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| Description: Large families on U.S. farms used to be common. Children helped plant and harvest crops, take care of animals, and prepare food. As the country industrialized and urbanized, children became nonproducers, making them expensive to have around. Consequently, the size of families shrank as we entered Stage 3 of the demographic transition. The two adult sons in this 1890s Minnesota farm family are likely from their father’s first wife who died. Picture Stats: Views: 356 Filesize: 481.08kB Height: 517 Width: 650 Source: https://biology-forums.com/index.php?action=gallery;sa=view;id=27983 |