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The Dust Bowl information

The Dust Bowl happened during the 1930s.
In 1931- 1935 there were 25 dust storms.
The farmers in the dust bowl had there crops pulled right out of the ground.
All of the houses that was in the dust bowl were covered with dirt, sand, and other things.
All of the farmers livestock died probably of no grass because all the wind blown all the grass right out of the ground, another thing that they died form no water to live.

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The Drought in the Dust Bowl

With no rain, farmers couldn't grow any crops.
No crops meant that the wind blew bare soil high in the air creating dust storms.
Some farmers, in trouble because of the bad economy, were forced to give up and move out of the plains looking for work.
The drought’s direct effect is most often remembered as agricultural.
Many crops were damaged by deficient rainfall, high temperatures, and high winds, as well as insect infestations and dust storms that accompanied these conditions.
The resulting agricultural depression contributed to the Great Depression’s bank closures, business losses, increased unemployment, and other physical and emotional hardships.
Although records focus on other problems, the lack of precipitation would also have affected wildlife and plant life, and would have created water shortages for domestic needs."

In the dust bowl it had not rained for days, months, and probably years.
It was so dry that the wind take the dirt and blow it in the air.
During the dust bowl the people had to sleeve the dirt out of their homes, and make paths so the vehicle and other things like tractors.
For the mid south the dust bowl was the most dragect time there was at that time of them years because the people had hard time like if you are having a baby it would be hard because it would take a long time to get to the hospital.

Giving Birth and shoving Dirt in the dust bowl

The Topsoil that blow in the Dust Bowl & video

Pictures of 1931-1941-dust bowl

These websites show the pictures and video that happened during the dust bowl.

Farming in the Dust Bowl

Farming in the Dust bowl had hard time farming because the wind take the wheat and other crop.
Farmers cattle had the hardest times during the dust bowl because they had no grass to eat and no water to drink.
Another thing that farmers had hard time is the money because they have no wheat to sell.
Sand will go into the cows mouth and die

Site Page

"About The Dust Bowl." Welcome to English « Department of English, College of LAS, University of Illinois. Web. 02 Nov. 2011. <http://www.english.illinois.edu/maps/depression/dustbowl.htm>
"HowStuffWorks "What Caused the Dust Bowl?"" HowStuffWorks "Science" Web. 02 Nov. 2011. <http://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/green-science/dust-bowl-cause.htm>.
"The Dust Bowl of the 1930s." The Wessels Living History Farm, the Story of Agricultural Innovation. Web. 03 Nov. 2011. <http://www.livinghistoryfarm.org/farminginthe30s/water_02.html>
"Google Images." Google. Web. 03 Nov. 2011. <http://www.google.com/imgres?hl=en>.
The Dust Bowl. 15 June 1934. Web. 3 Nov. 2011. <http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/res/div/ocp/drought/dustbowl.shtml>.
"The Dust Bowl: Text, Images, Music, Video | Glogster." Abesch's Profile | Glogster. Web. 04 Nov. 2011. <http://abesch.glogster.com/currin-family/>.
"Debt to Make US “Second-Tier”." AQUAPOUR. Web. 04 Nov. 2011. <http://aquapour.com/debt-to-make-us-second-tier/553541/>.

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"The Dust Bowl." Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. Web. 03 Nov. 2011. <http://www.nasm.si.edu/ceps/drylands/dust.html>.
"Dust Bowl Photographs." USDA-ARS-EWERU. Web. 03 Nov. 2011. <http://www.weru.ksu.edu/new_weru/multimedia/dustbowl/dustbowlpics.html>.
"The Dust Bowl -- Depictions in the Best Children's Books." The Best Children's Books - By Age and Subject - Teacher's Picks. Web. 04 Nov. 2011. <http://www.the-best-childrens-books.org/the-dust-bowl.html>.
"Dust Bowl Photos — History.com Picture Galleries." History.com — History Made Every Day — American & World History. Web. 03 Nov. 2011. <http://www.history.com/topics/dust-bowl/photos>.
"The Dust Bowl." Web. 04 Nov. 2011. <http://shs.westport.k12.ct.us/mongirdas/APUSHist/Unit14-Depression/dust_bowl.htm>.
"The Dust Bowl, 1936." EyeWitness to History - History through the Eyes of Those Who Lived It. Web. 04 Nov. 2011. <http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/himdustbowl.htm>

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"BIG SIS Calls on Coast Guard to Combat 'Climate Change'..." SodaHead - Ask or Answer Questions, Discuss News, Express Opinions, or Create Polls. Web. 04 Nov. 2011. <http://www.sodahead.com/united-states/big-sis-calls-on-coast-guard-to-combat-climate-change/question-1398391/>.
"Kansas 1931-1941: Dust, Depression and Baseball | Wichita Eagle." Local and Breaking News for Wichita and Kansas | The Wichita Eagle and Kansas.com. Web. 04 Nov. 2011. <http://www.kansas.com/2011/01/29/1694774/kansas-1931-1941-dust-depression.html>.
"Surviving the Dust Bowl | American Experience | PBS Video." Home | PBS Video. Web. 04 Nov. 2011. <http://video.pbs.org/video/1311363860/>
"Dust Bowl Video — History.com." History.com — History Made Every Day — American & World History. Web. 04 Nov. 2011. <http://www.history.com/topics/dust-bowl/videos>.
"Over-Plowing Contributes to the Dust Bowl or the 1930s." The Wessels Living History Farm, the Story of Agricultural Innovation. Web. 04 Nov. 2011. <http://www.livinghistoryfarm.org/farminginthe30s/machines_05.html>
"Dust Bowl Photographs." USDA-ARS-EWERU. Web. 07 Nov. 2011. <http://www.weru.ksu.edu/new_weru/multimedia/dustbowl/dustbowlpics.html>.

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"Palmer Drought Index Map for the 1930s Dust Bowl in the United States." Weather Articles - Weather Forecasts and News - Weather Science. Web. 07 Nov. 2011. <http://weather.about.com/od/imagegallery/ig/Global-Warming-Images-Graphs.--5K/Palmer-Index-US-Dust-Bowl-Map.htm>.
"Three Lessons from the Great Depression." The Market Oracle :: Financial Markets Analysis & Forecasting Free Website. Web. 07 Nov. 2011. <http://www.marketoracle.co.uk/Article4135.html>.