VOCABULARY : Farming and Agriculture

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Across
  1. 2. tillage planting crops on ridge tops
  2. 5. deliberate modification of Earth’s surface through cultivation of plants and rearing of animals.
  3. 8. commercial grazing of livestock over an extensive area
  4. 9. flooded field
  5. 13. herding of domesticated animals
  6. 15. area cleared by slash and burn tactics
  7. 17. any plant cultivated by people
  8. 18. rotating the use of different fields from crop to crop each year
  9. 19. machine that reaps, threshes, and cleans
  10. 20. outer covering of rice
  11. 22. obtaining two harvests per year from one field
  12. 23. seed from various grasses
  13. 24. farming commercial growing of fruits and vegetables
  14. 27. grass or other plants grown for feeding animals
  15. 28. husks
Down
  1. 1. ring surrounding a city from which milk can be supplied without spoiling
  2. 3. seasonal migration of livestock between mountains and lowland pastures
  3. 4. human actions causing land quality to deteriorate
  4. 6. oats, wheat, rye, and barley
  5. 7. slash and burn farming
  6. 10. planted in autumn, harvested at start of summer
  7. 11. machine that cuts grain standing in the field
  8. 12. large farm that specializes in one or two crops
  9. 13. Malay wet rice
  10. 14. planted in spring, harvested in late summer
  11. 16. blown away by the wind
  12. 20. growing of fruits, vegetables, and flowers
  13. 21. commercial farming
  14. 25. wild onions
  15. 26. agriculture preserves and enhances environmental quality