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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