September 2001

IDENTIFY EACH OF THE VEGETABLES BELOW BY THE CLUE

EACH STATE ON THE LEFT PRODUCES THE MOST OF ONE OF THE CROPS ON THE RIGHT. CAN YOU MATCH THEM UP? A GEORGIA 1 COTTON B IOWA 2 TOBACCO C KANSAS 3 PEANUTS D IDAHO 4 WHEAT E TEXAS 5 POTATOES F NORTH CAROLINA 6 CORN

1. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING STATES IS NOT CONSIDERED A COTTON-PRODUCING STATE?     CALIFORNIA SOUTH CAROLINA MAINE MINNESOTA 2. WHICH OF THESE THREE GROUPS OF NUTRIENTS ARE MOST COMMONLY FOUND IN FERTILIZERS? OXYGEN, CARBON, AND HYDROGEN NITROGEN, PHOSPHORUS, AND POTASSIUM IRON, SULFUR, AND CALCIUM 3. WHICH ONE OF THE FOLLOWING DAIRY CATTLE BREEDS IS NOT COMMONLY FOUND IN NORTH AMERICA? HOLSTEIN-FRIESIAN GUERNSEY BROWN SWISS HARIANA 4. CHIVES, SHALLOTS, LEEKS, AND SCALLIONS BELONG TO THEGENUS ALLIUM AND ARE OTHERWISE KNOWN AS . 5. A HERD OF CATTLE IS CALLED A DROVE. A GROUP OF GOATS IS CALLED A TRIP. WHAT IS THE TERM FOR A GROUP OF HORSES? TEAM MUSTERING COMPANY HERD 6. WHAT PERCENT OF THE TOTAL LAND AREA OF THE UNITED STATES IS USED TO PRODUCE CROPS AND LIVESTOCK? 82% 42% 18% 3% 7. THE COTTON GIN, WHICH MECHANICALLY EXTRACTED SEEDS THAT PREVIOUSLY HAD TO BE REMOVED BY HAND, WAS INVENTED IN 1793 BY WHOM? ANDREW MEIKLE ELI WHITNEY CYRUS McCORMICK CHARLES MARSH

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