Documents of the Dust Bowl

This book provides a unique, thorough, and indispensable resource for anyone investigating the causes and consequences of the Dust Bowl.

• Provides readers easy access to important public documents located in the National Archives that discuss the causes and consequences of the Dust Bowl

• Discusses major soil conservation programs and techniques to protect and restore the grass and wheat lands

• Indicates the importance of government planning and financial support in American agriculture

• Explains why farmers in the southern Great Plains farm with terraces, contour plowing, strip cropping, and rough tillage practices for planting wheat, grain sorghum, and grass

• Traces the origin and development of the National Grasslands

• Includes the reasons for planting the shelterbelts, which can still be seen in the region today