How Did The Dust Bowl Affect Farmers

People who work on farms and own farms have tough times, sometimes crops are not blooming well or the work force is not the best. The Dust Bowl was probably one of the times when farmers had it worst. With the Dust Bowl happening along with the depression farmers could barely keep their crops alive, let alone survive themselves. The Dust Bowl affected farmers because it affected the land. Farmers need good land to have crops. The Dust Bowl happened during 1934 to 1937. Three years. There was a very big drought going on. Along with that, it started from lands not being farmed properly, ruining the soil. Farmers used the land too much without giving it a break. The plants had sucked out all the nutrients leaving nothing left. There was also no rain to keep it hydrated. The land was so bad that the topsoil was dust. On top of that there was high winds. Because the winds were so vast it

Or even eat themselves. If they had no money everything became harder to do. Elroy Hoffman said, “I'd have got married a lot sooner if we'd have had the money,” (The Dust Bowl of the 1930s). Farmers lives were delayed because they had to do everything they could to keep their farms running. Some farmers would sell their equipment for cheap to get even a little bit of money. The people who bought these equipments did not always have use for them either, but would still buy them, they wanted them incase there was a chance. There are also interesting stories where people buy farming equipment. Harvey Pickrel has one of these interesting stories, he was told he could buy a tractor that was buried in sand. But he had to dig it out himself. The man selling the tractor had no use of it. He could not raise anymore corn. So the Pickrel family took the tractor for a very cheap offer. Stories from the Dust Bowl can be interesting like this but they can also be sad and