Areas of intense drought distress, 1930-1936 / prepared by Francis D. Cronin and Howard W. Beers.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Cronin, Francis D., author.

Beers, Howard W. (Howard Wayland), 1905- author.

Contributor:

United States. Works Progress Administration. Division of Social Research, issuing body.

Series:

Research bulletin ; [ser. 5, no. 1]

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Droughts--Great Plains.

Droughts.

Droughts--Great Plains--Statistics.

Rain and rainfall--Great Plains--Statistics.

Rain and rainfall.

Great Plains.

Genre:

Online resources.

Statistics

Statistics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (iv, 54 pages) : illustrations, maps

Place of Publication:

Washington : Works Progress Administration, Division of Social Research, 1937.

Summary:

Introduction. The problem of drought ; The Great Plains region ; Drought incidence in the Great Plains region ; Misdirected agricultural expansion ; The measure of drought effect -- Rainfall -- Crop conditions -- Pasture conditions -- Number of cattle -- Federal aid -- Combined indice of drought intensity - -Type of farming areas -- Methodological note.

Contents:

Introduction. The problem of drought ; The Great Plains region ; Drought incidence in the Great Plains region ; Misdirected agricultural expansion ; The measure of drought effect

Rainfall

Crop conditions

Pasture conditions

Number of cattle

Federal aid

Combined indice of drought intensity

Type of farming areas

Methodological note

Notes:

"January 1937."

Publication pre-dates Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP) item numbers. No FDLP item number has been assigned.

Online resource, PDF version; title from title page (FRASER, viewed Feb. 7, 2018).

Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2019.

Other Format:

Print version: Cronin, Francis D. Areas of intense drought distress, 1930-1936

OCLC:

988829959

Access Restriction:

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