em. Families who worked the land took part in subsistence agriculture to feed them selves to stay alive "families 200 years earlier (prior to 1800) had been able to provide only for the needs of his own family and, at most, half those of one other family."
             Many farmers kept livestock such as sheep, cows and horses to use for labour and food. Sheep provided an essential material, wool, that was used to make clothing. The women who worked with wool textiles at home primarily manufactured for their families, but as farmers learned new techniques in animal breeding and food production, additional produce was sold locally. The high output generated by families during the pre-industrial era, initiated a home based manufacturing economy and saw the change from family based production to factory production, artisans and their families eventually left the home and changed the family structure forever.
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