Summary
Not so many years ago our beautiful countryside was being changed beyond all recognition when hedgerows were being torn up to create the vast prairie-like fields on which to grow grain. The farmers were actually paid until 1972 to encourage them to do this to increase the acreage.
Some reports however suggested that hedges that acted as a windbreak could decrease soil erosion and increase crop yields. The multi-coloured chequered landscape of our land was disappearing. Between 1946 and 1970 some 4,500 miles of hedges were being removed each year.See the full content of this document
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Pastimes: Rambling - Preserving the Rural Scene
Now our agricultural heritage is going into forward gear. With countryside funding we see much replanting of the traditional hawthorn hedges - hedges that are dense and touch (and also harbour so much wildlife) are being put back. The co...
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