The American farmers have always been independent and hard-working.In the eighteenth century farmers were quite self-sufficient. The farmfamily grew and made almost nothing it needed. The surplus crop　　　　　　　　 1．______would be sold in order to buy a few items in the local general stone.In 1860, because some of the farm population had moved to　　　　　　　　　　   2．______the city, yet eight percent of the American population was still inthe country. In the late nineteen century, farm work and life were　　　　　　　3．______not much changed from that they had been in old days. The farmer　　　　　　　　4．______aroused at dawn or before and had much work to do, with his own　　　　　　　 　5．______muscles like his chief source of power. He used axes, spades and　　　　　　　　6．______other complicated tools. In his house cooking was done in wood　　　　　　　　　7．______burning stoves, and the kerosene lamp was the only improvementon the candle. The family’s recreation and social life chieflyconsisted a drive in the wagon to the nearby small town or village　　　　　　  8．______to transact some business as well as to chat with neighbors who alsocome to town　　The children attended a small elementary school (often of justone room) to that they had to walk every day, possibly for a few miles.　　　　 9．______The school term was short so that the children could not help on the　　　　　  10．______farm. Although the whole family worked, and life was not easy,farmers as a class were self-reliant and independent.