In addition to their cash wages, land workers were often provided with other benefits, such as housing, food, and fuel. However, these benefits were also often meager, and the overall living conditions of many agricultural workers were poor.
The low wages and poor living conditions of Victorian land workers led to widespread discontent and unrest. In the 1830s and 1840s, there were a number of agricultural riots in England, and many land workers joined trade unions in an attempt to improve their wages and working conditions.