Word: coverless
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...development of the tractor, the rainy years between 1914 and 1931 and high prices for farmers' crops caused a tremendous increase in plowing. Millions of acres of sandy or submarginal land were planted to wheat, corn and cotton. Amid the droughts of the 19305, the coverless, powder-dry earth of the plains lay helpless under the scouring winds. During World War II, heavy rainfall and high prices brought a repetition of the cycle; once more millions of marginal acres were plowed and planted by "suitcase farmers" intent on a fast dollar...