In the early days most people farmed for a living. Pioneers start farming by cutting down trees to make more room. This was a difficult job because the trees grew together. After the trees have been cut down, they prepare the land for planting vegetables. Pioneers preferred carrots, turnips, onions, cabbages and beans because they grew very fast a
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After couple of years the pioneers grew many different kinds of vegetables. These animals were important to the farm. The pioneers had help from the animals such as yoke, oxen's, and cows to plow the earth so the land would be fertile. Fisherman cut down trees along the river and awaited for salmons with a spear.
Hunting and Fishing
Hunting and fishing were another source of food it was important because in the winter times they weren’t able to farm. Salmons were speared as they came up river for migration. Fishing was not only a source of food but it was also sport. But the most common way of fishing was with a spear. Lettuce, cucumbers ( which they thought was fruit), melons ( which they thought was vegetables), asparagus and other vegetables were grown in the settlements. Trout were caught using artificial flies and rods like today. The same vegetables were not popular in all places for example in New France potatoes were thought to be pig food.
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