Same here on the hay fields.
Never mowed any lawns, wasn’t enough time with all the farm work that needed to be done.
All of us kids in our community worked on the farms. Not one of us had any serious injuries and this was with open pto shafts and no roll over protection.
Hand planted and suckered tobacco, cut it, put it in the barn and tended the curing fires. Spent nights and Saturdays sorting, tying and packing it. Very early morning packing it on the truck to take to the market.
Market day was a day off from school.
The good old days.
when in the second grade, after school hours worked at a nursery planting evergreen tree seedling for $.25 an hour. After four hrs work, walked two miles had something to eat. Then worked 5 or 6 hours at a truck farm. Weeding, hoeing, picking by hand veges, clean, sort and pack for delivery for the next day. All for $.25 cent an hour. Used the money to buy war bond stamps. Forgot how many stamp for 1 war bond. Also collected used paper, cardboard, tin cans and fat for the war effort. Hard work but also a lot of fun time too.