Children on a colonial Virginia farm had a number of chores to do.
The work they did and the education they received was different for
boys and girls. Children began working on the farm at a very young age.
They were given simple tasks such as sweeping, washing dishes, feeding
chickens and other poultry, collecting eggs, picking and stringing
vegetables for drying, topping the tobacco (removing the flowers to
encourage the leaves to grow bigger), and picking tobacco worms off of
plants. As they grew older, children were given more chores, often
following in the footsteps of their father or mother. Some chores
might include tending tobacco, looking after younger brothers and
sisters, and caring for the farm animals.
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