| A | B |
| barn in town that rented out horses and buggies | livery stable |
| carried immigrants from a port to western points | immigrant train |
| device that stirred cream to make butter | churn |
| dried droppings used as fuel in pioneer stoves | buffalo chips |
| holding tank for rainwater or water hauled in | cistern |
| implement pulled by a horse or ox with a heavy, curved blade for turning sod | breaking plow |
| long, curved blade with a handle for cutting grain | scythe |
| machine which cut grain, gathered it into bundles, tied the bundles with twine | binder |
| mixture containing water and lime used as paint | whitewash |
| one-room wood-frame house used on homestead claim | claim shanty |
| outdoor toilet | outhouse |
| picking up bundles of grain from the ground by hand and standing them upright so they will dry | shocking |
| separating grain from the straw | threshing |
| small house on wheels used for cooking for threshing crews | cook car |
| type of sled that can glide over fields, grass, snow, or ice | stoneboat |