it was the members of the zichy family who launched the capitalistic development of their estate in the middle of the 1870s. they recognised the outstanding potentials of their land and utilised these qualities. the land was extremely fertile and yielded good crop. corn production and animal husbandry were the most significant occupations in the area. payment at újfalu did not differ from payments labourers received elsewhere for agricultural work. agricultural workers were most often paid in kind. the members of the zichy family achieved outstanding economic results at the end of the 19th century. their income on the other hand did not contribute to the social and economic rise of the estate workers. the majority of agricultural workers in this period was from seregélyes and because of this their revolts always coincided with those ones at seregélyes. the agrarian movements were common in the area from 1897-1906.