what did they grow?
2007-02-27 01:20:18 · 11 answers · asked by sunflare63 7 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
My Belgian ancestors were farmers in southwestern Minnesota. Because they had a belief against debt, they owned all their land outright so when the Great Depression hit and other farmers lost their lands to foreclosure, my grandfather had the money to buy all this foreclosed land making him one of the largest landholders in the area. He grew mostly corn, small grains and hay as well as raised cattle and horses.
2007-02-27 01:29:13 · answer #1 · answered by Greg C 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nearly everyone alive today is the descendent of farmers if you go back far enough. Simply go back 300 years and roughly 90 % of Europeans were farmers. Recently yes, my grandpa farmed and raised cows, steers, corn and other grains. My other family side stopped farming a generation earlier, but yes they did, and some of my family still farms.
2007-02-27 16:08:15 · answer #2 · answered by 29 characters to work with...... 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes my moms side of the family was farmers.
2007-02-27 09:26:23 · answer #3 · answered by boeckjamesandrew 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My parents were dairy farmers. As near as I can tell, my family has been farming for 200+ years (seriously!)
2007-02-27 09:26:13 · answer #4 · answered by David M 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, the are still farmers. Corn, sheep, cattle and sun flowers.
2007-02-27 09:27:59 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes, my ancestors were farmers
2007-02-27 09:34:04 · answer #6 · answered by Marvin R 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Aiwa! Rice.
2007-02-27 09:46:02 · answer #7 · answered by Leih 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes, agriculture is the occupation of my family till today! but I am a office goer!
2007-02-27 09:31:08 · answer #8 · answered by arun k 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, and they still are.
They grow:
wheat
barley
peas
oilseed rape
potatoes
stubble turnips
They also keep:
pigs
sheep
2007-02-27 15:03:27 · answer #9 · answered by onlybygrace 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends on how far back you trace your ancestry.
2007-02-27 09:23:35 · answer #10 · answered by Michael M 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋