At this time, farmers had not yet taken the economic hit that other Americans had. They relied on their own crops and had not indulged in the luxuries that were washing machines, stockings, and automobiles. However, with the beginning of the Dust Bowl, farmers could no longer avoid the detrimental effects of the depression (Worster, 10). After World War I, Europeans looked to the Southern Plains after their wheat shipment was cut off. The government put extreme pressure on farmers to produce far more wheat than normal. This, some would say, was the beginning of the excessive agriculture that caused the Dust Bowl. Simply put, Europe’s need for imports began to take a tole on the Great Plains. According to Worster, however, they influenced it “not by sending it in a radically different direction, but by hastening trends already under way” (Worster,
At this time, farmers had not yet taken the economic hit that other Americans had. They relied on their own crops and had not indulged in the luxuries that were washing machines, stockings, and automobiles. However, with the beginning of the Dust Bowl, farmers could no longer avoid the detrimental effects of the depression (Worster, 10). After World War I, Europeans looked to the Southern Plains after their wheat shipment was cut off. The government put extreme pressure on farmers to produce far more wheat than normal. This, some would say, was the beginning of the excessive agriculture that caused the Dust Bowl. Simply put, Europe’s need for imports began to take a tole on the Great Plains. According to Worster, however, they influenced it “not by sending it in a radically different direction, but by hastening trends already under way” (Worster,