Documents Of The Dust Bowl (Eyewitness To History)

This book provides a unique, thorough, and indispensable resource for anyone investigating the causes and consequences of the Dust Bowl. * Provides readers easy access to important public documents located in the National Archives that discuss the causes and consequences of the Dust Bowl * Discusses major soil conservation programs and techniques to protect and restore the grass and wheat lands * Indicates the importance of government planning and financial support in American agriculture * Explains why farmers in the southern Great Plains farm with terraces, contour plowing, strip cropping, and rough tillage practices for planting wheat, grain sorghum, and grass * Traces the origin and development of the National Grasslands * Includes the reasons for planting the shelterbelts, which can still be seen in the region today

• | Author: R. Douglas Hurt
• | Publisher: Abc-Clio
• | Publication Date: Apr 01, 2019
• | Number of Pages: 240 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover
• | ISBN-10: 1440854971
• | ISBN-13: 9781440854972