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| 1) Main Cash Crop: | Corn
4, Wheat 3, Cotton 1, Sugar 1, Tobacco 1 |
| 2) Common Animal: | Cow 4,
Pig 2, Chickens 2, Horse 1, Dog 1 |
| 3) Common Piece of Machinery: | Tractor 8, Plow 2 |
| 4) Biggest Threat to the Farm: | Drought/Duststorm 6, Bankruptcy/Mortgages 2, Weather
2 |
| 5) Common Structure (not Barn) : | Silo 5, Farmhouse 3, Outhouse 1, Stable 1 |
| Categories | Main Cash Crop | Common Animal | Common Machinery | Farm Threat | Common Structure | |||||||
| 01) | Fred Davis | Corn | Cow | Tractor | Duststorm | Silo | = | 119 | + | 27 | = | 146 |
| 02) | Kevin Wilson | Corn | Pig/Hog | Tractor | Drought | Silo | = | 118 | + | 25 | = | 143 |
| 03) | David Partridge | Wheat | Cow | Plow | Drought | = | 118 | + | 20 | = | 138 | |
| 04) | Tom's Mom | Wheat | Chickens | Tractor | Drought | House | = | 114 | + | 22 | = | 136 |
| Tim & Sarah Snyder | Tobacco | Cow | Tractor | Drought | Silo | = | 112 | + | 24 | = | 136 | |
| 06) | Doug Kent | Corn | Cow | Plow | Weather | = | 118 | + | 17 | = | 135 | |
| 07) | Brendan Whyte | Corn | Pig | Tractor | Drought | Stable | = | 111 | + | 21 | = | 132 |
| 08) | Jim Reader | Cotton | Horse | Tractor | Bankruptcy | Farmhouse | = | 116 | + | 15 | = | 131 |
| 09) | Tom Howell | Wheat | Chicken | Tractor | Mortgages | Outhouse | = | 106 | + | 16 | = | 122 |
| 10) | Mark Stretch | Sugar | Dog | Tractor | Weather | Farmhouse | = | 97 | + | 15 | = | 112 |
| 11) | Ward Narhi | [[no entry received]] | = | 69 | + | 15 | = | 84 | ||||
| 12) | Mark Nelson | [[no entry received]] | = | 66 | + | 15 | = | 81 |
Top Score Possible: 27 Top Score Achieved 27 by Fred Davis!
1) Main Cash Crop: In my mind, this was going to be a toss-up
between Corn, Wheat and Cotton. As it was, Cotton didn't make the cut. On
the other hand, I hadn't thought of tobacco or sugar as they are extremely
limited in the areas of the US where they can be grown.
2) Common Animal: I expected Cows to be the answer from everyone,
but I was wrong. The other answers are more than reasonable, but just about
every farm had a cow (and a few chickens, I'm sure, which would have been
my second choice).
3) Common Piece of Machinery: As expected, Tractor took the top
honors. I thought a Combine or Thresher to show up, but no one thought of
them. I'm not sure that I've heard of a mechanical plow, it being more of
something being pulled (by a horse, tractor, etc). But, I'm not a farmer by
any means.....
4) Biggest Threat to the Farm: I fully anticipated
bankruptcy/foreclosure to be the number one choice. This was a problem
across the entire country while the drought/dust bowl was more of a
regional effect. I guess that it had more of a lasting impression than
greedy bankers.
5) Common Structure (not Barn): Yes, if I'd not exempted Barns, I
was sure that would be the only choice given. Even so, I'm surprised with
Silo as the top choice as that is more of a shipping structure than
something found on a farm. On the other hand, Farmhouse was certainly a
good choice. Personally, I expected a couple of fences in there (no one
responded with that!).
1) Main Cash Crop: [Fred] Corn (maize) E. of the Mississippi.
West of the Mississippi, I believe Wheat would be the main cash crop, but
my experiences have been almost entirely in the East & Midwest.
[Tom] lotsa possibilities here: cotton, tobacco, corn....
[Kevin] Not much cash for cash crops during much of the 30s but corn
seemed the most likely. Perhaps cotton on the south. Wheat in some parts,
but I think corn will be the answer more people come up with. [WAY]
You are correct in that!
2) Common Animal: [Tom] there was supposed to be one in every
pot, wasn't there? (chicken) [David] thinking meat animal, but lots
of choices. [Kevin] Perhaps not as a cash generating animal but
people could grow more pigs than cows and eat them during the hard times so
I'll go with pigs over cows. I guess I'm equating "common" with "lots of"
since there were probably cows and chickens too and any one would be a good
answer but I'll stick with pigs. [WAY] this time, the cows won out
over the pigs.
3) Common Piece of Machinery: [Tom] without this (Tractor)
most of the other machinery was moot. [Kevin] Perhaps a bit new at
the time and expensive but necessary to work any reasonable amount of land
and most farmers would do all they could to swing a tractor before some
other piece of machinery.
4) Biggest Threat to the Farm: [Brendan] drought/dust bowl
thingy. ( I thought that was a football game until recently...). Trivia:
Grapes of Wrath was a popular film in Soviet Russia, and almost the only
foreign film allowed in at the time because of its depiction of the
oppressed poor. However, the Soviets had to ban it after they realized the
locals were getting hacked off that despite their poverty and
dispossession, American farmers could still obtain and run cars.....
[David] but I think Banker's would run a good second! [WAY]
and so they did. [Kevin] Hmmm. The depression of the 30s was a
threat to incomes and reduced income could threaten a farm but there
weren't that many buyers either. I interpreted threat as in natural threat
and in the 30s the Dust Bowl was wide spread.
5) Common Structure (not Barn): [Tom] without a Barn, where's
the farm? Farmhouse probably should be the next structure, but I'm going
with the indispensable (outhouse). [Kevin] Afterall, you have to
house that corn I said they were growing in #1. (Silo) [WAY] But,
wouldn't corn go in a corn crib? I remember my great uncle's farm and the
corn crib there (and the barn, a farm being somewhat out of a suburbanite's
experience).
[Fred] I believe my "Steak" entry should have been included as a
generic, along with T-Bone and Sirloin, into one category. All of these can
be called steak. [WAY] You're right, they are all "steak" but the
category was "Cut of Meat" and a T-Bone is a distinctly different cut of
meat than a sirloin.
1) Blockbuster Drama
And, due to popular demand, Email your next entries to Andy York
[Tom] last time, Del Monte was the brand I was trying to think of in
a hurry at the last minute.... Couldn't bring it to mind, so went with what
I could think of.... [WAY] for the record, that was Western Family.
[David] Much as I hate to use Walmarts on my last round, I have to
say it was good I did because we don't have any of the other three chains
mentioned around here, so any other pick I might have taken would have been
worse!Ninth Round - 1970's Movie Theater
2) Number of Screens in Theater
3) Blockbuster Comedy
4) Favorite Snack Bar Purchase
5) Cost of Regular Admission TicketDeadline: January 13, 2007 at high noon CDT.