ABSTRACT
Improved conservation practices initi - ated by New Deal programs, combined with increasing rainfall, helped to end the Dust Bowl by 1941. With the higher prices grain brought during World War II, the area returned to prosperity. Nevertheless, the Dust Bowl area sti ll had soil susceptib le to high winds and drought was always a
Further Reading Hurt, R. Douglas. The Dltst BOlVl: An
Agricultural and Social History. Chicago: Nelson-Hall , 1981.
