Answer:
(i)
Earlier, it was common for labourers to live with landowners. They were at the
master's table and helped their master through the year, doing a variety of
jobs.
(ii) By 1800, this practice began to disappear. Labourers were being paid
wages and employed only during harvest times.
(iii) As landowners tried to increase their profits, they
cut the amount they had to spend on other workmen. Workers became insecure,
employment uncertain and income unstable. For a very large part of the year,
the
poor had no work.
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