Benjamin Harrison is the 23 pres
Subsistence crops are grown for the direct benefit of the farmer and their family. Cash crops are grown to deliberately be sold. ... Cotton makes a poor subsistence crop because you can't eat it and it has to be processed before it's useful (ginned, spun and woven)
In colonial times, the New England colonies had cold climates, a short growing season, and brittle soil, which could grow little crops. Therefore, the colonists has to result to a different method to sustain their economy and turned to fishing, lumber, shipbuilding, and other industrial occupations.
