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How did farmers contribute to the problems that led to the dust bowl?
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∙ 12y ago
The dust bowl led to depression. For many people.
Okey Veum
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∙ 14y agoMainly their lack of erosion-countering methods such as crop rotation, fallowing fields, and cover cropping. The most common tillage method was plowing, which left the soil completely exposed to the power of the wind, especially during and following the drought that started in 1934. It is now believed that the dustbowl conditions created even helped to continue the drought, because incoming weather systems simply evaporated over the dry countryside.
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∙ 12y agoby using intensive farming practices that removed protective grasses (novanet;)
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∙ 6y agoThere were no plants to hold the soil so with no plants the dust bowl was created.
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∙ 11y agoSksbejelkeldid
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∙ 11y agoit was hard because there was no grass
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How did the storms in the dust bowl contribute to economic problems?
The Dust Bowl contribute to economic problem by how dangerous it is.
Did Most dust bowl farmers head to the east coast after the dust bowl drought?
No
As a result of the Dust Bowl many farmers became what?
migrants
How were farmers affected by the dust bowl?
The steel plow had just been invented and it ripped through the top soil and grass. This made the earth and soil VERY loose. The dirt created the dust bowl, because all over farmers were buying the steel plows, they were less work. During the dust bowl dust and soil covered EVERYTHING in the south. The farmers couldn't hardly keep anything they planted alive because it would be covered in dirt. Dust storms killed alot of crop and covered not only crop but houses. So it affected farmers by killing crop. At lease if the farmers were in the south it did. They could not pay their loans or afford to buy basics.
Who suffered the most during the dust bowl?
The greatest effect of the dust bowl years was on small farm families in the south and midwest. The low farm prices and crop failures produced hundreds of thousands of foreclosures. The worst problems were in Oklahoma, Texas and nearby states, but the dust bowl problems affected a huge area.
How did the storms in the dust bowl contribute to economic problems?
The Dust Bowl contribute to economic problem by how dangerous it is.
What actions did not contribute to the dust bowl?
We don't have your list, but irrigation didn't contribute to the dust bowl.
Did Most dust bowl farmers head to the east coast after the dust bowl drought?
No
Who were the Okies?
Oklahoma Dust Bowl farmers who migrated to California to find work.
How did Farmer's Contribute to problems that led to the Dust Bowl?
by using intensive farming practices that removed protective grasses (novanet;)
How did the dust bowl happan?
Farmers did not practice crop rotation.
What did the farmers do to fix their land during the dust bowl?
They did stuff
In what decade did the dust bowl devastate Midwest farmers?
1930
As a result of the Dust Bowl many farmers became what?
migrants
What act hurt farmers during the depression?
The "Dust Bowl"
What health problems mainly occured during the dust bowl?
Circulatory problems from breathing dust
How were farmers affected by the dust bowl?
The steel plow had just been invented and it ripped through the top soil and grass. This made the earth and soil VERY loose. The dirt created the dust bowl, because all over farmers were buying the steel plows, they were less work. During the dust bowl dust and soil covered EVERYTHING in the south. The farmers couldn't hardly keep anything they planted alive because it would be covered in dirt. Dust storms killed alot of crop and covered not only crop but houses. So it affected farmers by killing crop. At lease if the farmers were in the south it did. They could not pay their loans or afford to buy basics.
