THE GREAT DEPRESSION 1929 1940
THE GREAT DEPRESSION
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moving off of the plains to find new farmland
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putting down new layers of topsoil
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damming western rivers and using irrigation techniques
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using intensive farming practices that removed protective grasses
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Detailed explanation-1: -Due to low crop prices and high machinery costs, more submarginal lands were put into production. Farmers also started to abandon soil conservation practices. These events laid the groundwork for the severe soil erosion that would cause the Dust Bowl.
Detailed explanation-2: -Over-Plowing Contributes to the Dust Bowl or the 1930s. Each year, the process of farming begins with preparing the soil to be seeded. But for years, farmers had plowed the soil too fine, and they contributed to the creation of the Dust Bowl.
Detailed explanation-3: -Economic depression coupled with extended drought, unusually high temperatures, poor agricultural practices and the resulting wind erosion all contributed to making the Dust Bowl. The seeds of the Dust Bowl may have been sowed during the early 1920s.