History of Kansas Farming

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Across
  1. 3. A method to obtain land by planting a large number of trees and then purchasing that land at a $1.25 an acre.
  2. 6. a pit dug into the ground or on a hillside and used as a shelter
  3. 10. A nickname of the state of Kansas
  4. 11. The first name of the leader of the Exodusters movement
  5. 12. A frontier farmer who illegally occupied land owned by others or not yet officially opened for settlement.
  6. 13. Kansas is the _____ state (nickname)
  7. 16. Millions of grasshoppers attacked plants in Kansas
  8. 18. The name given to African Americas who left the south looking for better opportunities in Kansas
  9. 19. A plant that grows by the cob, common in Kansas
  10. 20. a severe shortage of food
Down
  1. 1. a method that allowed a squatter to purchase public land he had lived on after 14 months
  2. 2. to supply dry land with water by means of ditches, pipes or streams
  3. 4. food or resources to live
  4. 5. the result of a period of severe dust storms
  5. 7. An act to obtain land without having to purchase it by living on it and making improvements over a 5 period.
  6. 8. cereal grain that is a main crop of Kansas
  7. 9. a period of low economic activity marked by rising levels of unemployment
  8. 14. A person who tends the plants, animals, and barn
  9. 15. A form of farming that cultivates farmland owned by someone.
  10. 17. a farming method with long, narrow strips that are alternated in a crop rotation system.