The dust bowl

By t-dogg

The causeThe cause• Many people think that Many people think that

the dust bowl was a the dust bowl was a natural disaster, but it natural disaster, but it could have been could have been avoided. The dust bowl avoided. The dust bowl was caused by farmers was caused by farmers planting wheat over and planting wheat over and over again. This over again. This happened ‘cause of happened ‘cause of wheat prices increasing wheat prices increasing from $0.40 to $6.00 a from $0.40 to $6.00 a bushel. This was bushel. This was unheard of at that time.unheard of at that time.

Connections Connections • I connected this with the goose that I connected this with the goose that

laid the golden egg. In this story a laid the golden egg. In this story a goose lays a golden egg, a guy kills goose lays a golden egg, a guy kills the goose & tries to pull more eggs the goose & tries to pull more eggs out but they didn’t develop yet. Yet out but they didn’t develop yet. Yet another story is a wonderful life, the another story is a wonderful life, the bank has a run on and everybody bank has a run on and everybody wants all of there money back.wants all of there money back.

The happeningThe happening• The cloud of dust The cloud of dust

was 1 mile high and was 1 mile high and 1,000 ft. wide. It 1,000 ft. wide. It started out in the started out in the corners of Texas, corners of Texas, new Mexico, Kansas, new Mexico, Kansas, Okalahoma, & Okalahoma, & Colorado but spread Colorado but spread all the way to the all the way to the pacific ocean.pacific ocean.

preventingpreventing• The way of The way of

preventing another preventing another dust bowl farmers dust bowl farmers are now planting are now planting different crops different crops each year, like each year, like corn in 2009 and corn in 2009 and zucchini in 2010zucchini in 2010