My dictionaries are failing me.   I am looking for the specific German words used to describe farmers of various kind. At some point I learned that an Anspanner was a farmer with a full size farm with draft horses. Now all the dictionaries seem to say is that an Anspanner is a farmer.   Then there is Gaertner which is translated as gardener. But some where I learned that while a Gaertner might be a gardener in our sense of the word, it might also mean that he had a small farm, sort of a market Gardener.   I know there were half farmers, which I believe was a Halbbauer, and even quarter farmers. And of course there where hopbauer, weinbauer . Does anyone know of a site that discusses  the various possibilities? LaVerne,