Posted by sourgum on October 03, 2019 at 13:33:07 from (107.77.207.14):
In Reply to: Dust Bowl posted by John in La on October 03, 2019 at 09:09:13:
Three aspects to Dust Bowl. Economic- possibly high wheat prices attracted people to farming in the south Plains area. Also the Great Depression was happening in the general economy. A drought happened in the 1930's at the same time folks were trying to crop grasslands that should not have been cropped, there was not enough annual rainfall to produce wheat crops. Farm bankruptcy's galore from crop failures. Ag practices, widespread tilling of land with disk plows that destroyed all ground cover that protected the land from wind erosion. Once plowed wind erosion became so bad that 75 % of topsoil was blown away in some locations. In 1932 there were 14 major dust storms originating from the south central Plains areas. This was the start of a downturn in use of disk and moldboard plowing as a common farm practice. Chisel plowing started as a tillage practice after the Dust Bowl ended in 1938.
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