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A view of two men standing by a shelterbelt near the town of Sylvia in Reno County, Kansas. Shelterbelts, which consist of various heights of trees and shrubs, were planted in the late 1930s to prevent blowing soil caused by severe drought and soil erosion.
Date: 1939
This works with articles and images about the importance of shelterbelts and demonstrates for students the ways that farmers were attempting to fend off another Dust Bowl.
KS:7th:5.1:Agriculture and the Dust Bowl (2005)
Item Number: 210637
Call Number: FK2.R2.31 *1
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 210637
Agriculture - Agricultural methods and practices - Conservation - Windbreaks and shelterbelts
Agriculture - Crops - Trees
Agriculture - Environment - Soil - Soil erosion
Collections - Photograph
Curriculum - 7th Grade Standards - Kansas History Standards - 1930s to 1940s (Benchmark 5) - Agriculture and the Dust Bowl (Indicator 1) - Shelter belts
Date - 1930s - 1939
Environment - Natural resources - Conservation of natural resources - Soil
Environment - Plants - Trees
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph
People - Men
Places - Cities and towns - Sylvia
Places - Counties - Reno
Thematic Time Period - Great Depression and Dust Bowl, 1929 - 1941
Type of Material - Photographs
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