Agricultural History Trivia Questions
Total Questions: 7
What has been Virginia's leading crop ever since John Rolfe planted it?
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tobacco
Who bought some farmland in Massachusetts around 1870 and developed his famous potato there?
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luther burbank
In which country are the largest farms, some exceeding 60,000 acres, known as state farms located?
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soviet union
What is the common measure that was originally the area a yoke of oxen could plow in a day?
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acre
What plant, which yields a violet dye, was a popular southern crop before cotton became predominant?
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indigo
What crop experienced a market downturn in the 1870s, prompting central Floridian farmers to switch to growing oranges?
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cotton
By the 1890s, what crop had overtaken hemp as Kentucky's leading crop?
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tobacco
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