Altered economic conditions and the development of productive forces in agriculture are the main reasons for the disappearance of farmhouses. With the reduction of land ownership limits after World War II, first to 20, and then to 10 hectares, farmhouses lose their previous significance in production.
The application of machinery, in particular, made these estates easy to cultivate, with occasional visits from the village. The speed at which a tractor reaches the field, along with faster tractor work and the use of appropriate attachment machines, allows for successful and timely completion of tasks, with minimal material costs for fuel when going to and returning from the field, compared to what the family gains by living in the settlement.
The small amount of arable land owned by individual households, combined with the disappearance of large pasture areas, leads to the cessation of livestock breeding, thereby eliminating another previously significant function of the farmhouses.
Alongside the diminishing role of farmhouses in the production of crops and livestock, life in the village became much easier and more comfortable. Electrification, especially radio and television, as well as other electrical household devices that can only be used in settlements with electricity, along with easier education for children, made the settlements so attractive to farmhouse owners that they bid farewell to their farmhouses without regret, quickly adapting to the easier and more modern living conditions in the village. The young move to populated areas, especially cities, while older people remain on the farmhouses, though they seize every opportunity to join their children, leading to the rapid disappearance of the farmhouses.
Farmhouses have almost disappeared, and with them, the traditional way of life connected to them is lost. With their disappearance, the plain also changes its distinctive appearance. Without the farmhouses, the plain has become desolate. This is not just a lyrical or perhaps sentimental mood, but our entire plain space, in this respect, has become empty.
Today, thousands of hectares of land are devoid of birds, water (except in large canals and rivers), wildlife, or only as much as is artificially maintained, without chamomile and other things that make life richer and fuller.
The material wealth of the world, it seems, is increasingly impoverishing nature. Ecological pollution degrades living conditions, and at a time when humanity has immeasurable consumable goods, it is increasingly deprived of the most basic needs of life: clean and healthy water, clean air, peace and quiet, in a word, healthy nature, as well as human dignity.
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