Answer:
(a) Earlier it was common for labourers to live with their landowners. They ate at the master's table and helped their master by doing a variety of odd jobs. (b) By 1800, this practice began to disappear. Labourers were paid wages and employed only during harvest time. (c) As landowners began to increase their profits, they reduced the amount they spent on their labourers. Employment was now uncertain and income unstable. For a large part of the year, the poor had no work.
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