sturbridge+villageTP09

Transportation

Carriges in the 19th centry moved very slow. About 5 to 10 miles per hour. When these days the average car can move up to 120 miles per hour. And these days we also have jet airplanes, and the average speed of a comercial airplane moves about 580 miles per hour. So you can get to places alot faster these days.
 * example 1:speed difference**

Carriagesin the 19th century, i would think, would be very uncomfortable. The horses would make the carriages bump around and wheels could break easily. Cars have heaters, and air conditioners, and windows. Air planes are also very comfortable, and proof of that is because most people sleep on air planes.
 * examle 2:comfort difference**

Most people in the 19th did not have carriages compared to how many people have cars today. I think that this is because horses eat alot of food and cost alot of money to maintain. Some cars would be cheaper than having a horse, because having a horse means that you need to have a barn and many other materials. A car, you only need gas. a place to park it, and you need to be a good driver and not crash it.
 * example 3: cost**

Carriages in the 19th century are probably safer than a car only because cars go very fast and if a carriage crashes it would most likely not hurt the person inside of it. But cars are also safer in a way because they are made of metal and are more compact.
 * example 4: safety**


 * conclusion:** I conclude that it would be easier to live, transportation wise, in the 20th century than the 19th century because you can get to where you want faster, cheaper, and more comfortable.

http://www.heritage.nf.ca/society/19th_comm.html http://www.literary-liaisons.com/article033.html

=Farming=
 * example 1 machinery:**These days people who farm full time have all sorts of machinery, and other things. They use chemicals to help the crops grow. In the 19th century, if they had no rain then they just had to live with it, unlike now how we can water the crops by hose. We have more advanced ways to farm these days, compared to back then.


 * example 2 number of people who farm:** In the 19th century there were too many farmers to count, but these days almost no one farms full time,as there are only about 2,000,000 small farms in operation. Some people garden for fun, but usually it is not their main source of food.
 * example 3 farm sizes:** Farms in the 19th century were much smaller than farms these days because they were mostly operated by one family. As these days there could be many workers on one farm. The average farm size today is about 449 acres. I don't know the exact average size of a farm back then but i know it is alot less.


 * example 4 terrain that was able to be farmed in:** farms today can have crops in many different kinds of land because we can modify the land. Like take out rocks and things like that. But in the 19th century that was impossible to modify that land like we do today. You could take out small rocks, but if there was a big one in your field then you just had to live with it there.


 * conclusion:** i would think that back in the 19th century it would be harder to live, farming wise, because of the lack of machinery, and helpful tools that we have today.

http://www.osv.org/explore_learn/document_viewer.php?DocID=928**