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Poor farming practices. Once the earth had been farmed and not enough nutrients were in the soil to continue farming the soil became dry. Dry soil promoted a drought. Without â¦ water the loose soil caused by farming became very easy for the wind to pick up. All of these combined conditions led to the dust bowl. Lack of rain.
Worster suggests that the causes of the Dust Bowl, like those of the Depression, lay in Americaâs economic institutions and ethos. He also implies that this case study of environmental disaster has important implications for our own age, when drought, starvation, and ecological abuse are threatening the world.