Or they owned a farm, and 7 or 8 of those kids are already doing significant amounts of farm labor to earn their food. The economics of having tons of kids is radically different when they go from being a cost to a profit in 8ish years instead of from a cost to not a budget item in hopefully 22 if you’re lucky.
The US school calendar was based on the realities of this. So was the election schedule, voting on a Tuesday aligns neatly with the schedules of farmers bringing goods to the nearest town for market.
The US school calendar was based on the realities of this.
No it wasn’t. The US school calendar gives the biggest break times in the middle of summer and the middle of winter – two times when farmers are the least busy. School is fully in session during a farmer’s busiest times of spring planting and fall harvest.
Or they owned a farm, and 7 or 8 of those kids are already doing significant amounts of farm labor to earn their food. The economics of having tons of kids is radically different when they go from being a cost to a profit in 8ish years instead of from a cost to not a budget item in hopefully 22 if you’re lucky.
The US school calendar was based on the realities of this. So was the election schedule, voting on a Tuesday aligns neatly with the schedules of farmers bringing goods to the nearest town for market.
No it wasn’t. The US school calendar gives the biggest break times in the middle of summer and the middle of winter – two times when farmers are the least busy. School is fully in session during a farmer’s busiest times of spring planting and fall harvest.