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Many farmers affected by the Dust Bowl became unemployed, homeless, and impoverished. Some left their farms to seek work elsewhere, while others were forced to rely on government assistance to survive.
Before the days of the Dust Bowl during the Great Depression, the area was rich, fertile farmland. During the Dust Bowl, most of the irreplaceable topsoil blew away essentially removing farming as a viable vocation in the area.
to California
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.
Many farmers from the Dust Bowl region migrated to California seeking work in agriculture. Some also headed to the West Coast looking for new opportunities. However, a significant number remained in the Midwest and adapted to new farming practices.
Many farmers affected by the Dust Bowl became unemployed, homeless, and impoverished. Some left their farms to seek work elsewhere, while others were forced to rely on government assistance to survive.
Life for California farmers during the dust bowl was horrible, the farmers would go plant their crops and when the dust bowl come their crops would be black and start to rot because they became not any good anymore.
The term was intended to be pretty descriptive.
Many farmers left the great plain because the dust bowl caused droughts and that was really bad for agriculture or farming
Oklahoma Dust Bowl farmers who migrated to California to find work.
Before the days of the Dust Bowl during the Great Depression, the area was rich, fertile farmland. During the Dust Bowl, most of the irreplaceable topsoil blew away essentially removing farming as a viable vocation in the area.
Farmers did not practice crop rotation.
1930
The "Dust Bowl"
They did stuff
Farmers returned to the Midwest after the Dust Bowl because of government assistance programs, improved farming techniques, and the opportunity to reclaim their land and start over.
Many lost their farms.