The main obligation of the peasants was to work on the estate fields; also there were many different types of corvée, the most burdening of these was the one where farmers had to take their horses or oxen to work with them.
Talupoegade peamiseks kohustuseks oli teotöö, mis jagunes rakme- ja jalateoks, kusjuures rakmetegu, kus tööle pidi saatma ka hobuse või härjad, oli neist kõige koormavam.