"Among daily duties, manual labor will be the principal thing; all the rest will be accessory." Girls must learn to spin, sew and wash clothes; the boys will work the roads, be shepherds, ploughmen and work-hands; both will have tasks set them, either in the school-workshops, or in the fields and factories in the neighborhood; they will be hired out to surrounding manufacturers and to the tillers of the soil.

Saint-Just is more specific and rigid.[21107] "Male children from five to sixteen years of age, must be raised for their country.

They must be clad in common cloth at all seasons, and have mats for beds, and sleep eight hours.

They are to have common food only, fruits, vegetables, preparations of milk, bread and water.

They must not eat meat before sixteen..