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What did the fall in wheat prices cause farmers in the Great Plains to do in the 1920s?
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∙ 11y ago
There is an excellent article on what the Stock Market fall in 1929/1930 did to wheat prices, but it wasn't the price of wheat in the 1920's that caused farmers a problem. It was the great drought and dust bowl conditions that would not let the farmers get any crops planted and harvested.
See the related link for further information. Go to TABLE 2, and read above it about surplus's and prices of agricultural products.
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What happened to great plain plains farmers during the depression?
the farmers lost work because the could not sell anything because of the great depression.
Which book describes how the Dust Bowl of the 1930s affected farmers of the Great Plains?
The Grapes of Wrath
How did the dust bowl motivate the government to help great plains farmers?
the government dammed western rivers.
What part of the US did the Dust Bowl affect most directly?
the cental plains states
What was the name given to the area of the southern great plains severely damaged by droughtsdust stroms and misuse of the landby farmers during the 1930s?
That was the Dust Bowl.
What happened to farmers during the 1920s foreshadow events of the Great Depression?
The farm prices fell and farmers compensated by boosting their productions. They were not able to purchase their share of America's output.
Why was there competition between ranchers and farmers to settle the Great Plains?
There was competition between ranchers and farmers to settle in the Great Plains because they wanted to have more land.
What do you call a great plains farmer?
what are great plain farmers called
Farmers on the Great Plains were aided by what?
by the windmills
What factors contributed to farmers' difficulties in the 1920s to 1930s?
the great depression.
Compared to farmers in the Northeast farmers of the Great Plains were what?
its more dependent on rail roads
Were most of the new settlers who established farms on the Great Plains farmers?
they were homesteaders. not farmers.
Compare To Farmers In The Northeast Farmers Of The Great Plains What?
its more dependent on rail roads
How did the great depression affect the farmers?
prices
How did what happen to farmers during the 1920s foreshadow events of the great depression?
the dust bowl and they were not able to purchase their share in americas output.
The type of agriculture developed by farmers on the Great Plains was?
Dry Farming
What type of agriculture did farmers use on the great plains?
Dry Farming
