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

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Who were sod busters?

Plain farmers


What were plain farmers known as?

Sod busters.


What was one approach of the sod busters?

Dry Farming


What were farmers who plowed up the prairie called?

Sod Busters


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

Dan Suggs ( Gavan O'Herlihy actor)


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 is a sod buster?

A sod buster is a person who breaks up and removes the tough, outer layer of soil or sod in order to plant crops or create farmland. The term may also refer to a farmer who works or specializes in breaking up tough or uncultivated land for agriculture.


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 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 is sod is banking term?

sod


What are aleut sod houses made of?

sod?


What is the birth name of Ilana Sod?

Ilana Sod's birth name is Ilana Sod Cybula.