The dust bowl

Stephen Newell · May 7, 2014

I drove north from West Memphis through Arkansas and Southeastern Missouri into Illinois today and all the way there was almost a dust storm crossing the road all the way from spring plowing. I don't see how you guys that are farmers can take the dust that thick. Most of the time you couldn't even see the tractors, just the cloud of dust.

danmcdonald · May 8, 2014

I love my cab.

farmerwithmutt · May 8, 2014

I wonder sometimes when i see trees being pushed out for bigger fields and more corn if we are repeating ourselves . does anybody but me think the winds are stronger now then they were say a couple years ago?

sms · May 8, 2014

You have a valid point, I recently watched a documentary on the dust bowl and how they planted trees to anchor soil and provide wind breaks, I hope history doesn't repeat itself.

Stephen Newell · May 8, 2014

I grew up in Southern Illinois and I don't remember the wind being that strong.

Anonymous-0 · May 8, 2014

My parents lived around Sterling, Colorado in the late 1930s before I vas born.
Pa said some days when vorking in the field the wind blew up so much dust at the end of the field he had to wait till he could see where to turn around and head back

Wheatfarmer · May 8, 2014

Fence rows would always blow full, and we would dig them out, but us smart farmers needed more ground and took all the fence rows out. ??????
The last year Dad farmer he used this to stop a field from blowing, and the nest year I smoothed it out FUN FUN.

The dust bowl

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