Farm Tools
What is the machine called that cuts grain?
a reaper
What were outdoor bathrooms called?
outhouses
What is a soddie?
A house made of sod
True or False?
In the year 1900, less than half of all Americans lived on farms.
True
What is a dairy?
A milk farm (or a farm that produces mostly dairy products)
What year were steam tractors first used?
1858
The first farmhouse most families built was what kind of house?
log cabin
Name one reason why families started leaving farms to go live somewhere else.
-Not making enough money
-Couldn't pay bills
-farm bought out by large company
When was the steel plow invented?
1837
What is used in soil to help the crops grow better?
fertilizer
What did John Deere make in 1837?
the steel plow
Farm families kept cows for milk, cheese, and _______.
butter
In a typical 1800's farmhouse, which room was the largest?
the kitchen
1992
What does agribusiness mean?
Large scale farming by big companies
What is used to make a furrow?
a plow with an iron blade
In the 1800's, families living on farms didn't use glass windows because it was expensive. Instead, they used _________.
greased paper
How many years did the famous drought last?
4 years
(1932-1936)
In the 1800's, how many hours did you need to work to raise 100 bushels of wheat?
300 hours
What does self-sufficient mean?
Doing everything necessary to care for yourself on your own.
(Farmers who are self-sufficient grow all the food they eat)
What does a combine harvester do?
it harvests the crop and separates the grain at the same time (this used to take a long time to do both jobs!)
In the summers in the 1900's, farm women spent hours ______ the food from their garden.
canning
When farmers first saw prairies they avoided them because...
Prairie grass was terribly tangled with roots.
In the 2000's, how many people out of 100 lived on farms?
2 out of 100
This machine applies pesticide over large areas of a field at once.
A crop sprayer