Dust Bowl Impact On Society

Human played a Huge role in the creating of the “Dust Bowl”. Our government attempted to “lure” farmers to the South and to farm as much land as they wanted. The government would put up signs of farmers with potatoes the size of cars and cabbage to large to carry, this got farmers excited because this was during the great depression and they saw it as a way to help their family. The invention of tractors that would farm and plow land also caused tons of damage towards the Dust Bowl. Instead of farmers being able to plow one acre a day with a horse they could not plow up to fifty. Farmers tore up the topsoil and when the drought and wind came the poor farming methods allowed it to take the top sail away, resulting in a desert like landscape. Many natural events also helped cause the Dust Bowl. When the rain stopped it kill the plants and old root systems of the plains, this allowed the dirt to be loose on the surface. When the winds came they had no problem of taking soil with it creating small twisters on the fields. After the winds continued without rain it escalated and eventually the harmless twisters turned …show more content…
Dust storms would tear through towns and block out any light from the sun and made it very hard to see. The dirt would burn people’s eyes and make it very hard to breath. Dust would also get inside the house, in food, on animals, and cover anything that dust could fit into. Jackrabbits came down from the hills when they could not get food or water and invaded any space they could go. Herds of rabbits would roam through the plains tearing up any vegetation left standing. Farmers tried to kill the rabbits with shotguns but that was too dangerous and ammo cost money, so the farmers would herd the rabbits into a pen and have men go in with clubs to kill hundreds of rabbits. Living during the dust bowl was very hard and people had to do anything that they could to