Potato Crossword

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Across
  1. 1. Pickers in colonial times carried potatoes by hand with these.
  2. 5. A way to water crops when there’s not enough rain.
  3. 6. How water moves through soil so it’s not too soggy.
  4. 8. A standard for which potatoes are measured.
  5. 9. How well soil holds water for plants to use.
  6. 12. The state we live in.
  7. 14. When crops are picked.
  8. 15. Main plant nutrients like nitrogen and potassium.
Down
  1. 2. Machinery used to plant and harvest potatoes.
  2. 3. Plant food that helps crops grow strong.
  3. 4. Turning food into new forms like fries or chips.
  4. 7. A person that runs a farm.
  5. 10. A fleshy growth on the roots of potato plants.
  6. 11. Our states largest crop.
  7. 13. Underground plant parts like potatoes that we eat.
  8. 16. Maine's largest potato producing county.