> it was for a certain class, known in england as yeomanry or free farmers. depends on the time period and how developed the area was. chances are that if you were a freemen in anglo saxon society you had a trade, or a skill and worked out of your home, often with a small garden in the back or to the side, which gave you enough money to cover your labor and tithe, or shortened it up to something small like eggs. > peasants did not own their land and were indentured labor, beholden to their lord for their livelyhood. where did i say anything different? > they had small allotments to feed themselves off and made up the rest by laboring on public works projects or being levied to fight wars they also trapped/killed pests and wild game like eel in the case of britain. again, i have not said anything different here. > lifestyling is not farming see previous posts. > it wasn't donations donations was the wrong word, but you got my meaning. > other than you know, working in the mines. apparently you think that was snow white and the seven dwarfs as well. considering that by the 15th century people in britain had absurd amounts of free time, enough to voluntarily build churches and made enough spare income to not only sufficiently feed, clothe and house their children as well as provide dowry's....and that was before the extra money they made from working in the mines which was optional, i am pretty sure anyone would kill for comparative economic freedom and leeway.   you seem to be mistaken. the point of my post was not directed towards europe historically but modern farming in the us.  perhaps instead of being such a smug nigger, you should ask for clarification on posts.
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