Across
- 5. ensures meat products are slaughtered & processed under strictly regulated sanitary conditions
- 6. 19th century belief stating the expansion of the U.S. throughout the American continents was inevitable
- 8. sealing off an area to prevent food or people from entering or leaving
- 9. ancient region of southwestern Asia lying between the Tigris & Euphrates rivers
- 10. british civilian organization created during World War II, so women could work in agriculture
- 11. area of OK, NM, KS, CO, & TX affected by severe soil erosion in the 1930s
- 12. free trade agreement between the U.S., Canada & Mexico
- 17. increase in crop production in developing countries by the use of fertilizers, pesticides & crop varieties
- 18. estate on which crops such as coffee, sugar and tobacco were cultivated by resident labor
Down
- 1. searching out and publicizing scandalous information about famous people
- 2. the process of taming an animal and keeping it as a pet or on a farm
- 3. vegetable gardens, especially a home garden, planted to increase food production during a war
- 4. treaty between Canada, Mexico and the U.S. which eliminated most tariffs
- 7. a strong blade at the end of a beam, usually hitched to a draft team or motor vehicle and used for breaking up soil
- 13. provided grants of land to states for colleges specializing in agriculture and mechanics
- 14. colorless and flammable liquid produced by the natural fermentation of sugars
- 15. the exclusive possession or control of the supply of/or trade in a commodity or service
- 16. information of a biased or misleading nature, used to publicize a particular political cause or view