20 Tragic Photos from America's Dust Bowl in the 1930s

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The Dust Bowl was a series severe dust storms that affected 100,000,000 acres of the American prairie caused by drought and poor farming techniques. Drought plagued the Mid-West from 1934 to 1940. In order to plant crops, farmers removed the deep-rooted grasses which kept the soil moist during periods of little rain and high wind. The dehydration of the soil was exacerbated by more astringent farming techniques from newly developed mechanized farming machinery such as the tractor and combine.