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Why are sod busters called sob busters?

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What were farmers who plowed up the prairie called?

Sod Busters


Who were sod busters?

Plain farmers


What were plain farmers known as?

Sod busters.


What was one approach of the sod busters?

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What is a sod buster?

Sod busters is a steel plow invented by James Oliver in 1868 to bust soil easily.


Who were the sod busters?

Sodbusters were farmers who settled in the west and got their name from the houses they built out of bricks of sod.


What is the name of the killer of sod busters in Lonesome Dove?

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What word has these letters b o s d n?

nods bonds dons don sob bod bods dos sod son


What is a sodbusters?

A Sodbuster was a steel plough invented to be used to farm the Great Plains, which had a hard crust making it difficult to farm>answer. Um I thought sod busters were farmers who built their house of sod.>this part is a comment Nope, the original name sod buster was for the plough. The name did in fact become slang for the farmers of the Great Plains. The sod-buster was acually invented by JOHN DEERe which is now a massive farming company


What hardships did the sodbusters have to endure?

The plains were nearly treeless. Settlers had to build homes out of sod. To keep warm the sod-busters burned corn cobs or "cow chips." Cow chips were dried pieces of cow dung. Water was scarce. in many places settlers had to dig wells more than 280 feet deep to reach the only water. Sod-busters also endured blizzards, prairie fires, hailstorms, tornadoes, grasshoppers (which ate crops), and drought. Drought was one of their biggest problems


What is a clump of turf called?

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What is sodbusters?

A Sodbuster was a steel plough invented to be used to farm the Great Plains, which had a hard crust making it difficult to farm>answer. Um I thought sod busters were farmers who built their house of sod.>this part is a comment Nope, the original name sod buster was for the plough. The name did in fact become slang for the farmers of the Great Plains. The sod-buster was acually invented by JOHN DEERe which is now a massive farming company