Chapter 10 Sodbusters Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 2. heavy tangle of grass roots and dirt
  2. 6. 1862 that provided up to 160 acres of land to settlers who would live on it, built a house, and farm it for 5 years.
  3. 7. Someone who buys a sells land, hoping to make a profit
  4. 8. Bug that came in the millions during several years in the 1870s, destroying settler crops
  5. 9. A nationwide organization for farmers that supports their economic well-being and their political interests
Down
  1. 1. Farm that produces enough food to feed one's family, but not enough to sell at a market
  2. 3. Farm that produces a variety of crops and livestock on one farm
  3. 4. A geographic area that are subsections of states, that have their own local government
  4. 5. To control or adjust something in order to change how it works