WORKING THE SOIL
This man was a blacksmith before he invented a plow and tractors.
Who is John Deere?
Tall grass is baled into this so animals such as horses and cattle can have food during the winter months.
What is hay?
This is the offspring of a boar and a sow.
What is a piglet?
This is a heifer that has had a calf.
What is a cow?
These large masses of ice pushed rich soil to the the Midwest and Illinois during the Ice Age.
What are glaciers?
This is the type of plow you can ride on rather than walk behind.
What is a sulky plow?
Corn along with this make up the two main crops of Illinois.
What are soybeans?
This animal has four stomach compartments.
What is a cow? (Bovine, heifer, bull, and steer are also accepted.)
(This was in one of our lessons, but all ruminants like cattle, sheep, goats, buffalo, deer, elk and camels have four compartments.)
We eat the large leaves of this plant in salads.
What is lettuce?
These animals hatch from eggs after 21 days of incubation.
What are chicks?
This is what farmland is often called when viewed from the sky.
What is patchwork?
This crop was one of three major crops (along with corn and turkey red wheat) grown in Illinois in the 1860s.
What is alfalfa?
Pig or hogs evolved from these animals.
What are wild boars?
This is a root vegetable that is not only a favorite of humans, but is very popular with rabbits.
What are carrots?
This is the term for when a seed sprouts.
What is germination?
This is when you break up the soil to make it soft before planting.
What is plowing?
This used to be fed to pigs or hogs before scientists learned that ground corn and soybeans fatten pigs in a shorter amount of time.
What is slop?
This comes from a cow and is added to things such as paint, dish soap, hand soap, and insecticide.
What is cattle fat?
This plant is tall and light green, and only the crunchy stem is eaten.
What is celery?
This man was from Illinois and invented barbed wire.
Who is Glidden?
This is the farming of the soil to raise crops and animals for food purposes.
What is agriculture?
These types of cattle produce a great deal of milk which is made into products such as cheese and yogurt.
What are dairy cattle?
What is the name of the street in New York named for closing off an area to keep hogs from running rampant through the streets?
What is Wall Street?
This is the hollow stem of wheat and other grain plants such as rye that is used mainly for animal bedding.
What is straw?
This is what the cowboys did to mark the cattle so everyone would know they belonged to their ranch.
What is branding?