Just for Fun: "Old MacDonald Had a Farm ..."

Radko C. (United States of America)
This internationally known children's song and nursery rhyme with a deep and complex history was first recorded around 1917 and again in 1927, and later by famous vocalists such as Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby, and Ella Fitrgerald. Here it inspired the selection of these worfs.
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  1. bovine
    any of various wild or domestic cattle
  2. calf
    young of domestic cattle
  3. combine
    harvester that threshes grain while moving across the field
  4. cow
    female of domestic cattle
  5. crop
    a cultivated plant that is grown commercially
  6. cultivate
    adapt something wild to the environment
  7. drought
    a shortage of rainfall
  8. dung
    fecal matter of animals
  9. ewe
    female sheep
  10. farmer
    a person who works growing crops or raising animals
  11. fertilizer
    any substance used to improve the quality of soil
  12. filly
    a young female horse under the age of four
  13. foal
    a young horse
  14. grain
    a cereal grass
  15. granger
    a person who operates a farm
  16. harvest
    the gathering of a ripened crop
  17. heifer
    young cow
  18. irrigation
    the act of supplying dry land with water by artificial means
  19. loam
    a rich soil consisting of sand, clay and organic materials
  20. manure
    any animal or plant material used to fertilize land
  21. mare
    an adult female horse
  22. mutton
    meat from a mature domestic sheep
  23. ovine
    of or pertaining to sheep
  24. pitchfork
    a pronged, long-handled tool for lifting hay
  25. plow
    a farm tool for breaking up or turning over soil
  26. precipitation
    the falling to earth of any form of water
  27. rake
    a long-handled tool with a row of teeth at its head
  28. reap
    get or derive
  29. silo
    a cylindrical tower used for storing grain
  30. soil
    material in the top layer of the surface of the earth
  31. spade
    hand shovel that can be pushed into the earth with the foot
  32. stable
    shelter in a farm building for horses or other livestock
  33. stall
    a compartment where an animal is confined and fed
  34. thresh
    beat the seeds out of a grain
  35. wagon
    a wheeled vehicle drawn by an animal or a tractor
Created on Sat Apr 21 17:02:07 EDT 2018 (updated Thu May 03 12:54:25 EDT 2018)

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