Dry, Dryer, And too Dry.

Good golly miss Molly! It is getting supper dry[1] around these parts?  It has been a fairly dry end of summer and the dust is flying and the grass is dying. Have you ever been in a mini dust bowl? Not fun, let me tell you about it.

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I don’t guess I should be complaining, we aren’t anywhere close to the dust bowl of the 1930’s. It was so bad that the sand in the air would get into anything and everything! People during the time would try to keep out the sand by nailing sheets over the windows to hopefully keep out the dreadful terrors/sand trying to make its way in.  Keep any kind of livestock was almost impossible to keep alive and healthy. The animals that did make it for a little while weren’t in any shape to be eaten due to the lack of nutrition they weren't in-taking.

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The cattle crop went way down during the dust bowl and drove the price of meat tremendously high. As the price of meat went higher the animals weren’t the only beings dying off slowly.   

So what caused [4] the dust bowl? Was it government stupidity, personal, stupidity, or just a natural disaster? We may never know the reason. The answer is out of our hands.

I know that things are running smoothly now days and I can have a steak just about whenever thank the Lord! I am so thankful for the cattle market being good[5]. If it weren’t for the high cattle market the past few years I wouldn’t have gotten my pick-up paid for when I did.  If you can manage a few cows and work the numbers right it is very possible to make a good amount of pocket money. Cows are animals that depend on us to take care of them so don’t take the job lightly.

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Sources-

[1] Harris-Man. “LongRange Weather.” Link.www.longrangeweather.com 2009. September 14, 2010.

http://www.longrangeweather.com/Weather-Forecasts.htm

[2]  NASA. “Dust Bowl.” Photo. www.nasa.gov. March 18,2004. September 13,2010

http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/view.php?old=2004031816664

[3] Horrington, John.”Dust bowl and the Great depression.”Photo.www.historylecture.org. July 2009. September 13, 2010.

http://www.historylecture.org/dustbowl.html

[4] Oblack, Rachelle. “What caused the dust bowl?”  Link.www.about.com  2010. September  14 ,2010

http://weather.about.com/od/weatherfaqs/f/dustbowl.htm

[5] USDA.” Livestock market report.”Report.www.cattletoday.com September 13,2010. September 13,2010.

http://www.cattletoday.com/livestock_market_report.htm

[6] Tomas099. “Fat Cows.”Photo. www.worth1000.com.  July 26, 2006. September 14, 2010.

http://www.worth1000.com/entries/300077/fat-cows