Wizards and Muggles and Food

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 161746

--- "justcarol67" <justcarol67 at ...> wrote:
> Carol:
> ... I'm pretty sure that the Malfoys don't grow their 
> own vegetables and more than they raise their own pigs.
> 
> Carol, thinking that JKR deliberately leaves such details
> to the imagination of the reader
>

bboyminn:

Given the Malfoy's wealth and social status, I would assume
they have a 'landed estate'. That is they have a very large
plot of land to go with their Manor House in Wiltshire. One
of the prime sources of income for the noble gentry is rent
on land they own. Typically tenant farmers farm the land 
for the owner, and the two share the resulting profits. 
Usually the tenant does all the work and the landlord gets
most of the profit. 

So, in this sense, certainly the Malfoys don't raise veggies
and cattle/pigs, but reasonably they do have those things
raised for them, and sell the surplus to shops in Diagon 
Alley. 

Keep in mind that Prince Charles is basically a farmer. 
When Prince Harry so indiscretely wore a Nazi uniform to
a fancy dress party, his punishment was to clean out the
pig pens. 

Just passing it along.

Steve/bboyminn