| A | B |
|---|
| stockyards | holding pens for livestock |
| longhorns | cattle with honrs six feet or more across |
| barbed wire | invention that contributed to the end of the open range |
| dry farming | plowing that leaves loose soil on top of the ground |
| windmill | contributed to new irrigation methods |
| drover | person who moves cattle or sheep to market |
| wrangler | ranch hand who takes care of saddle horses |
| tallow | fat of cattle and sheep used in soap and candles |
| vaquero | cowhand |
| sharecropper | farmer who does not provide his own tools |
| tenant farmer | farmer who pays rent for land either in cash or in shares of the crop |
| farming industry | led to the growth of many small towns instead of large cities |
| farming | after the Civil War, it was the most common job for African Americans |
| cross-breeding sheep from Mexico and the East | a breed that gave triple the wool |
| cattle ranchers complaint about grazing sheep | they ate the grass too low |
| Spanish explorers | brought cattle and horses to Texas in the 1500s |
| Good-night Loving trail | passed through New Mexico and Colorado |
| Great Western trail | ended in Dodge City, Kansas |
| Goodnight-loving trail | ended in Cheyenne |
| Sedalia (Shawnee) | ended in Sedalia, MO. |
| crop surplus | usually results in lowered prices for the crop |
| men and women of many cultures | contributed to the ranching heritage of Texas |
