Farming Crossword Puzzle

Clues Across:
3. Farm land is lost as towns and cities grow ____.
6. ____ pioneers were the first to use irrigation in Idaho.
8. The right to use a certain amount of water from a stream or river is a ____ ____.
10.The loss of soil by wind and water is called ____.
11. ____ uses a series of rivers, dams, canals, and ditches to bring mountain water to the desert farms of Idaho.
13. The amount of precipitation an area receives is called ____.
15. After farms appear on the land, ____ spring up, providing places where people gather to sell their farm products and buy supplies.
16. The ____ Dam was the first dam built on the Snake River.
17. ____ tubes lift water out of the irrigation ditch and onto the field.
18. It takes 40 gallons of water to grow enough grain to produce ____ egg/eggs.

Clues Down
1. Mountains store ____ in the form of winter snow and summer rain.
2. ____ poisons the land, making it unfit for farming and habitation.
4. A ____ is an open concrete or metal channel for carrying water above the ground.
5. ____ Idaho gets very little rain during the summer months.
7. The first permanent white settlement in Idaho was ____.
9. Farms create ____ not only for members of the farm family, but also for town people as well.
12. The part of the soil in which plants grow is called ____.
14. ____ Idaho receives 22-32 inches of rainfall throughout the entire year.
18. It takes 1800 gallons of water to grow enough grain to raise ____ pound/pounds of beef.