Quite frequently, by hand. If a colonist could afford horses, oxen, or other draft animals, those would be used for some of the heaviest labor. But they could never eliminate all hand labor.
tobacco cotton and corn
tobacco
tobacco
Corn, pumpkin, squash, and beans were some of the crops grown and eaten in Colonial Connecticut. They also ate a variety of seafood and turkey meat.
The main crops vary from wheat, barley, oats, rye, corn, and tobacco.
It is not known what the first vegetable was that was grown in colonial Maryland. Many vegetables were grown in colonial Maryland such as corn and squash.
tobacco
tobacco
Grains such as barley, oats, and wheat.
grape bannans
Indigo, rice, hemp, tobacco,
Corn, pumpkin, squash, and beans were some of the crops grown and eaten in Colonial Connecticut. They also ate a variety of seafood and turkey meat.
Cash crops such as sugar and tobacco were the primary crops grown and were exported to Europe.
Cash crops such as sugar and tobacco were the primary crops grown and were exported to Europe.
The agricultural system in colonial Latin America was characterized by large plantations worked by indigenous and African slaves under the encomienda and repartimiento systems. The crops grown were mostly cash crops like sugar, tobacco, and cacao for export to Europe. Land ownership was concentrated in the hands of a small number of wealthy Spanish landowners.
Major crops in colonial New Jersey include grain, rice, wheat barley and indigo.
The crops grown in the Delaware colony were rice, wheat, indigo, and grains. Delaware was called the 'the breadbasket colony'. This colony was founded in 1638 by Peter Minuit.
There are several types of crops that are grown in the Chena cultivation. Some of the crops that are grown are vegetables, grains, legumes, and oil crops.