Farms
an area of land with buildings used primarily for agricultural processes, such as growing crops, raising livestock, or breeding specialized species like fish
Name a way that a product can go bad.
-Mold
-temperature change
-expiring
-insects
What is the most popular brand of tractor?
John Deere
A baby horse is called a foal, but an adult female horse goes by this name.
What is a mare?
What are the most popular animals shown at the dutchess county fair?
Dairy and beef cattle, pigs, sheep, goats, rabbits, and chickens
-Migliorelli
-Greig
-Keisicke
-Ronnybrook
Name 4 different types of milk.
-Oat milk
-whole milk
-almond milk
-coconut milk
-soy milk
-pistachio milk
-skim milk
-vegan milk
This tall, tower-like structure on a farm is designed to store bulk materials like grain or fermented feed.
What was the disease that significantly impacted the white tail deer population?
EHD. Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease
What animals were used to plow fields before the agricultural revolution
Oxen, horses, mules
What are the most popular kind of tree farms?
Apple trees.
- Granny Smith
-Honey Crisp
-Macintosh
- Red Delicous
-Fuji
In 1831, Cyrus McCormick invented a mechanical version of this machine that revolutionized harvesting grain crops.
What is a mechanical reaper?
True or False: Pigs are in the top 10 smartest animals
True, they rank #7
What hidden visual metaphor is hidden in the International Harvester logo?
A Farmer driving a tractor.
Definition of irrigation
What is the artificial application of water to land, crops, or plants to assist with growth when natural rainfall is missing or not enough?
What is Cider?
Who created the steel plow in 1837?
John Deere
How many compartments are in a cow's stomach?
4
How did the dust bowl happen?
Poor farming reusing the soil so it had no more nutrients and it dried it up.
Which local farm has three farm stands?
What is Migliorelli?
What is the most commonly produced farming product in the North?
Corn.
What kind of machine do you use to harvest corn
Harvester
The process where animals like cows, sheep, and goats chew partially digested food that has been regurgitated from their first stomach compartment.
What is chewing cud?
The shift from hunting and gathering to settled farming around 10,000 BCE is known as the Agricultural or this revolution.
What is the Neolithic Revolution?