Feeling Fruity?
The Arkansas Valley is famous for producing _____ and _____
This machine can be used for pushing, pulling or lifting heavy loads as well as plowing and many other jobs on the farm or ranch
Tractor
Used to make the land flat or gently sloping to allow proper drainage
Land level
You sit in a ____ when riding a horse
Saddle
A _____ sprays water over the field. It also has tires that allow it to move in a circle
Sprinkler
Which fruit is grown on the western slope of Colorado near Grand Junction and Palisade?
Peaches
Used to "drill" tiny seeds into the ground
Grain drill
A _____ _____ is used to cut hay or grass, but it is pulled behind a tractor
Sickle mower
A _____ can be used on horses, cattle, sheep and goats to lead them or tie them up
Halter
These can be used to bring water directly from the ditch to the field by using gravity
Tubes (siphon tubes)
Name the potato that is shaped like a "digit" on your hand.
Fingerling potato
This machine has a seat that spins around so the operator can use the bucket on the front or dig trenches on the back
Backhoe
This implement makes it easy to pick up bales out of the field
Stack wagon or bale wagon
Something a cowboy or cowgirl wears on their boots to encourage their horse to move forward or side to side or just not be lazy
Spurs
A _____ is used to carry water to the crops. It looks like a tiny ditch between the plants
Furrow
Farmers in the _____ _____ Valley of Colorado are famous for growing potatoes
San Luis
A _____ is used to cut hay or grass which leaves the crop in _____
Swather, windrows
A _____ goes in the furrows and pulls out the weeds. It's commonly used in corn fields
Cultivator
What you put on a horse's head that has a bit to control it
Bridle
A manmade trench dug in the ground used to channel and control the flow of water
Dirt ditch
Fruit and vegetable production is almost a $_____ million industry in Colorado
$485
Name the five sizes of bales (in any order)
Small bales, 3'x3', 3'x4', 4'x4' and round bales
A mechanical device that controls the flow of water
Valve
What you put on horses or other animals when they are pulling something
Harness
A _____ is an artificial waterway constructed to carry water for irrigation of fields
Canal