British History-6 ' Turnip Townshend'
RHODA POWER
In 1701 the famous Berkshire farmer, Jethro Tull , invented the drill and, prior to 1713-the date of the Peace of Utrecht-he introduced turnips into the field in King William's reign ' ; but ' the practice did not travel beyond the hedges of his estate ' till after that year.
Lord Townshend, whose estates were in Norfolk, was one of the first great landlords to make extensive use of root crops such as swedes, mangolds, and turnips—especially turnips. That is why people nicknamed him ' Turnip Townshend '. Today you are to hear something about him and about other famous farmers of the eighteenth century.
2.25 Interval
2.30 English Literature
Delight in Poetry
'Private and Public Poetry'
LEILA DAVIES
This afternoon some of the following poems will be read to you: The Lake Isle of Innisfree (W. B. Yeats ), A Great Time (W. H. Davies ), Home-Thoughts, from the Sea (Robert Browning ), A Song for St. Cecilia's Day-selected stanzas (John Dryden ), Psalms xxiii, xxiv, cxxxvii.