Across
- 4. the making of articles on a large scale using machinery
- 5. first wire technology capable of restraining cattle.
- 6. a community undergoing rapid growth due to sudden economic shock.
- 7. farming in which nearly all of the crops or livestock raised are used to maintain the farmer and the farmer's family, leaving little, if any, surplus for sale or trade.
- 9. a period of great prosperity or rapid economic growth is abruptly followed by one of economic decline
- 11. the extreme limit of settled land beyond which lies wilderness, especially referring to the western US
- 12. any cloth or goods produced by weaving, knitting, or felting.
- 13. a large area of grazing land without fences or other barriers.
Down
- 1. large-scale production of crops for sale
- 2. African American soldiers who mainly served on the Western frontier following the American Civil War.
- 3. to prepare and work on (land) in order to raise crops
- 8. a large yard containing pens and sheds, typically adjacent to a slaughterhouse, in which livestock is kept and sorted.
- 9. The action of marking with branding Iron.
- 10. a town or city in a cattle-raising area of western North America.