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To prevent blowing, these areas needed to be regrassed in the 30s. The soils in the Dust Bowl region have a characteristic known as âflocculationâ which, like fish eggs, causes small soil particles to cling together in clusters. This in short, facilitates the movement of moisture to the subsoil.
In 1937, the Works Progress Administration (WPA) reported that drought was the main reason for relief in the Dust Bowl region. More than two thirds were farmers. Total assistance was estimated at $1 billion (in 1930s dollars).The report found that losses in the Dust Bowl affected the entire national economy. .(Source: Economics of the Dust Bowl, National Drought Mitigation Center.) For more, see Effects of the Great Depression.