Identifier: storyofagricultu00sanf (find matches)
Title: The story of agriculture in the United States
Year: 1916 (1910s)
Authors: Sanford, Albert Hart, 1866- (from old catalog)
Subjects: Agriculture
Publisher: Boston, New York (etc.) D. C. Heath and co
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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p Another springtime occupation was the making ofsoap. The barrels of wood ashes were leached by havingwater soaked through them. At the bottom of eachbarrel was a hole through which the lye dripped. Mixedwith grease and fat, this was boiled down in a hugekettle over a fire built out-of-doors. The product wasgood homemade soap, both hard and soft, for differenthousehold uses. In the fall the cider mill was set going; at the sametime barrels of apple sauce and apple butter were madefor winter use. The pigs were killed and the sausageswere stuffed. Everyone has seen pictures of the old New Englandfarmhouse, with its rambling wings, sloping roofs, andmany gables. In the center was the huge chimney; thefireplace occupied much of one side of the living room. COLONIAL AGRICULTURE 6i Here the cooking was done and here the family gatheredin daily worship. Around the fireplace, too, were car-ried on the many occupations that helped to feed andclothe the family. There was enough of such work to
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New England Kitchen keep all hands busy during the long winter evenings.The greater part of the clothing of both men and womenwas made of wool. This was first cleaned, then combed,and then spun into yarn. The girls could help in thespinning and the boys could wind the yarn. Cloth wasthen woven in the loom and was later fulled and dyed.The garments for the family were cut and made in thehome. Other fireside occupations for the boys were shellingcorn, the making of brooms and wooden shoe pegs, andthe setting of wire teeth in wool co-mbs and of spikes inthe flax hetchels. The men, on their part, cut out woodenbowls, spoons, and other dishes and utensils for use in thekitchen and on the table; they plaited baskets and chairseats, and mended scythes, rakes, flails, and other tools.They made the wooden handles of these implements 62 AGRICULTURE IN THE UNITED STATES and the wooden teeth of rakes and harrows, hardeningthe latter in the fire. They also fashioned the ox-yokesthat were used on e

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