Across
- 3. The typical texan in 1800s was a_________ not a rancher.
- 6. A tenant farmer who is provided with seed, tools, living quarters, and food and receives a share of the value of the crop.
- 7. Who introduced cotton to the Rio Grande valley?
- 9. What was the most important in Texas?
- 10. Plantation onwers used_____ to do their work?
Down
- 1. What were the railroads became farming centers.
- 2. What played an important role in cotton farming?
- 4. A farmer who works land owned by another and pays rent either in cash or in shares of the crop.
- 5. 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.
- 8. Martinez also brought the first_______ and corn planters to the Valley