Period+9+-+Dust+Bowl



 Huge dust storms would engulf whole towns on a daily baseist http://www.takingitseriouslyyet.com/dust%20bowl%201.jpg   The Dust Bowl took place in the Southern Plains. This event was caused by farmers who would plow their fields over and over again, not resting in-between to let the ground replenish itself. At the time this method was working and there was a very good outcome of crops. It was not until the early 1930s when rainfall was becoming scarce. Due to the lack of rain and the continuous plowing, the fields began to turn into nothing but dust. Time line 1931 Huge drought hits the Southern states. The dust of the Great Plains start to pick up. 1932 Dust storms are getting worse. Numbers are expected to go up during the year. 1933 $200 Million are put into the Emergency Farm Mortgage Act, along with The Farm Credit Act. Setting up these acts helped the farmers keep their land and homes. September 1933 Millions of young pigs were slaughter to help with food prices. The Federal Surplus Relief Corporation starts to send food and items over to help the needy. 1934 This is the worse drought in the U.S. Spreading over 27 states. June 1934 Roosevelt signs the Taylor Grazing Act, which allows him to take up to 140 million acres of federally-owned land out of the public domain and establish grazing districts that will be carefully monitored. .      http://www.mybrightonandhove.org.uk/images/uploaded/scaled/pcfarm_beef_cattle_large_1960.jpg
 * __Dust Bowl of the 1930's__**

1935 The Drought Relief Service came in and started to buy farmers cows at very low prices. The farmers were not happy about handing over their cows but doing this kept them out of bankruptcy. April 8 1935  FDR approves the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act. April 14 1935 Black Sunday was created. This was the worse dust storm, creating sever damage. April 27 1935 SCS developed extensive conservation programs that retained topsoil and prevented irreparable damage to the land. Farming techniques such as strip cropping, terracing, crop rotation, contour plowing, and cover crops were advocated. December 1935 Estimated 850,000,000 tons of topsoil was taken off during the Dust Bowl. May 1936 The SCS publishes a soil conservation district law, which, if passed by the states, allows farmers to set up their own districts to enforce soil conservation practices for five-year periods 1938 Tons of work was put into helping rebuild the Great Plains. 65% reduction in dust but there was still a drought. 1939 Rain comes in the fall. The drought is over and the Great Plains starts to go back to normal http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAdustM.JPG



**Sources** http://www.usd.edu/anth/epa/dust.html  http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/dustbowl/timeline/index.html


 * Comments:

I really like the way the timeline is layed out it is very easy to read. Another thing i found interesting is that black sunday was created on April 14, 1935. One thing that i noticed was that under September 1933 the word slaughter should be changed to slaughtered. Other then that nice job =)

I liked that you included a timeline but it was very difficult to find the answers to the main questions asked. I also found the timeline kind of distracting.**