| alfalfa |
plant grown to
feed cattle. |
| bale |
a pressed
package of hay. |
| barbed |
sharp, metal
points, usually on a fence |
| boll |
seed pod |
| branding
cattle |
mark made by
burning animal with a hot iron that shows who owns the cattle |
| breed |
a kind of
animal or to mate animals |
| comb |
fleshy top
piece on the head of a chicken. |
| conveyor
belt |
a machine that
moves something from one place to another. |
| corn
husks |
outer, leafy
covering of corn |
| cotton
swabs |
small sticks
with cotton on the end of them. Q-tips. |
| cross-pollinate |
where the
pollen from one flower goes by wind, bees, or other ways to another
plant. |
| digest |
after food is
eaten, when the body does this, it breaks down food into parts that
the body can use. |
| embryo |
a young animal
or living thing. |
| fowl |
birds raised
for food |
| graze |
to eat what
grows on the ground in a pasture or field. |
| hen |
mature female
chicken |
| herd |
a bunch of
cattle. |
| kernel |
seed |
| lacquers |
a varnish;
shiny stuff put on the wood of furniture to protect it |
| livestock |
farm animals
raised for use or to sell. |
| pasture |
land used for
grazing |
| protein |
extra vitamins
and minerals put into animal food. |
| pullet |
female chicken
under 1 year old |
| reproduce |
make babies |
| rodent |
a rat, or
mouse. |
| rayon |
a kind of
clothing material. |
| roost |
place where
chickens spend the night; also called a perch |
| ruminant |
any animal
that chews something that it has already swallowed. |
| selective
breeding |
mating animals
so that they produce a baby that has the characteristics that the
farmer or rancher wants. |
| Tassel |
silky strands
at the top of the corn plant. |
| textile |
woven or knit
cloth. |
| trough |
a long,
shallow container that holds animal food or water OR a shallow ditch
where manure goes before it is taken away. |
| wattle |
fleshy piece
on the neck of poultry. |
