Animals
Crops
General Farm Facts
Farm Equipment
The Barn
100

True or False: Horses cannot vomit

True; Due to a one-way valve in their stomach, horses are unable to vomit

100

This purple fruit grows on vines.

Grapes

100

What is the most widely grown crop in the world?

Corn

100

Historically pulled by oxen, donkeys, or horses, this piece of equipment was used to prepare soil for planting.

Plow

100

What is the storage area in the upper part of the barn called: a hayloft or haymound?

Hayloft

200

What is the name for a female sheep?

Ewe

200

This white, fluffy fiber crop is often used to make clothes.

Cotton

200

What is the process of supplying water to crops artificially?

Irrigation

200

This modern-day plow most recognizable color is green as manufactured by John Deere.

Tractor

200

This simple machine was used inside barns to help manually lift hay bales into the hayloft.

Rope and Pulley

300

What is the most common farm animal worldwide?

Chickens

300

This spud vegetable has "eyes".

Potato

300

What is the term for soil left unplanted for a season to restore fertility?

Fallow

300

This machinery is used to compress a cut and raked crop, usually hay, into compact bales.

Baler

300

This type of barn roof is made of two sloping sides meeting together at a ridge to create a triangular shape.

Gable Roof

400

What is a group of farm cats called?

Clowder

400

China is the largest producer of rice and what other grain?

Wheat

400

What is the average U.S. farm size in acres?

About 444 Acres

400

This tool ensures even seed distribution by planting seeds at consistent depth and spacing.

Seed Drill

400

This community event occurred when neighbors helped build a barn together in rural America.

A Barnraising
500
About how many eggs for hens lay per year?

Around 250-300

500

The agave plant is a crop native to Mexico and is used to make what kind of alcohol?

Tequila

500

What percentage of Earth's land is used for agriculture?

37%

500

These types of sprayers are carried on the back and can be operated manually or via battery.

Knapsack Sprayer

500

Usually small, dome-like or square structures, the primary purpose of this addition to a barn's roof is to provide ventilation.

Cupola