What were the causes of dust bowl?

Answer 1

The main causes of the dust bowl were extreme drought for eight years in total, and also very poor farming techniques on the behalf of the inhabitants. Normally crops are rotated (different crops are grown in an area each year or sometimes no crops at all) so as to never deplete soil too much. This was never done in the Dustbowl area, where the land was farmed to death leaving nothing to secure topsoil, creating this massive amount of dust to be blown huge distances by the wind.

Answer 2

Poor farming practices. Once the earth had been farmed and not enough nutrients were in the soil to continue farming the soil became dry. Dry soil promoted a drought. Without water the loose soil caused by farming became very easy for the wind to pick up. All of these combined conditions led to the dust bowl.

Lack of rain.

Back in the 1930's, they depended on rain to water their crops. without rain their crops didn't grow, and without crops they didn't have money.

Or consider some of the following:

The prarie had been turned over by the steel plow exposing the soil.

Wind breaks had never been considered.

Turning the soil in straight lines was encouraged instead of contour farming.

Rotating crops had been discouraged.

Overgrazing.

Leaving the prarie alone was discouraged.

Pretty, well tilled fields without clods and stubble was encouraged.

Cover crops were considered to be a waste of tillable land.

Bad Agricultural practices were more responsible for this ecological disaster than were weather conditions, although the lack of rain certainly played a role.

Answer 3

due to the increasing rate of deforestation, the soil was unbinded and high velosity winds cause loose soil to blow off . thats why people use wet clothes to cover their windows so tht soil doesnt come in

Answer 4

extreme drought for 8 years in total and also very poor farming techniques on the behalf of the inhabitants.