6 ms·

I agree, they worked in the winter, as modern farmer do as well, but not nearly as hard as the spring, summer, fall. I was just going with the "up to 1/2 the y

I agree, they worked in the winter, as modern farmer do as well, but not nearly as hard as the spring, summer, fall. I was just going with the "up to 1/2 the year vacation" from the article.

watwut 9y ago
From what I read, it really was no slacking. For instance, all sewing was done by hand - that includes stuff to put on bed and cover your self with. That is huge amount of time consuming work. If you had daughter you had to prepare things she will need after marriage - so even if you are fixed, you are preparing things for that. Anything from wood is done by hand too. And insulation is not nearly as good as today, so you need to sleep more for the cold.