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Line 37: == Experiments with Mechanised Farming == In 1880, the Withcall estate was owned by Nathaniel Clayton (1811-1890) who, with his brother-in-law, Joseph Shuttleworth (1819-1883), set up the [[Clayton ~~and~~& Shuttleworth]] engineering company in Lincoln in 1842. They began constructing portable steam engines in 1845 and presented their work at the Great Exhibition of 1851. They soon became one of the leading makers of agricultural machines in the country.[5] Clayton treated the Withcall estate as "an experiment in highly capitalised and mechanised farming". Robinson reports one contemporary commentator: "Large flocks of fine Lincoln, long wooled sheep are bred and fed on turnips and grass seed and numbers of large short horned castle are bred and fed in the yards during the winter on roots, cake, corn and straw. By pursuing this system of farming the Wolds are kept in the highest state of cultivation that such a soil can be: they are made to produce magnificent crops of turnips, and they turn out a class of sheep which have long been famous".<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Withcall’s History – From Roman Times to Today – Withcall Village \|url=http://withcallvillage.co.uk/withcalls-history-from-roman-times-to-today/ \|access-date=2024-06-03 \|language=en-US}}</ref>

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