Across
- 4. apples blown down by the wind from trees.
- 6. a person who buys and slaughters worn-out horses and sells their flesh as dog's meat.
- 7. a saloonkeeper; innkeeper.
- 8. gave birth to: said of some animals; here, meaning a litter of puppies was born.
- 9. a small wood; copse.
- 10. a small, light sleigh, usually drawn by one horse.
- 12. the husks of wheat or other grain separated in threshing or winnowing.
- 14. hogs, especially young ones, fattened for use as food.
Down
- 1. a small field or enclosure near a stable, in which horses are exercised.
- 2. a unit of liquid measure, equal to 1/4 pint or 4 fluid ounces.
- 3. piles of straw or peat under which potatoes are grown.
- 5. machines that both reap and bind grain.
- 11. tusks.
- 13. frames with spikes or sharp-edged disks, drawn by a horse or tractor and used for breaking up and leveling, plowed ground, covering seeds, rooting up weeds, etc.