Didn’t get any corn at all. We made fun of her for years for doing that.
She did help butchering I think, so she did get some respect.
What one would expect. I've learned a few things the hard way. Oh, I know one for sure. Dogs mating, and my male was on a chain, didn't stop that hot-to-trot female. I panicked and called the vet because I thought they were somehow stuck together and was wondering if I ought to try to squirt the hose on those parts to separate them ;-)
She did help butchering I think, so she did get some respect.
Now that's something I wouldn't relish, can only imagine myself doing it myself if I or my family were starving. Then I could at least kill a chicken or a smaller animal, I think.
I wouldn't be able to do how they do (or farmers did) pigs, could possibly shoot a cow, but don't know how to gut and dress it, 'spose I could learn that on the fly. If I didn't have to watch the actual killing which I'd rather not, I could help with cutting up the smaller chunks of meat and preserving it.
Even castrating pigs their squealing can affect you. Some lady I worked with at a temp job having nothing to do with that, fainted from stress, I tried to help her, and she was telling about how she couldn't stand hearing it when pigs were being castrated.
I'm used to barnyard odors, doesn't bother me overmuch, but wouldn't want to clean out a pit because it's dangerous.
It was explained to me how cows are artificially inseminated. I guess the danger is you have to go in up to your elbow, and if the cow goes down on you can break your arm. The other part, where and how, would take some practice and knowhow.
Too bad us city folk don't know, especially the younger generation, some of these basic skills. At least I finally learned how to milk a cow without a milking machine. And gathering eggs is easy enough. Don't know how to churn butter or skim milk though with a skimmer. Could at least let the cream rise to the top and skim most of that off somehow.