its condition as a supply area between Europe, Africa and America, as well as by its own demographic evolution

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]]> The discovery of the Canary Islands for Spain and Europe meant, with the conquest of the islands, that the native economy went from subsistence to a support economy, linked to supplying the voyages to Africa or America, and to an agro-export economy. The internal demography of the territory also affected the consumption pattern. At the end of the 16th century, the island of Lanzarote had little more than 1,500 inhabitants, leading to a decrease in cereal consumption and an increase in livestock farming. However, the 17th century saw a period of demographic recovery for Lanzarote, tripling its population and, consequently, its economic structure: from 1630 onwards, livestock farming declined and the “rayas” of the “vegas”, i.e. the land used for cereals and the boundaries separating the land, became more important. Within cereals, wheat production remained stagnant throughout the 17th century, while white barley production rose from 15,000 bushels to 70,000 bushels at the beginning of the following century. What was the cause of this growth? The author points out that, while wheat was more sensitive to rainfall, barley was better adapted to climatic instability and poorer quality soil.

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