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and and labour as resources of an integrated peasant economy in a swedish district

before and after. Instead it seems that men use the available time working
more with charcoal production, carpentry, handicraft and forging. And in
1868, for leaf harvest.

Hyttbäcken increased the number of charcoal kilns, from one in 1866,
to three in 1867, five in 1868, and four in 1869. Anders Jansson also substan-
tially increased the income from works of trust. Already in 1867 and 1868,
this income doubled compared to the years 1861–1866, from c. 100 to c. 200
rd., and in 1869–70 it reached 300 rd. Just as the other two farms, Hyttbäck-
en tried to compensate the hay deficit in 1868 by collecting more leaf fod-
der.

Graph 13.2: Income (Riksdaler) from sold grains and livestock (milk & butter; animals and
hides) at Hyttbäcken
Source: HB, Cash books.

These complementing income sources, however, did not fully compen-
sate for the reduced incomes from milk and grain (Graph 13.2). In addition,
the proportion of the salaries paid in cash increased after the bad harvest of
1867 and the two following years. In 1866, cereals constituted 30% of the sal-
aries, but after October 1867, cereals were not used as means of payment for

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