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Titel: SV: Question on 1767 tax record
Skrivet av: Ulf Svensson skrivet 2020-07-26, 00:58
There was nothing to do at work tomorrow so I'm free, if they don't call...
It is impossible to tell the actual size out of the mantal. The definition of 1 mantal is a farm big enough to provide for a family. We are not talking about mom, dad and 2 children, it was more of a FAMILY. The development of agriculture made it possible to provide for more people so the farms could be devided into smaller parts.
For example, the place where I live was taxed to 92/1000 mantal in 1896 (before it was a croft) and provided for a "modern" family. The area was approx. 250 acres, most forest. In these days the forest began to get a value (lumber, paper pulp). In the sixties it was considered too small and was merged with the neighbour farm and the fields planted with forest. The neighbour farm was less then 200 acres but was taxed 117/1000 because of more fields.
A long way to say that you propably didn't get rich out of 9/56.