"two meadows: these meadows would be part of the living Mr. Collins enjoys here. Giving such land, traditionally called glebe land, to clergymen was longstanding practice; by farming the land they could add to their income. The trend at this time was for tithes to be commuted in exchange for additional glebe land, which made the clergy more like landowners. Jane Asuten's father engaged in a variety of agricultural endeavors while a clergyman, including planting vegetables and herbs and (sic)fruit in his garden, dairy farming, beekeeping, and raising pigs and sheep (sic) and different types of fowl."