A Modern Agricultural Worker-944

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Farming in the past In previous centuries, Lesches-en-Diois, like the neighboring Diois villages, had agriculture and livestock farming as its only resources. Agricultural products were mainly intended for making bread and feeding farm animals. Each family also cultivated a kitchen garden for vegetables. The culture of cereals, wheat, barley and oats, was practiced alternately with those of alfalfa and clover; rye and spelled were reserved for the poorest lands. Formerly, until the beginning of the 20th century, the cut was done with a sickle or a scythe, then the stems were tied in sheaves which, erected against each other, dried more easily on the spot.... https://lesches-en-diois.fr/l-histoire/agriculture-et-elevage/lagriculture-aux-temps-jadis/