Help translating the profession on a death record

[cliklm]

Could someone help me translate the profession of Giuseppe Belletti on the attached death record of 1821? It looks like "cultivator di compagne" and I am wondering what this means.

Thank you.

[suanj]

coltivatore di campagna= farm laborer, farmer.....
suanj
PS the image not working

[cliklm]

Thank you Suanj. I was afraid the attachment wouldn't open! But, you have answered my question anyway. It seems there were many descriptions of farmers and farm laborers--Contadino, Agricoltore, Villico and now coltivatore di compagna!

[suanj]

it are local words for to say the same profession of villico, contadino, agricoltore... regards, suanj

[darkerhorse]

Does it suggest he does or doesn't own the land?

[erudita74]

Some distinctions based on research I have done:

Contadini (male/female)-were peasants who farmed the land; less than 10% of them, even as recently as 1901, owned the land they farmed. If they did own land, the parcel was very small, and few could earn a living farming it. They also lived in towns at considerable distances from the land on which they worked.

Agricoltore-was believed to be a middle peasant. Had a 3-6 year contract as a lessee on a small or medium plot of land which belonged to a civile (landowner) or local artisan. Also owned a house and animals. Ate whatever he grew and marketed small amounts of grain and other produce locally.

Villici-landless, poor peasants, who lived outside of the village center, near the fields they tended. Sometimes they were given the same plot to farm; other times, a different one, kilometers away, or no plot at all. In the absence of any supervision, they did nothing to improve the land.