This is about the Dust Bowl. How have methods changed (involving farming) or not change to avoid a Dust Bowl.

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Please cite sources, i will need this for my bibliography.

Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

Well #1 , here is what happened after the 'DustBowl" crop rotation, where a crop like cotton or tobacco that strips the soil nutrients out faster are rotated with alphalfa,rye, wheat, (grain or grass crops ) and the use of "No till process" which leaves stalk stubble in the field to help "hold down" the soil by leaving root systems still intact also relieved soil errosion. Additionally farmers were convinced to leave 5 acre tracts with trees planted to slow down / redirect the winds to also slow down soil errosion . This can be witnessed all across the midwest and south today and also supplies animal habitat as well. In fact the State Department of Wildlife also had a great deal to do with slowing down soil errosion by convincing farmers to provide wildlife habitat  which also was quickly dissapearing along with the soil. ( Check out deer pop. today compared to the '40's- the 80's as well as Grouse,Quail, and pheasant, a good indicator of how well the land / soil is). 4 H and History class taught me this in the 60's and 70's, so you might check out Soil Conservation  as well as Wldlife Conservation in your state for exact quotations or just qoute an old farmer from around where you live or go to school at. If your prof. doesn't accept that ,especially from one or two who lived thru it , well show him this E-Mail and tell him you are accepting quotes from people who were not that far removed or lived thru it (The Dustbowl)

Answer 2

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