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Zeraph-
I'm going to play devil's advocate a little here, but the opposite fo your example could be used as well. Girls beginning to have children as soon as they are able (say 12-13) means MANY more children in her lifetime (maybe 2 or 3 more even?) which is more hands to work on the farm, more children to make sure you have living offspring, more older children to help with the younger as they get older. I certainly don't think that 13 y/o girls should be starting families these days, but it certainly had it's use back in the day and during economic stress periods like the depression.
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