Martiin, Carin
- Department of Economics, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
- Stockholm University
Abstract
The development of Swedish commercial dairy production in the late nineteenth century should not be regarded as a distinct shift from one kind of production to another, nor did it imply a change from a Subsistence to a cash economy. Oil the basis of an investigation of an estate archive from Krusenberg, this article aims at a more nuanced interpretation of this process. It reveals that production for self-sufficiency Continued side-by-side with commercial butter production. The use of milk on the estate increased over time, chiefly through the continued use of milk as a means of payment for farm labour. The strategy oil this particular estate illustrates a more general tendency in Swedish agriculture around the turn of the Century.
Keywords
Textbook; Global agriculture; Food chain; Market orientation; Subsistence farming; Demography; Farming practices; Food security; Food safety; Land; Crops; Animal husbandry; Non foods; Farm management; Farm work; Agricultural trade
Published in
Agricultural History Review
2008, volume: 56, number: 2, pages: 167-188
Publisher: Routledge
SLU Authors
UKÄ Subject classification
History
Publication identifier
- ISBN: 978-0-415-59360-1
Permanent link to this page (URI)
https://res.slu.se/id/publ/50935