This one makes more sense than part one, but it's still somewhat ghastly.
A farmer is
1, a person who owns or manages a farm.
Synonyms: agriculturist, agronomist, rancher, smallholder, peasant;
- historical a person to whom the collection of taxes was contracted for a fee.
Note that farmer is synonymous with peasant:
A poor farmer of low social status who owns or rents a small piece of land for cultivation (chiefly in historical use or with reference to subsistence farming in poorer countries)
Or even worse:
Informal
An ignorant, rude, or unsophisticated person; a person of low social status.
Already ranked low, but it turns out, the etymology for farm:
c. 1300, "fixed payment (usually in exchange for taxes collected, etc.), fixed rent," from Old French ferme "a rent, lease" (13c.), from Medieval Latin firma "fixed payment," from Latin firmare "to fix, settle, confirm, strengthen," from firmus "strong; stable," figuratively "constant, trusty" (see firm (adj.)).
So if you own your land, you're not really a farmer.
You're no longer obligated, as a peasant serf, to work the fields, or lose your house
I guess the suggestion is that
Farming is so noble a profession
You ought to advertise the fact
That you don't own your own land
Right in your job title and description.
Fabulous.
It's very subtle. Maybe not so stupid after all...