Homesteader's Problems on the Plains 0.0 / 5 ? HistoryThe American West 1840-1895GCSEOCR Created by: pxrklifeCreated on: 06-03-16 14:58 Lack of wood Built sod houses. Cattle and buffalo dung was used as fuel 1 of 9 Ploughing the land 1880's stronger and affordable machines were mass produced. Homesteaders would buy machinery in a group 2 of 9 Lack of Water Dry Farming- When it had rained or snowed the land would be ploughed straight away to cover over the moisure and trap it straight away 3 of 9 Reaching water supplies Wind pumps- Water deep below the surface could be pumped to the surface 4 of 9 Landholding too small (they didn't support a family) The governement passed new acts that allowed more land to be claimed 5 of 9 Wrong crops 1874, a new variety of wheat(Turkeu Red) was bought from Russia and survived the Plain's climate 6 of 9 Cost of fencing Barbed wire in the 1890s by Joseph Glidden meant land could be fenced quickly 7 of 9 Fire No Solution 8 of 9 1874-77 Rocky Mountain Locusts No solution 9 of 9
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