Faith and the Dust Bowl
America’s Dust Bowl was a huge tract of land that covered the U.S. states of Colorado, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas and Wyoming. A partially man-made event, the situation occurred due to a combination of severe drought and extensive farming.
Prior to the 1930s, Plains grasslands had been deeply plowed and heavily planted with wheat, and cotton crops. As the drought continued, farmers plowed and planted but nothing would grow. Proper farming generally included the rotation of crops so that soil had the opportunity to regenerate its nutrients. Since the grasslands had been continuously plowed, there were no grassy plants to hold the dry topsoil in place.
America’s Dust Bowl was a huge tract of land that covered the U.S. states of Colorado, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas and Wyoming. A partially man-made event, the situation occurred due to a combination of severe drought and extensive farming.
Prior to the 1930s, Plains grasslands had been deeply plowed and heavily planted with wheat, and cotton crops. As the drought continued, farmers plowed and planted but nothing would grow. Proper farming generally included the rotation of crops so that soil had the opportunity to regenerate its nutrients. Since the grasslands had been continuously plowed, there were no grassy plants to hold the dry topsoil in place.
