Across
- 2. a row of trees that provides shelter or protection from the wind.
- 3. the upper layer of earth in which plants grow.
- 4. a farm implement used to break up and smooth out the surface of a plot of soil.
- 8. prevention of wasteful use of a resource.
- 9. the application of water to the soil through various systems.
- 12. the process of collecting mature crops as food.
- 13. method of growing crops on sides of hills by planting.
- 15. the technique of piling soil up around the base of a plant.
- 18. farming which includes growing and harvesting crops and raising animals or livestock.
- 22. grassland used for grazing of mainly domestic herbivores.
- 23. a geographic area located outside of towns and cities.
- 24. a mature female chicken or other fowl.
- 26. electrically charged atom.
- 27. mechanical cultivation of agricultural soils by the plough to different depths.
- 28. the juvenile goat.
Down
- 1. agricultural output.
- 5. an area of land that separates waters flowing to different rivers, basins, or seas.
- 6. the science or practice of planting, managing, and caring for forests.
- 7. a person who owns or manages a farm.
- 10. a unit of land area equal to 4,840 square yards.
- 11. type of farming using no synthetic fertilizers or pesticides.
- 14. a plant that's often grown to feed livestock.
- 16. organic matter used as fertilizer in agriculture.
- 17. a plant that can be grown and harvested for profit or subsistence.
- 19. planting a different crop on a particular piece of land each growing season.
- 20. a large farm building used for storage or housing livestock.
- 21. the area of land that drains to a particular river.
- 25. the wearing away of the land surface by water, wind, or ice.