Ranching and Farming

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Across
  1. 2. group of fpeople who introduced cattle ranching to americans
  2. 8. adventure books of exagerated tales of cowboys that sold for a dime
  3. 10. an African American cattle driver
  4. 12. new breed of cattle from Mexico and Texas
  5. 15. a town in Kansas where the chrisholm trail ended
  6. 16. english word from mexican origin meaning a sudden panicked rush of a number of horses, cattle, or other animals
  7. 17. between 1867 and 1871 coyboys drove nearly 1.5 ___ head of cattle northto Kansas
  8. 18. spanish word meaning a rope used as a lasso or for tethering.
  9. 19. selling cattle in teh north could increase profits by ___ times
  10. 20. spanish word meaning a rope with a noose at one end used for catching cattle or horses.
Down
  1. 1. a cheap invention ending the long drives
  2. 3. Americans learning from Hispanic herders
  3. 4. whensheep herders and famers got in teh way of cowboys
  4. 5. the major route north for cowboys
  5. 6. the beginning of the long drive in the spring
  6. 7. a scarce supply of this made cattle ranching in the plains seem impracticle
  7. 9. the main struggle of cattle farmers who had moved north
  8. 11. moving cattle north
  9. 13. vast area of grassland owned by the government
  10. 14. unidentifiable stray calves