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What is the difference between a farmstead and a homestead?

 
Scott Fike
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Greetings,
A quick beginners question here. What is the difference between a farmstead and a homestead?
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Will Meginley
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This may just be semantics, but the way I understand it a farmstead is a small scale commercial operation while a homestead is where most of the production is meant to be consumed onsite.

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Near as I can tell the definitions make them largely interchangeable. Probably should ask people using farmstead what it means to them.
 
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