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- 1. What played an important role in cotton farming?
- 4. What system replaced slavery?
- 6. Who introduced cotton to the Rio Grande valley?
- 8. The typical Texan in the 1800s was a__________ not a rancher.
- 9. A farmer who works land owned by another and pays rent either in cash or in shares of the crop.
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- 2. A tenant farmer who is provided with seed, tools, living quarters, and food and receives a share of the value of the crop.
- 3. A method of farming that used a manner of plowing that left loose soil on top of the ground, which kept water in the ground by slowing evaporation.
- 5. What was the most important crop in Texas?
- 6. Martinez also brought the first_______ and corn planters to the Valley.
- 7. Plantation owners used_____ to do their work?