Why the subsistence agriculture has given way to the commercial agriculture? Write in two points.

Dear student,
As towns were created, it placed more demands for food and related products on the nearby farmers. What the farmers did not need for their families was transported to nearby markets as well as those further away. Local stores often bartered with the farmer for staples such as salt, coffee, tea, and other products. The storeowners then took those excess supplies and bartered for those their store supplies that could not be purchased nearby. Home spinning and weaving still took place with home grown flax and wool.
 
As towns became established, industry that supported agriculture began to spring up across the state. These industries included blacksmiths, tanneries, gristmills, carting mills, saw mills, foundries, starch mills, and other establishments. Histories of local towns, found in historical society collections as well as local libraries, give us information on these early industries
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