Анализа земљорадничких техника у долини Тимока у текстовима Адама Богосављевића
Analysis of Agrarian Techniques in the Timok Valley in the Texts of Adam Bogosavljević

Summary/Abstract: Agricultural development represented one of the most important issues in political ideas of Adam Bogosavljević. The reason was his perception of interrelatedness of the social structure of Serbian peasant society and organization of the state, as well as of material prosperity of the Serbian peasant as a prerequisite for the education of the people. In a situation in which agriculture in Serbian villages dominantly remained on the existential level, education by example was considered the only way forward. In his writings, these attitudes represented the essence of his commitment to agriculture and to gradual introduction of changes, both in the processing of the land, as well as in tools, with long¬term consequences on the transformation of pre¬modern agriculture. In several texts Bogosavljević described the characteristics of agricultural techniques of enhancing soil fertility – fallow, crop rotation, fertilization and livestock breading connected with manuring and working animals – and ways of sowing and harvesting crops. Regional specificities are visible in the texts, not only in relation to differences between the Negotin region and the rest of the Principality, but also within the Timok area, depending on the characteristics of the terrain and soil fertility. In this way, one of the main characteristics of pre¬modern societies, with agriculture as the dominant economic activity, came to the fore – regional differences and specificities of applied agricultural techniques as well as their level of development.

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