What is the first homesteading lesson Hattie learns in the novel, Hattie Big Sky?

Hattie first homesteading lesson is learning to get water from the well the night before for morning coffee. Although she manages to pump a bucket, her bare hand adheres itself to the pump handle, and Hattie would have been in a pickle had it not been for Chase, who arrives on horseback leading Plug and Violet home.