The population, at least 2500 to the square league, is one of the densest to be found in purely agricultural districts: property is subdivided to an extraordinary extent.

Tillage is carried on almost entirely by manual labour, with spade, hoe, or mattock; only in exceptional cases a light plough is substituted drawn by two cows, the wife of the peasant not unfrequently taking the place of one of them in the yoke.

The team serves at once to furnish milk and to till the land.

They have two harvests in the year, corn and vegetables; there is no fallow.

The average yearly rent for an arpent of arable land is 100 francs.