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  Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Jethro Tull (agriculturist)
Tull was born in Basildon, Berkshire to Dorothy Buckridge and Jethro Tull.
Tull also advocated the use of horses over oxen, invented a horse-drawn hoe for clearing weeds, and made changes to the design of the plough which is still visible in modern versions.
Tull is buried in the churchyard of St Bartholomew's Church, Lower Basildon in Berkshire.
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  Kids.Net.Au - Encyclopedia > Jethro Tull (agriculturist)   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Jethro Tull (1674-1741) is considered one of the fathers of scientific agriculture.
Prior to Tull, seed was simply cast upon the ground, to grow or lie fallow as it landed.
Tull also invented a horse-drawn hoe for clearing weeds and made changes in the plow that are still visible in modern designs.
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  Jethro Tull (agriculturist)
Jethro Tull (1674-1741) is considered one of the fathers of scientific agriculture.
Prior to Tull, seed was simply cast upon the ground, to grow or lie fallow as it landed.
Tull also invented a horse-drawn hoe for clearing weeds and made changes in the plow that are still visible in modern designs.
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 Jethro Tull Press: Guitar World, September 1999
Now Tull, a band that never really went away, is back again with a new album by the cyber-savvy name of Dot.Com (Fuel 2000) and a summer tour that has the group running across Europe and into America at the end of August.
Named for an 18th century agriculturist — certainly not the last time lan Anderson would draw upon obscurity for influence — Jethro Tull soon became the resident band at London's prestigious Marquee club, a gig that enabled them to record their first album, This Was.
When Jethro Tull started out, during the blues boom, we were turning our backs on all the things that had to do with commercial pop success; we were the punks of our generation.
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 Jethro Tull | Science and Its Times: 1700-1799
Jethro Tull invented the seed drill, which altered how land was used for agriculture.
Tull responded to these attacks with notes that were included in another edition, issued in 1743.
Tull also had to deal with the refusal of his own agricultural employees to learn how to use his tools and methods correctly.
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 Jethro Tull (agriculturist)
Jethro Tull (1674-1741) is considered one of the fathers of scientific agriculture.
Tull also invented a horse-drawn hoe for clearing weeds and made changes in the plow that are still visible in modern designs.
His interest in plowing came from his war against weeds and his belief that plants took their nourishment solely from the minerals in the soil and that organic emendation was not necessary.
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 Jethro Tull (agriculturist) information - Search.com
Jethro Tull (born 1674 in Basildon, Berkshire; died 21 February 1741 in Shalbourne, Berkshire) was an English agricultural pioneer during the Industrial Revolution, and the Agricultural Revolution.
Influenced by the early Enlightenment, Tull is considered to be one of the early proponents of a scientific (and especially empirical) approach to agriculture.
Tull advocated using horses instead of oxen, invented a horse-drawn hoe for clearing weeds, and made changes to the design of the plough which are still visible in modern versions.
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 Jethro Tull Biography
Jethro Tull is not the name of the high-stepping, long-haired, jester-dressed flutist who leads the band.
Jethro Tull, organized in 1967 by Anderson, Glenn Cornick, Mick Abrahams and Clive Bunker, by the '90s had enlisted a large number of rock musicians who came and went.
Jethro Tull's live shows in major arenas showed a propensity for visuals, which over the years have become as much a part of rock's show biz attitude as the music.
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 Jethro Tull Guitar Tabs and Chords: 57 Free Tabs!
Jethro Tull consists of Andrew Giddings (keyboards), Doane Perry (drums and percussion), Ian Anderson (flute, guitar, bouzouki, mandolin, harmonica, vocal), Jonathan Noyce (bass guitar), Martin Barre (electric and acoustic guitar, flute).
Jethro Tull is a progressive rock band that formed in Blackpool, England in the 1960s.
Band names were often supplied by the staff of their booking agents, one of whom, a history buff, eventually christened them Jethro Tull after the 18th century agriculturist who invented the seed drill.
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 AllRefer.com - Jethro Tull (Agriculture, Biography) - Encyclopedia
AllRefer.com - Jethro Tull (Agriculture, Biography) - Encyclopedia
He studied methods of agriculture in England, France, and Italy and influenced British agriculture through his writings, which include The Horse-Hoeing Husbandry (1733).
Tull advocated the use of manures, pulverizing the soil, planting with drills, and thorough tilling during the growing period.
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 Happy Jethro Tull Day!
Agronomist-inventor Jethro Tull increased carrying capacity by as much as a factor of 8 with, among others, his invention of the seed drill (seen here with his surname distribution during the cultivation of the US frontier):
Jethro Tull, rather than being properly honored, lost his land and was hounded by creditors.
Jethro Tull [...] is a British rock band that formed in 1967-1968.
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 Jethro Tull Bass Tabs   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Jethro Tull is a progressive rock band that formed in Blackpool, England in the 1960s.
At this point, Barriemore Barlow was the band's drummer, as he would later be for Tull itself beginning in early 1971.
Band names were often supplied by the staff of their booking agents, one of whom, a history buff, eventually christened them Jethro Tull after the 18th century agriculturist who invented the seed drill.
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 Tull, Jethro
English agriculturist who about 1701 developed a drill that enabled seeds to be sown mechanically and spaced so that cultivation between rows was possible in the growth period.
Tull also developed a plough with blades set in such as way that grass and roots were pulled up and left on the surface to dry.
Tull was born in Berkshire, studied at Oxford and qualified as a barrister, but took up farming about 1700.
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 Tulle Bags
Walter Tull was born in Folkestone, the son of a local woman and a carpenter who had emigrated from Barbados.
During the First World War Tull served in the famous footballer's pals battalion of the Middlesex Regiment, rising to the rank of sergeant and fighting in the Battle of the Somme in 1916.
Tull fought in Italy in 1917, and was mentioned in dispatches.
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 Upto11.net - Artist Profile for Jethro Tull
Jethro Tull "paid their dues" in clubs in the mid-to-late 1960s with a revolving line-up which eventually became Ian Anderson (vocals, flute, acoustic guitar, and later many other instruments), Mick Abrahams (electric guitar), Glenn Cornick (bass guitar) and Clive Bunker (drums).
The story goes that the band went through a variety of name changes to get repeat bookings, and that Jethro Tull was the name they happened to sport when they scored a record deal (the name comes from agriculturist Jethro Tull, who invented the seed drill).
1988 was notable for the release of 20 Years of Jethro Tull, a 5-LP themed set (also released as an unthemed 3-CD set and as a truncated single CD version) consisting largely of outtakes from throughout the band's history as well as a variety of live and digitally remastered tracks.
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 Oxfordshire Blue Plaques Board
JETHRO TULL (1674-1741), agriculturist and inventor of the seed drill, at 19A The Street, Crowmarsh Gifford
Jethro Tull was born in 1674 into a farming family at Basildon in Berkshire.
Tull died at Prosperous Farm in 1741 and was buried at Basildon.
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 Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Jethro
He studied methods of agriculture in England, France, and Italy and influenced British agriculture through his writings, which include The Horse-Hoeing Husbandry (1733).
Tull advocated the use of manures, pulverizing the soil, planting with drills, and...
Moses took refuge with them and married the daughter of their priest Jethro.
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 Agriculture - Search View - MSN Encarta
The history of agriculture may be divided into four broad periods of unequal length, differing widely in date according to region: prehistoric; historic through the Roman period; feudal; and scientific.
Early agriculturists were, it is agreed, largely of Neolithic culture.
Other notable inventions included the seed drill of the English agriculturist Jethro Tull, developed in the early 1700s and progressively improved for more than a century; the reaper of the American Cyrus McCormick in 1831; and numerous new horse-drawn threshers, cultivators, grain and grass cutters, rakes, and corn shellers.
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 The Capital Times   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The name Jethro Tull was not the band's idea but that of a former manager, Anderson said during a telephone interview from his rural England home.
The original Jethro Tull was an 18th century British agriculturist, considered the father of modern farming, who invented the seed drill and the horse-drawn plow.
Nevertheless, the musical Jethro Tull has maintained a fairly prestigious output, producing 36 albums in 36 years and maintaining a loyal fan base worldwide for its eclectic blend of rock, blues, folk and world music influences.
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 Die Komponisten bei Obst - Jethro Tull
JETHRO TULL has blazed a unique trail in the history of rock music.
The name JETHRO TULL is most commonly but incorrectly attributed to frontman, Ian Anderson, who was born August 10, 1947 in Dunfermline, Fifeshire, Scotland.
JETHRO TULL (the band) was scoring heavily with audiences, playing exciting electric blues with Ian Anderson grabbing the spotlight on flute, harmonica and vocals.
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 OakStoneClassics.co.uk - Blog - Folk - Accoustic Roots - Jethro Tull
Jethro Tull, famous for its unique brand of progressive rock, was formed in Blackpool, England in the 1960s.
1988 was notable for the release of 20 Years of Jethro Tull, a 5-LP themed set (also released as an unthemed 3-CD set and as a truncated single CD version) consisting largely of outtakes from throughout the band's history as well as a variety of live and digitally remastered tracks.
Note: A number of Tull's albums, notably Aqualung, were recorded toward the end of one year and released early in the next.
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 The Hindu : Metro Plus Bangalore : Never a Tull moment
Jethro Tull was more than a phenomenon from Luton, United Kingdom, by the time I was born.
Jethro Tull is a huge array of influences.
Jethro Tull get their name from the eponymous 18th Century English agriculturist who invented the seed drill and was one of the first proponents of scientific agriculture.
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 Jethro Tull
Jethro Tull "paid their dues" in clubs in the mid-to-late 1960s with a revolving line-up which eventually crystallized into Ian Anderson (vocals, flute, acoustic guitar, and later many other instruments), Mick Abrahams (electric guitar), Glenn Cornick (bass guitar) and Clive Bunker (drums).
The story goes that the band went through a variety of name changes to get repeat bookings, and that Jethro Tull was the name they happened to sport when they scored a record deal (the name comes from an agriculturist Jethro Tull who invented the seed drill).
1988 was also notable for the release of ''20 Years of Jethro Tull'', a 5-LP themed set (also released as an unthemed 3-CD set and as a truncated single CD version) consisting largely of outtakes from throughout the band's history as well as a variety of live and digitally remastered tracks.
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 Jethro Tull (band) at AllExperts
Jethro Tull is a rock band that formed in Blackpool, England in the 1960s.
Barlow first recorded with the band for the EP "Life Is a Long Song" and made his first appearance on a Jethro Tull album with 1972's Thick as a Brick.
The only recording of him with Jethro Tull is on The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus although his guitar is not heard as all of the music (excepting Ian Anderson's vocals and flute) was dubbed in afterwards.
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 "Introduction" to The Diaries of George Washington
Tull mistakenly believed that plants were fed by tiny particles of soil and that the secret of good farming was to keep the soil well pulverized so the roots might take up the particles.
In 1760 Washington was a practitioner of Tull's horse-hoeing husbandry.
Jethro Tull's Horse-Hoeing Husbandry, London, 1733, influenced Washington's early attempts at scientific farming.
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 Britannia Biographies: Jethro Tull
Jethro Tull (1674-1741), born in Basildon in 1674, was a major pioneer in the modernisation of agriculture.
In 1731, Tull published his ideas about farming and plant nutrition in The New Horse Houghing Husbandry: or, an Essay on the Principles of Tillage and Vegetation'.
Despite initial resistance to Tull's revolutionary ideas, they were eventually adopted by large landowners, and in time formed the basis of modern agriculture.
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 Jethro Tull
Jethro Tull "paid their dues" in clubs in the mid-to-late 1960s with a revolving line-up which eventually crystallized into Ian Anderson (vocals, flute, acoustic guitar, and later many other instruments), Mick Abrahams (electric guitar), Glenn Cornick (bass guitar) and Clive Bunker (drums).
The story goes that the band went through a variety of name changes to get repeat bookings, and that Jethro Tull was the name they happened to sport when they scored a record deal (the name comes from an agriculturist Jethro Tull who invented the seed drill).
1988 was also notable for the release of 20 Years of Jethro Tull, a 5-LP themed set (also released as an unthemed 3-CD set and as a truncated single CD version) consisting largely of outtakes from throughout the band's history as well as a variety of live and digitally remastered tracks.
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