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This unidentified newspaper clipping illustrates and explains four useful techniques for combating drought and soil erosion: planting vegetation on steep slopes, strip cropping, contour plowing, and check dams.
Date: Between 1930 and 1937
This is a clear, accessible visual that can work with a number of sources about preventative measures regarding soil erosion.
KS:7th:5.1:Agriculture and the Dust Bowl (2005)
Item Number: 210661
Call Number: 630 Agriculture Clippings v. 2, p. 195
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 210661
Agriculture - Agricultural methods and practices - Conservation - Strip cropping
Agriculture - Agricultural methods and practices - Plowing - Contour
Agriculture - Environment - Soil - Soil erosion
Agriculture - Environment - Water
Agriculture - Environment - Weather - Floods
Collections - Library
Curriculum - 7th Grade Standards - Kansas History Standards - 1930s to 1940s (Benchmark 5) - Agriculture and the Dust Bowl (Indicator 1) - Contour plowing
Curriculum - 7th Grade Standards - Kansas History Standards - 1930s to 1940s (Benchmark 5) - Agriculture and the Dust Bowl (Indicator 1) - Soil erosion
Date - 1930s
Environment - Natural resources - Conservation of natural resources - Soil
Environment - Natural resources - Conservation of natural resources - Water
Environment - Water - Dams
Environment - Weather - Droughts
Environment - Weather - Floods
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Newspaper - clipping
Thematic Time Period - Great Depression and Dust Bowl, 1929 - 1941
Type of Material - Newspapers - Clippings
http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/210661