In the 19th century crofts were made deliberately too small to support a family so that the crofter would have to go and work at fishing or on the landlordās farm.
In the previous articles on crofting, we have looked at the history and the law. This time we will look a little at the agriculture of crofting and how it differs from farming.
The key points to remember are that when the crofting system was laid out in the 19th century crofts were made deliberately too small to support a family so that the crofter would. . .