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EmailJudging from these tips from 1867, the expectations of children between then and now have certainly changed quite a bit!
What Every Farmer's Boy Should Know
- To dress himself, black his own shoes, cut his brother's hair, wind a watch, sew on a button, make a bed, and keep all his clothes in perfect order and neatly in place
- To harness a horse, grease a wagon, and drive a team
- To milk cows, shear sheep, and dress veal or mutton
- To reckon money and keep accounts accurately and according to good bookkeeping rules
- To write a neat, appropriate, briefly expressed business letter, in a good hand, and fold and superscribe it properly, and to write contracts
- To plow, sow grain and grass seed, drive a mowing machine, swing a scythe, build a neat stack, and pitch hay
- To put up a package, build a fire, whitewash a wall, mend broken tools, and regulate a clock
What Every Farmer's Girl Should Know
- To sew and knit
- To mend clothes neatly
- To dress her own hair
- To wash dishes and sweep carpets
- To trim lamps
- To make good bread and perform all plain cooking
- To keep her room, closets, and drawers neatly in order
- To make good butter and cheese
- To keep accounts and calculate interest
- To write, fold, and superscribe letters properly
- To nurse the sick efficiently and not faint at the sight of a drop of blood
- To be ready to render efficient aid and comfort to those in trouble, in an unostentatious way
- To receive and entertain visitors when her mother is sick or absent
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My daughter is pregnant with
My daughter is pregnant with first child due date September 9/2012 tomorrow is August 31 2012 and will be a full moon could she deliver
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