I think if we replace 'farmer' with 'owner of huge tract of land, including all mineral and hunting rights', we'll get a little closer to what the original owner really had going for himself.

I agreee.
Pairs of ejector guns typically go along with privilege and wealth. They're made to not only to fit in a case together, but also to handle identically, pattern identically, and hit to the exact same point of impact as each other.
A bespoken pair is a very special piece of kit.

In use in the field, there's an assistant who in concert with the shooter, takes the freshly shot gun, reloads it, and hands it off to the shooter who hands the freshly-shot gun back to the assistant...
The sequence is quite a sight to be seen, and for all practical purposes, the guy doing the reloading is getting paid for the work!

Not what most folk in the western world would consider 'farmer's gear'

--Tinker