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