(i) More enclosure: Due to the introduction of threshing machines rich farmers were enclosing more and more open fielfs. This was having an adverse impact on the poor class. Now the area under open fields was decreasing.
(ii) Loss of Job : Earlier, it was common for labourers to live with the landowners. They used to help their master throughout the year but with the introduction of machines work became insecure, employment uncertain and income unstable