Part IV???????????????? Error Correction??????????? ( 15 minutes)
???? Traditionally,? the? American? farmer? has? always? been
independent? and hard-working.? In the eighteenth? century
farmers were quite self-sufficient.? The farm family grew
and? made? almost? nothing? it? needed.? The? surplus? crop?????? 71.
would be sold to buy a few items in the local general store.
????? In? 1860,? because? some? of? the? farm? population? had?????? 72.
moved? to? the? city,? yet? eighty? percent? of? the? American
population was? still? in the? country.? In? the? late? nineteen?????? 73.
century,? farm work and life were not much changed from
that they had been in the old days.? The farmer aroused at?????? 74.
dawn or before and had much work to do,? with his own??????? 75.
muscles? like? his? chief? source? of? power.? He? used? axes,??????? 76.
spades and other complicated tools.? In his house cooking?????? 77.
was done in wood-burning stoves,? and the kerosene lamp
was? the only? improvement? on? the? candle.? The? family's
recreation and? social? life chiefly consisted a? drive? in? the?????? 78.
wagon to the nearby small town or village to transact some
business as well as to chat with neighbors who had also
come? to town.? The children attended a small elementary
school (often of just one room) to that they had to walk?????? 79.
every day,? possibly for a few miles.? The school term was
short so that the children could not help on the farm.??????????????????? 80.
???? Although? the whole family worked,? and life was not
easy , farmers as a class were self - reliant and independent .