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●Lack of Water
●Fire
●Insects
●Size of Landholding
●Farming Machinery
●Extremes of Weather
Ploughing. Before it can grow crops land
has to be ploughed. Until the
arrival of the homesteaders
in the 1860s however, the soil
on the Plains had never been
cut by a plough. The Prairie
grass that covered the Plains
had thick deep roots of up to
10cm.
These roots grew in dense
tangled clumps that were
difficult to cut. The first
homesteaders that arrived on
the Plains brought their iron
ploughs from the Eastern
USA. These could cut
through the previously
ploughed soft soils there, but
they broke when used on the
Great Plains.
Growing Crops
The homesteaders planted the crops of maize and wheat that
they brought with them from the Eastern states. These were
suited to the mild and damp climate there. However these crops
did not grow well on the dry hot Plains. If the homesteaders
could not grow their crops, then their life on the Plains would be
impossible to sustain.
Extremes of
The Plains were also regularly
Weather struck by dust storms. The vast
open spaces of the Plains
encouraged high winds and
tornadoes. All of these could do
great damage to crops.
●Ploughing the Land
●Growing Crops
●Lack of Water
●Fire
●Insects
●Size of Landholding
●Farming Machinery
●Extremes of Weather