"It always amazes me when feminists argue that men only care about their "legacy". That men want no input in raising their children."
One hundred years ago, kids got to spend a lot more time with their Dads. In fact, they often spent as much or more time (every day) with their Dads as their Mothers, especially the boys, especially in Summertime. One hundred fifty years ago, even a greater percentage of kids got to spend large amounts of time with their Dads. I know all about that, because I spent the first 18 years of my life living on a farm in the Midwest.
1910 seems to be the highest number of Farmers living on a farm of any year, but the percentage of people in the population living on a farm has gone down every year since the country was founded. Farming is a hard life, but a good one for kids.
http://www.agclassroom.org/gan/timeline/farmers_land.htm1790
Total population: 3,929,214; farmers 90% of labor force
1840
Total population: 17,069,453; farm population; 9,012,000 (est.); farmers 69% of labor force
1850
Total population: 23,191,786; farm population; 11,680,000 (est.); farmers 64% of labor force
1860
Total population: 31,443,321; farm population: 15,141,000 (est.); farmers 58% of labor force
1870
Total population: 38,558,371; farm population: 18,373,000 (est.); farmers 53% of labor force
1880
Total population: 50,155,783; farm population: 22,981,000 (est.); farmers 49% of labor force
1890
Total population: 62,941,714; farm population: 29,414,000 (est.); farmers 43% of labor force
1900
Total population: 75,994,266; farm population: 29,414,000 (est.); farmers 38% of labor force
1910
Total population: 91,972,266; farm population: 32,077,000 (est.); farmers 31% of labor force
1920
Total population: 105,710,620; farm population: 31,614,269; farmers 27% of labor force
1930
Total population: 122,775,046; farm population: 30,455,350; farmers 21% of labor force
1940
Total population: 131,820,000; farm population: 30,840,000; farmers 18% of labor force
1950
Total population: 151,132,000; farm population: 25,058,000; farmers 12.2% of labor force
1960
Total population: 180,007,000; farm population: 15,635,000; farmers 8.3% of labor force
1970
Total population: 204,335,000; farm population: 9,712,000; farmers 4.6% of labor force
1980
Total population: 227,020,000; farm population: 6,051,000; farmers 3.4% of labor force
1990
Total population: 261,423,000; farm population: 2,987,552; farmers 2.6% of labor force
Here's a picture of our farm in the twenties, and my Dad once told me the name of every man in the picture.
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If Grandpa and Grandma were alive today they'd say...
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