RAIN ON THE PLAINS

A USDA film. "This film is mainly concerned with the Southern Great Plains. It shows huge herds of cattle grazing, the plowing up of the soil, destruction by winds, what the wind does to the soil, and sand drifts around homes. After the rains fell in May, 1934, the sky darkened over Washington, D.C., by dust blown from dry plains. When rain falls, the grass and crops grow abundantly. Shows conservation methods such as planting strips of wind-resisting crops, making level and stabilizing with grass, leaving stubble on fields, planting trees to break sweep of wind, etc." Oregon