I'm not sure I agree. I'm sure the plots they were farming were much smaller and there were more hands per plot. Also, I believe most families wouldn't have be

I'm not sure I agree. I'm sure the plots they were farming were much smaller and there were more hands per plot. Also, I believe most families wouldn't have been able to afford more than a couple of smaller animals, and if they were lucky/slightly better off a cow/goat. Plus, if you look at the lowest figure in the article is mentions 1440 hours annually which works out to a bit under 30 hours a week, so not hugely less time. On the flip side everything had to be build by hand from scratch so domestic labor probably accounted for at least an equal amount of time. I'd guess that between work and home the average was probably 60 hours a week. Not too far off nowadays, just distributed differently.