Related for Bava Metzia 176:4
לא משיפקסו בבית אי הכי משיפקסו עד שיפקסו מיבעי ליה
— As has been taught: <i>'As thine own person</i>': just as if thou muzzlest thine own [mouth], thou art guiltless, so also, if thou muzzlest [the mouth of] thy labourer, thou art free [from transgression].<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., although the labourer is entitled to eat, yet if the employer stipulates that he shall not, or forcibly prevents him — metaphorically referred to as muzzling, cf. Deut. XXV, 4: Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out the corn — he is not punished for transgressing the injunction just quoted. ');"><sup>4</sup></span>
Tosefta Maasrot
The "granary" for tithes [of produce] (i.e., the point at which produce must be tithed) rendering one liable on account of the laws of tevel (i.e., the prohibited consumption of or benefit from untithed produce), is once their work is completed -- [meaning] the work of being brought in [from the field]. (See Bava Metzia 88b:6).)
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