After the drought, the technique of "dry farming" appeared, a method of shallow cultivation (which later contributed to the Dust Bowl).
Tougher strains of wheat were imported from Russia and drought resistant grains were grown.
Barbed wire was perfected in 1874 by Joseph F. Glidden, solving the problem posed by building fences on the treeless prairies.
Federally financed irrigation projects caused the Great American Desert to bloom. Dams tamed the Missouri, Colorado, and Columbia Rivers, and over 4.5 million acres were irrigated in 17 Western states.
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