Vocabulary
Harvesting trees to use for wood building is called
Logging
What are the three main natural resources of Wisconsin in the past
trees, land (soil), and lead
What was a lumberjack's job
To cut down trees and transport them
What is a pioneer
Somebody who does something for the first time
What day did Lumberjacks do their laundry
Sunday
Somebody who does something for the first time
Pioneer
What farming was Wisconsin known for first
Wheat
How many days did a lumberjack work
6, Sundays were laundry & relax days
What career(s) did most pioneers start doing in Wisconsin
Farming & Logging
Besides wheat, what are 3 other crops that farmers grew
Corn, hay, oats
Anything found in nature used by living things
Natural Resource
Chinch bugs destroyed crops & soil lost nutrients
What was the most important job in the lumberjack camp
Cook
What was the main crop grown by pioneer farmers
Wheat
How many pounds of milk do you need to make cheese
10
A non-animal/plant substance found in nature
Mineral
What was milk made into, to keep it from perishing
Butter & eventually cheese
Rivers
What seasons were considered busy seasons for pioneer farmers
Spring & Fall
What supplied waterpower for sawmills
Rivers
Another word for farming
Agriculture
Who created the Hoard's Dairyman Magazine
William Hoard
What were 3 things lumberjacks did for fun
What are three jobs that children had on a pioneer farm
Pick rocks from the fields, babysit, milk the cows, take care of animals, water the fields, pull weeds
What was the fire in Wisconsin that destroyed a town and happened the same night as the Great Chicago Fire
Peshtigo Fire