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4. farmers are talking together about the future. One is hopeful that people will start taking care of the land differently. Another says, “Don’t fool yourself… It’s just not in our blood to play a safe game.” What does the farmer mean? Why do you think farmers might have been unwilling to change their farming practices once the rains returned?

5. Query “soil erosion” on the Internet and answer the following statement and question in a paragraph:

The Dust Bowl occurred at a time when we didn’t understand the importance of soil conservation. Our understanding is much better today but has this translated into sufficient protection for our global soil resource? Are there locations on the planet where soil erosion is severe?

2. In what ways did technology enable the Dust Bowl to happen?

Solution

4. In my opinion the farmer means that once the rains return, the people would try to get as much as possible. The statement given above “Don’t fool yourself” is obsolutely correct because when the rains return the farming practices would become even more severe to the land, because the people would want to ensure their future.

Again the quote \"It’s just not in our blood to play a safe game\" clearly tells about the attitude towards nature. The farmer means that is not in our blood to control rather it is controlled by only nature itself . The reason for this is that people expect and desire more and more from nature and won’t leave nature to limit their wishes.

5. Yes, Dust Bowl had occurred at a time when we didn’t understand the importance of soil conservation. But due to technology development and awareness among the people helped us to understand about the soil conservation in a much better way today and has translated into sufficient protection for our global soil resources.

Soil erosion is severe in certain locations like sees Brazil lose 55 million tons of topsoil every year. This leads to reduced soil fertility and degraded land.

2. Many factors enabled the Dust Bowl to happen like irregular fluctuations in ocean temperatures, dry climates poor farming techniques etc. Mechanized farming techniques like bought plows and other farming equipment were not employed during that period.

Many factors are responsible for the creation of the Dust Bowl: soils subject to wind erosion, drought that killed the soil-holding vegetation, the incessant wind, and technological improvements that facilitated the rapid breaking of the native sod. Though devastating, the dust bowl provided valuable insight to modern technology. This technology extended from the planting of trees to reduce wind effects by 65% to cultivating the land with multiple crops to even the development of advanced weather gauges and water irrigation/ wells.