A croft is a small farm or small-holding in Scotland
The owners of, and the people who worked, small farms in Scotland were once called Crofters as the name for their small farms was crofts.
At one time the owners of small farms were known as crofters, they lived in crofts. Farmers are called farmers here. There used to be different kinds of farms. Some crofts, often in the Highlands and the west of the country. In other parts people grouped together in small country villages called ferm toons or farm towns and shared the land.
The region of small farms in the southern colonies was called the "yeomanry." These small farms were typically owned and operated by families who were not large landowners, but rather worked their own land to produce goods for themselves and for sale. The yeomanry was an important part of the economic and social fabric of the southern colonies.
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When I was a child in Scotland, we called hopscotch 'bedsies'.
The owners of, and the people who worked, small farms in Scotland were once called Crofters as the name for their small farms was crofts.
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Collective farms were large, government controlled farms formed from small farms that were surrendered by force. These were common in socialist regimes.
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The terrain of the west coast of Scotland is quite rugged and the land isn't very fertile so dairy farms (and arable farms) are mostly found on Scotland's east coast.
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At one time the owners of small farms were known as crofters, they lived in crofts. Farmers are called farmers here. There used to be different kinds of farms. Some crofts, often in the Highlands and the west of the country. In other parts people grouped together in small country villages called ferm toons or farm towns and shared the land.