Victorian Farm - Episode 5

It's May and the boys are tending sheep.  Ruth starts dairying, Alex gets involved with beekeeping and Peter learns how to make cricket bats.

Once the sheep give birth, they are sheered with an electric sheerer.  This sped up the process for the Victorian farmer.  In order to speed up the process, Peter and Alex bring out something that their land agent invented to help the farmers from hand cranking the sheers.  The inexperienced sheers discover that their fleece is infected with maggots.

Alex gets help with a bee swarm in order to start up bee keeping while Peter learns to carve a cricket bat.  Peter and Alex take in a game of cricket where Peter has an embarrassing situation.

Ruth starts operating the dairy in order to make cheese.

You can use this episode of the series in the classroom when there is a sub in the room.  Unless you want to use it as a supplement for a lecture in a history classroom.

You can highlight, copy, and paste the questions into a Word, GoogleDoc or Google Classroom document for use in school or home school.  Format it the way you want to.  All questions after formatting should fit onto one page.

You can find the link to the YouTube video here. 

Questions

1. What needed to be done after the sheep gave birth?
2. What was the name of the cow?
3. How many acres did a farmer need to break even?
4. How many acres did a dairy farm need to break even?
5. What was invented in the 1870’s?
6. What became a popular sport during the Victorian Period?
7. What did Ruth make for the garden?
8. What did Alex get involved in?
9. When was the modern beehive invented?
10. How far does bees create their honeycombs?

Answers

1. What needed to be done after the sheep gave birth? - Shorn/fleece cut
2. What was the name of the cow? - Forget me not
3. How many acres did a farmer need to break even? - 50 acres
4. How many acres did a dairy farm need to break even? - 5 acres
5. What was invented in the 1870’s? - Sheering machines
6. What became a popular sport during the Victorian Period? - cricket
7. What did Ruth make for the garden? - pesticide
8. What did Alex get involved in? - Beekeeping
9. When was the modern beehive invented? - 1855
10. How far does bees create their honeycombs? - 8 millimeters