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Modern Machinery

Modern machinery made farming more profitable and changed the structure of the land for growing wheat. The result was more land speculation, more acreage turned over to wheat farming, and a blind faith that the good times wouldn’t end, but warning signs were evident.
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Clip Season 1 Episode 1 Length 04:09 Premiere: 11/18/12

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Season 1 Episodes

Reaping the Whirlwind
S1 E2 Length 1:55:45 Premiere Date 11/19/12

The Great Plow-Up
S1 E1 Length 1:55:15 Premiere Date 11/18/12

Mechanized Agriculture
Clip Length 04:39 Premiere Date 11/18/12

Recollection
Clip Length 07:54 Premiere Date 11/18/12

The Wheat Bubble Burst
Clip Length 07:02 Premiere Date 11/18/12

The Depression Comes to the Southern Plains
Clip Length 05:45 Premiere Date 11/18/12

Episode 1 Introduction
Clip Length 05:09 Premiere Date 11/18/12

Boom Time
Clip Length 03:24 Premiere Date 11/18/12

Modern Machinery
Clip Length 04:09 Premiere Date 11/18/12

Environmental Catastrophe
Clip Length 12:11 Premiere Date 11/18/12

Low Valued Wheat
Clip Length 01:56 Premiere Date 11/18/12

Suicides
Clip Length 01:52 Premiere Date 11/18/12

Black Blizzards
Clip Length 02:42 Premiere Date 11/18/12

Black Sunday
Clip Length 03:27 Premiere Date 11/18/12

FDR Visits the Dust Bowl
Clip Length 01:37 Premiere Date 11/18/12

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