Farming Methods History Crossword

What is the science or practice of farming, including cultivation of the soil for the growing of crops and the rearing of animals to provide food, wool, and other products?
Where Agriculture Statrted 10,000 years ago
Where Elk were first domesticated
Called the cradle of civilization
One of the ancient Mesopotamian Cultures
This ancient civilization established the science of botany
Essay written by Cato
A system in which 1/3 of the land is not planted in order to restore soil fertility
Farming where feilds are partitioned into strips
Farm animal that produces milk
Farm animal that produces eggs
1.3 _______ poeple are farmers
Method where villagers develop slash-and-burn farming in subtropical regions
The most intensive method of fruit and nut tree cropping
Farming in the tropics often includes floodplain cropping with periodic irrigation
Periodic, controlled burning farming method
Farming in regions where water is scarce and sunlight is plentiful
The farming traditional to Western cultures in temperate regions
Farming done in prairie fields
By 2000, global agricultural production was 1.6 times _______
began in 1850 when a variety of machines came into use
_____ produced threshing machines
___ came into use in the 1860s on large farms
a person or thing that cultivates something.
to prepare and use (land) for crops or gardening.
1.a cultivated plant that is grown as food, especially a grain, fruit, or vegetable.
an estate on which crops such as coffee, sugar, and tobacco are cultivated by resident labor.
In late 1960s, this revolution had staple grains feeding more people than they ever had before
to tame (an animal) and keep it as a pet or for farm produce.
grassland suitable for pasturage
a seed, pod, or other edible part of a leguminous plant, used as food.
a person who owns land, especially a large amount of land.
1.a small piece of ground used to grow vegetables, fruit, herbs, or flowers.
the quality of being productive
to turn up the earth of (an area of land) with a plow, especially before sowing.