Terms
1800's
1900's
2000's
States & Capitals
100
This is the term that is a curved knife on a long handle used for cutting grain
What is skythe?
100
In 1800 this is how most farm work was done by hand with
What is simple iron tools?
100
This number is how many people lived on farms in the 1900's (out of 100 people)
What is about 40?
100
Fertilizers and pesticides are used to help farmers do this
What is grow more food on less land?
100
The capital of Kansas
What is Topeka?
200
A substance added to soil to improve plant growth
What is fertilizer?
200
Between 1800 and today, the number of acres of the average farm
What is increased to about 450 acres a farm?
200
This is the man that invented the reaper to cut grain
Who is Cyrus McCormkick?
200
Ethanol is called a renewable resource because
What is people can make more of it by growing more corn?
200
Des Moines in the capital of this state
What is Iowa?
300
A machine for cutting and threshing grain
What is a combine?
300
This is true of farming today as it was in 1800
What is they must work hard at their job?
300
This tool was invented by John Deere in 1837 that helped cut through the thick prairie soil far more easily than the old version
What is the steel plow?
300
This is the most important tool on most farms today
What is the tractor?
300
Lansing is the capital of this state
What is Michigan?
400
This is to separate grain seeds from the rest of the plant
What is to thresh?
400
This is a tool used for beating harvested grain in the 1800s
What is a flail?
400
These are the three types of farm homes on the plains
What is tents, log cabins, and soddies?
400
More than half of the corn grown in the United States is used for
What is animal feed?
400
The Black Hills are located in this state
What is South Dakota?
500
A substance used on crops to kill insects and other pests
What is a pesticide?
500
This is an area of flat or gently rolling land that is covered with grasses and wildflowers
What is a prairie?
500
These are the 6 chores that children might have done on the farm
What is chopping wood, drawing water, weeding the garden, gathering eggs, milking cows, and feeding the animals?
500
This is the reason most farm families give up farming
What is they can't earn enough to pay their bank loans?
500
These 4 states border Lake Michigan
What is Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, and Michigan?
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