Viewpoints on the Dust Bowl

Viewpoints on the Dust Bowl — page 1 — 1 Harvey Pickrel Farmer York Nebraska When my daddy owned the farm now those were the good days Sure there was always work to be done but we turned a profit and farming was a good life My brother and I we helped with the chores We got up with the sun each day and fed the horses first Then it was time to go to the cow barn and do the milking Then the milk had to be separated to get the 4

Viewpoints on the Dust Bowl — page 2 — cream The skim milk wasn’t for us we gave that to the pigs All this was done before breakfast each day and then there was plenty more to do after that We harnessed the horses Analyze This Find another perspective that describes life on the Great Plains during the Dust Bowl How is it similar to this perspective How are the two different and headed out to the fields The planting was done a certain way thanks to my father’s ingenuity He’d string wires from one end of the field to the other and every time one of those wires hit a small knob that he had placed on it it would trip a small mechanism and two or three kernels of corn would drop in He made sure the corn rows were at least 40 inches 102 centimeters apart so there would be room for horses to get through Later when I took over the farm I had a different approach The plow would make a deep furrow But his way worked just as well It was picking the corn 5

Viewpoints on the Dust Bowl — page 3 — that was always troublesome to me I was not good at it There was a special tool with a hook that was meant to make the job easier but I struggled and always seemed to wind up spraining my wrist It was a tough job but of course it had to get done Once the corn was picked it moved by conveyor to a sheller When the kernels were stripped off all you had left were the corncobs We used those in the cook stove Think about it Determine the main point of this paragraph Pick out one piece of evidence that supports it Yes the early days were the good days but things changed quickly We went from horse-drawn plows to tractors and that was a big change to get used to The tractor didn’t know that whoa meant stop and sometimes you’d forget you weren’t on a horse and just keep driving through the fence I kept on doing what I thought was right Sometimes I’d do things the old way and sometimes I 6

Viewpoints on the Dust Bowl — page 4 — Plowing soil was considered a necessary part of farming However farmers affected by the Dust Bowl plowed the soil too much 7

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