How Did The Dust Bowl Affect The Economy

The Great Depression, when most hear those two words they think off the dust bowl and the collapse of the stack market ending a time of prosperity in the world. But for the farmers of America they had been suffering from low crop prices since the end of the First World War. Before the war the us was basically substantial farms that produced only what they needed and sold the extra for cash. During the war most of the farms in Europe couldn't produce food. President Herbert Hoovers administration had farmers ramp up production and get loans to buy more land and tractors to produce large amounts of food. With the lack of European food production prices in America rose dramatically to supply the demand the war had brought. After the First World War the markets were flooded with food that was no longer being sent to the soldiers and European farms able to produce crops again. With the low prices most farmers found it easier in their shoes then that of the homeless and unemployed in the cities. The farmers could grow there own food and had livestock such as cows,, chickens, and pigs for milk, eggs and meat. Farmers also found that they could use feed sacks and other old items as scratch materials for clothing and other needs to stay on their land. With all of this the farmers were
After the dust bowl had ended most farming practices had changed little. The main change was in the production and grazing of the land had changed so the earth wouldn't be bare for long periods of time. Rows of trees called shelter belts were planted along fields to stop the wind from blowing away the top soil. Hard ships of low crop prices also ended when the Second World War started and demanded large sums of food again to feed the solders and the newly employed factory workers.(little side note Bogle inc started in 1934 when a farmer traded my great grandfather the land for money to head to