Personal Progress, Old School

My sister found this and I thought it was pretty funny. Here are some of the Personal Progress goals for the beehives in 1916. How many could YOU do??

• Care successfully for a hive of bees for one season and know their habits.
• Give the distinguishing characteristics of six varieties of hen and cattle and tell the good and weak points of each.
• Exterminate the mosquitoes over an area of BD mile square by pouring a little kerosene on the surface of all standing pools of water twice each month during April, May, and June.
• Make two articles of underwear by hand.
• Cover 25 miles on snowshoes in any six days.
• Learn to float in Great Salt Lake and propel yourself 50 feet.
• During three consecutive months, abstain from candy, ice cream, commercially manufactures beverages, and chewing gum
• For one month, masticate your food so thoroughly that it slips down without any visible effort at swallowing it.
• Successfully put a new washer on a faucet.
• During two weeks, keep the house free from flies or destroy at least 25 flies daily.
• Have your toilet moved to an isolated place in the garden. Have a frame of chicken wire built about three feet away and plant a quick-growing vines such as cucumber or morning glories to screen it from observation.
• Know and describe three cries of a baby.
• Without help or advice, care for and harness a team at least five times; drive them 50 miles during one season.
• Clear sagebrush off of an acre of land.