When talking about a crop he intends to plant—for example, oats—a farmer might say, “This year, I’m going to ________ a crop of oats/corn/cotton, etc.” (Name the local crops in turn and record the verb.)
| PLANT CORN | 743 |
| SOW OATS | 530 |
| SOW WHEAT | 480 |
| PLANT COTTON | 235 |
| PLANT OATS | 130 |
| DRILL WHEAT | 129 |
| DRILL OATS | 115 |
| SEED OATS | 101 |
| PLANT PEANUTS | 98 |
| NR | 96 |
| PLANT SOYBEANS | 92 |
| PLANT WHEAT | 74 |
| DRILL CORN | 64 |
| PLANT TOBACCO | 59 |
| PLANT POTATOES | 51 |
| SET TOBACCO | 46 |
| SEED WHEAT | 42 |
| “PLANT PEANUTS, TOBACCO” | 40 |
| PLANT VEGETABLES | 40 |
| PUT IN OATS | 33 |
| DRILL SOYBEANS | 32 |
| SOW SOYBEANS | 32 |
| SOW RYE | 28 |
| PLANT | 27 |
| SOW BARLEY | 26 |
| SET OUT TOBACCO | 25 |
| PLANT BEANS | 24 |
| DROP CORN | 22 |
| PUT IN COTTON | 22 |
| SOW | 21 |
| PLANT TOMATOES | 18 |
| BROADCAST OATS | 17 |
| DROP COTTON | 13 |
| BROADCAST | 12 |
| BROADCAST WHEAT | 11 |
| DRILL | 10 |
| DRILL BARLEY | 10 |
| SET OUT TOMATOES | 10 |
| SOW PEAS | 10 |
| DRILL BEANS | 9 |
| PLANT CANE | 9 |
| PUT IN WHEAT | 9 |
| BROADCAST SOYBEANS | 8 |
| CHECK CORN | 8 |
| PLANT BARLEY | 8 |
| PUT IN CORN | 8 |
| SOW CORN | 8 |
| SOW HAY | 8 |
| DROP PEANUTS | 7 |
| PLANT RICE | 7 |
| RAISE OATS | 7 |
| DRILL SOYBEAN | 6 |
| PLANT HAY | 6 |
| PLANT PEAS | 6 |
| PLANT RYE | 6 |
| PLANT SUGAR BEETS | 6 |
| SEED | 6 |
| SEED ALFALFA | 6 |
| SEED CORN | 6 |
| SOW ALFALFA | 6 |
| SOW COTTON | 6 |
| SOW RICE | 6 |
| SOW TOBACCO | 6 |
| DRILL RYE | 5 |
| LIST CORN | 5 |
| SEED COTTON | 5 |
| SET TOMATOES | 5 |
| SOW BEANS | 5 |
| SOW VEGETABLES | 5 |
| DRILL COTTON | 4 |
| MAKE OATS | 4 |
| NH | 4 |
| PLANT CABBAGE | 4 |
| PLANT SORGHUM | 4 |
| PLANT SOYBEAN | 4 |
| RAISE CORN | 4 |
| RAISE WHEAT | 4 |
| SEED HAY | 4 |
| SET CABBAGE | 4 |
| SOW CLOVER | 4 |
| TRANSPLANT TOMATOES | 4 |
| DRILL SUGAR BEETS | 3 |
| DROP | 3 |
| GROW OATS | 3 |
| MAKE A GARDEN | 3 |
| PLANT ALFALFA | 3 |
| PLANT MILO | 3 |
| PLANT OKRA | 3 |
| PLANT ONIONS | 3 |
| PLANT SUGAR CANE | 3 |
| PLANT SWEET POTATOES | 3 |
| PUT IN HAY | 3 |
| SEED BARLEY | 3 |
| SET GRAPES | 3 |
| SET OUT SWEET POTATOES | 3 |
| SET TOBACCO PLANTS | 3 |
| SOW BUCKWHEAT | 3 |
| SOW DRILL | 3 |
| SOW GRAIN | 3 |
| SOW GRASS | 3 |
| SOW SEED | 3 |
| SOW TURNIPS | 3 |
| TRANSPLANT TOBACCO | 3 |
| BROADCAST BARLEY | 2 |
| BROADCAST RYE | 2 |
| CHECKROW CORN | 2 |
| DRILL ALFALFA | 2 |
| DRILL BUCKWHEAT | 2 |
| DRILL PEANUTS | 2 |
| DRILL PEAS | 2 |
| DRILL SMALL GRAIN | 2 |
| DROP POTATOES | 2 |
| MAKE A VEGETABLE GARDEN | 2 |
| MAKE CORN | 2 |
| PLANT ARTICHOKES | 2 |
| PLANT IRISH POTATOES | 2 |
| PLANT RADISHES | 2 |
| PLANT SEED | 2 |
| PLANT SWEET CORN | 2 |
| PLANT TURNIPS | 2 |
| PUT IN ALFALFA | 2 |
| PUT IN RICE | 2 |
| PUT OUT OATS | 2 |
| SCATTER OATS | 2 |
| SEED A CROP OF HAY | 2 |
| SEED CUCUMBERS | 2 |
| SEED DOWN GRASS | 2 |
| “SEED PEANUTS, TOBACCO” | 2 |
| SEED SOYBEANS | 2 |
| SEED VEGETABLES | 2 |
| SET OUT ONIONS | 2 |
| SET OUT STRAWBERRIES | 2 |
| SET OUT TOBACCO PLANTS | 2 |
| SET OUT VEGETABLES | 2 |
| SOW GRASS SEED | 2 |
| SOW HAY SEED | 2 |
| SOW MILO | 2 |
| BED IT OUT | 1 |
| BED OUT SWEET POTATOES | 1 |
| BED SUGAR CANE | 1 |
| BOARDCAST OATS | 1 |
| BOARDCAST WHEAT | 1 |
| BROADCAST BUCKWHEAT | 1 |
| BROADCAST COTTON | 1 |
| BROADCAST GRASS | 1 |
| BROADCAST MUSTARD | 1 |
| BROADCAST OATS AND SOYBEANS | 1 |
| BROADCAST PEAS | 1 |
| BROADCAST PLANT GRASSES | 1 |
| BROADCAST PLANT SORGHUM | 1 |
| BROADCAST RICE | 1 |
| BROADCAST TIMOTHY | 1 |
| BROADCAST TOBACCO SEED | 1 |
| BROADCAST TURNIPS | 1 |
| BROADCAST WHEAT OR OATS | 1 |
| CAST BROADSIDE | 1 |
| COTTON-DROPPING SYSTEM | 1 |
| CULTIVATE COTTON | 1 |
| CULTIVATE PEANUTS | 1 |
| CUT IN GRAIN | 1 |
| CUT IN PEAS | 1 |
| CUT IN WINTER VETCH | 1 |
| DISK IN OATS | 1 |
| DRAG IN GRAINS | 1 |
| DRAG IN OATS | 1 |
| DRAG WHEAT | 1 |
| DRILL CALF CORN | 1 |
| DRILL CANE | 1 |
| DRILL FLAX | 1 |
| DRILL GARLIC | 1 |
| DRILL GRASSES | 1 |
| DRILL IN WHEAT | 1 |
| DRILL MAIZE | 1 |
| DRILL MILO | 1 |
| DRILL ONIONS | 1 |
| DRILL PASTURE LEGUMES | 1 |
| DRILL RADISHES | 1 |
| DRILL SEED | 1 |
| DRILL SILO CORN | 1 |
| DRILL SORGHUM | 1 |
| DROP PEANUT | 1 |
| DROP PEAS | 1 |
| DROP SOYBEANS | 1 |
| DROP TOBACCO | 1 |
| GROW ALFALFA | 1 |
| GROW CORN | 1 |
| HAND-SOWN CORN | 1 |
| HARROW IN BLUE LUPINE | 1 |
| HARROW IN GRAIN | 1 |
| HARROW IN WINTER VETCH | 1 |
| HAY SEED | 1 |
| LAY IN | 1 |
| LAY IN POTATOES | 1 |
| LAY OUT A PLOT | 1 |
| MAKE | 1 |
| MAKE COTTON | 1 |
| OVERSEED GRASSES | 1 |
| OVERSEED PASTURE LEGUMES | 1 |
| PLANT A CROP OF BEANS | 1 |
| PLANT A CROP OF CORN | 1 |
| PLANT A FIELD | 1 |
| PLANT A FIELD OF BEANS | 1 |
| PLANT A PATCH OF BEANS | 1 |
| PLANT ANYTHING IN A ROW | 1 |
| PLANT BERRIES | 1 |
| PLANT BROOMCORN | 1 |
| PLANT CANTALOUPE | 1 |
| PLANT CAULIFLOWER | 1 |
| PLANT COTTON AND BEANS | 1 |
| PLANT COTTON SEED | 1 |
| PLANT CUCUMBERS | 1 |
| PLANT EGGPLANT | 1 |
| PLANT EVERYTHING | 1 |
| PLANT FLAX | 1 |
| PLANT GRAIN | 1 |
| PLANT GRAPES | 1 |
| PLANT GRASS | 1 |
| PLANT GREEN VEGETABLES | 1 |
| PLANT LETTUCE | 1 |
| PLANT LIMA BEANS | 1 |
| PLANT MAIZE | 1 |
| PLANT ORANGE TREES | 1 |
| PLANT PEPPER | 1 |
| PLANT PEPPERS | 1 |
| PLANT PINES | 1 |
| PLANT PLANTS | 1 |
| “PLANT POTATOES, TURNIPS, PEAS, BEANS” | 1 |
| PLANT ROSES | 1 |
| PLANT SOY BEANS | 1 |
| PLANT SPINACH | 1 |
| PLANT SQUASH | 1 |
| PLANT STRAWBERRIES | 1 |
| PLANT STRING BEANS | 1 |
| PLANT SWEET POTATO DRAWS | 1 |
| PLANT THE BEANS | 1 |
| PLANT THE EYES | 1 |
| PLANT THE GARDEN | 1 |
| PLANT TOBACCO BEDS | 1 |
| PLANT WHEATS | 1 |
| PLANT WINTER RYE AND PLOW IT UNDER | 1 |
| PLANT WINTER WHEAT | 1 |
| PLOW IN OATS | 1 |
| PUT IN | 1 |
| PUT IN A CROP | 1 |
| PUT IN A CROP OF BEANS | 1 |
| PUT IN ANY CROP | 1 |
| PUT IN MILO | 1 |
| PUT IN PEPPER | 1 |
| PUT IN POTATOES | 1 |
| PUT IN SOME OATS | 1 |
| PUT IN SOYBEANS | 1 |
| PUT IN SUGAR BEETS | 1 |
| PUT IN TOMATOES | 1 |
| PUT IN VEGETABLES | 1 |
| PUT MY LAND INTO | 1 |
| PUT OATS IN THE FIELD | 1 |
| PUT OUT | 1 |
| PUT OUT A CROP OF OATS | 1 |
| PUT OUT CUCUMBERS | 1 |
| “PUT OUT OATS, CORN, COTTON” | 1 |
| PUT OUT PEPPERS | 1 |
| PUT OUT SLIPS | 1 |
| PUT THAT LOT IN | 1 |
| PUT THIS FIELD IN CORN | 1 |
| RAISE | 1 |
| RAISE COTTON | 1 |
| RAISE PEANUTS | 1 |
| “RAISE PEANUTS, TOBACCO” | 1 |
| RAISE VEGETABLES | 1 |
| RESET CANTALOUPE | 1 |
| RESET TOBACCO | 1 |
| ROW CORN | 1 |
| ROW-CROP CORN | 1 |
| RUN A ROW OF BEANS | 1 |
| SCATTER WHEAT | 1 |
| SEED A PIECE | 1 |
| SEED ALL SMALL GRAINS | 1 |
| SEED BEETS | 1 |
| SEED CLOVER | 1 |
| SEED DOWN OATS | 1 |
| SEED DOWN WHEAT | 1 |
| SEED DOWN WITH OATS | 1 |
| SEED FIELD WITH OATS | 1 |
| SEED FLAX | 1 |
| SEED GRASS | 1 |
| SEED GRASS SEED | 1 |
| SEED IN OATS | 1 |
| SEED IT DOWN | 1 |
| SEED IT TO OATS | 1 |
| SEED IT WITH BARLEY | 1 |
| SEED IT WITH CLOVER | 1 |
| SEED IT WITH OATS | 1 |
| SEED IT WITH RYE | 1 |
| SEED IT WITH TIMOTHY | 1 |
| SEED IT WITH WHEAT | 1 |
| SEED MELONS | 1 |
| SEED PEANUTS | 1 |
| SEED PEAS | 1 |
| SEED PICKLES | 1 |
| SEED RED-TOP | 1 |
| SEED RICE | 1 |
| SEED SOME HAY | 1 |
| SEED SOYBEAN | 1 |
| SEED THIS FIELD | 1 |
| SEED WITH GRAIN CROPS | 1 |
| SEEDER | 1 |
| SEEDING DOWN | 1 |
| SET A PATCH OF TOBACCO | 1 |
| SET BERRIES | 1 |
| SET CABBAGE AND TOMATOES | 1 |
| SET IT OUT | 1 |
| SET MY ‘BACCO OUT | 1 |
| SET ONION SETS | 1 |
| SET OUT APPLE TREES | 1 |
| SET OUT CABBAGE | 1 |
| SET OUT ORANGE TREES | 1 |
| SET OUT PEPPERS | 1 |
| SET OUT PLANTS | 1 |
| SET OUT SWEET POTATO SLIPS | 1 |
| SET OUT TOMATO PLANTS | 1 |
| “SET PEANUTS, TOBACCO” | 1 |
| SET PEPPERS | 1 |
| SET STRAWBERRIES | 1 |
| SET SWEET POTATOES | 1 |
| SET TOBACCO IN FIELDS | 1 |
| SET TOBACCO OUT | 1 |
| SET TOMATO PLANTS | 1 |
| SET UP TOBACCO | 1 |
| SETTING CABBAGE | 1 |
| SETTING THE SEEDLINGS | 1 |
| SETTING TOBACCO | 1 |
| SKIP ROW | 1 |
| SOW A BED | 1 |
| SOW A CROP OF BEANS | 1 |
| SOW A FIELD | 1 |
| SOW A GARDEN | 1 |
| SOW CANE | 1 |
| SOW COWPEAS | 1 |
| SOW CRAZY GRASS | 1 |
| SOW GRASS SEEDS | 1 |
| SOW IN BARLEY | 1 |
| SOW IN OATS | 1 |
| SOW IN SILAGE | 1 |
| SOW IN WHEAT | 1 |
| SOW LESPEDEZA | 1 |
| SOW LETTUCE | 1 |
| SOW MAIZE | 1 |
| “SOW OATS, HAY SEED” | 1 |
| SOW OATS-BROADCAST | 1 |
| SOW PEANUTS | 1 |
| SOW PERMANENT PASTURE | 1 |
| SOW SEED WHEAT | 1 |
| SOW SEEDS | 1 |
| SOW SMALL GRAIN | 1 |
| “SOW SMALL GRAIN, PLANT LARGE COARSE GRAINS” | 1 |
| SOW SPELTS | 1 |
| SOW THE BEDS | 1 |
| SOW TOBACCO BEDS | 1 |
| SOW TOBACCO SEED | 1 |
| SOW TOBACCO SEED BED | 1 |
| SOW TOBACCO SEEDS | 1 |
| SOW TURNIP | 1 |
| “SOW WHEAT, VETCH, BARLEY” | 1 |
| SPREAD OATS | 1 |
| SPREAD WHEAT | 1 |
| SPRIG GRASSES | 1 |
| SPRIG PASTURE LEGUMES | 1 |
| SQUARE PLOTS | 1 |
| TEEL IN WHEAT | 1 |
| TRANSPLANT | 1 |
| TRANSPLANT RICE | 1 |
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