The keeping of hens was often a way for
the women of the farm to earn a little pocket money for themselves.
The handling of smaller livestock such as poultry was left to
them, possibly owing to their smaller hands and greater delicacy
of touch.
Children could help with feeding, and collecting eggs, as well
as helping by chopping kindling and collecting sticks to light
fires.
Students
at Newton Rigg College feeding
poultry
as part of their agricultural studies, 1930s.
