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This brief article discusses the importance of decreasing water erosion, which has washed away approximately ninety percent of the productive soil in eastern Kansas. Two remedies which are suggested are terracing and the planting of blue grass sod (which will bind the soil together). Scientists at Kansas State Agricultural College (now Kansas State University) were experimenting with these two techniques.
Creator: Topeka Capital
Date: December 4, 1932
This source works well with images of listing, terracing, and other agricultural techniques that helped curb soil erosion. It also provides an example of some of the ways Kansans were combating erosion. It can also be used to illustrate how dire the situation was during the Dust Bowl.
KS:7th:5.1:Agriculture and the Dust Bowl (2005)
Item Number: 210710
Call Number: 630 Agriculture Clippings, v. 2
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 210710
Agriculture - Agricultural methods and practices - Conservation - Terracing
Agriculture - Crops - Grasses
Agriculture - Education - Colleges and universities - Kansas State University - College of Agriculture
Agriculture - Environment - Soil - Soil erosion
Agriculture - Environment - Water
Agriculture - Labor - Farmers
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Farmers
Collections - Library
Curriculum - 7th Grade Standards - Kansas History Standards - 1930s to 1940s (Benchmark 5) - Agriculture and the Dust Bowl (Indicator 1) - Soil erosion
Curriculum - 7th Grade Standards - Kansas History Standards - 1930s to 1940s (Benchmark 5) - Agriculture and the Dust Bowl (Indicator 1) - Terracing
Education - Higher education - Institutions - Kansas State University
Environment - Natural resources - Conservation of natural resources - Soil
Environment - Natural resources - Conservation of natural resources - Water
Environment - Plants - Grasses
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Newspaper - clipping
Places - Cities and towns - Topeka
Places - Counties - Shawnee
Places - Regions - Eastern Kansas
Thematic Time Period - Great Depression and Dust Bowl, 1929 - 1941
Type of Material - Newspapers - Clippings
http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/210710