Life+in+The+19th+Century+Vs.+Life+in+The+21st+Century

= Topic: Farming =


 * Example 1: Most people were farmers, Even if that wasn't their title they were in the agricultural business. Craftsmen were even farmers on the side they needed a way to provide for their fammily and farming gave them ways to do that.**

//Pri Source evidence: The rhythms of farm life and the relationships arising from farm work shaped the life of the whole community.//


 * Example 2: Every person in the famiy had a part on the farm,(women and children) and everyone had a responsibility in the fields, barn, the garden, and even in the household.**

//Pri source evidence: whole families worked a farm and each family member had responsibilities in the fields, barnyard, garden, or household.//

First Year: Cut down trees for about five or six acres Second Year: Burn the trees and ground in the spring and then plant corn, build a log house and cut more trees. Third Year: Build a barn and raise wheat. Fourth Year: Raise hay, wheat, rye, and corn At the end of this process a farmer is ready to live a comfortable life.
 * Example 3: Every farm had to start out the same way by a four year process:**

//Pri Source evidence:"the common course of proceeding with beginners"//


 * Example 4: Most people back then were not farming to sell their products, they were farming as a way to live and provide for their family.**

//Pri source evidence: Most people were farmers; even craftsmen and professionals usually derived an important part of their subsistence from farming.//


 * Conclusion: By learning a little more about farmers back then I conclude that it wasn't like a job it was more of a part of life. People didn't do this for profit, they did it to live.**

= Topic: Chores =


 * Example 1: Milking the cows was one thing that was done before every meal especially before breakfast.**

//Pri Source evidence:"// //Many families had milk for this meal."//


 * Example 2: During breakfast, the milk that had been recieved before was over the fire in a kettle awaiting to be made into cheese.**

//Pri source evidence:"// //During breakfast the milk for the cheese was warming over the fire, in the large brass kettle."//


 * Example 3: After eating breakfast the women start to prepair for dinner which was at twelve o'clock.**

//Pri Source evidence:"// //Next came preparations for dinner, which was on the table punctually at twelve o’clock. In the hot weather we usually had boiled salted meat and vegetables, and, if it was baking day, a custard or pudding."//


 * Example 4: After dinner the women would sew, then the men would come home to have tea and then the cows would be milked and linen taken in.**

//Pri source evidence:"// //At five o’clock the men came from the field, and tea was served."//


 * Conclusion: I think that today children do so little that their minds and body go to waist. The children back in the 19th Century were out every day doing work. Children today just sit around their house doing nothing. Chores are a lot easier today in the 21st Century because children don't do much their parents do most of the work.**