Minnesota's Greatest Generation

Cut worms and heat have destroyed the corn on this farm, 1936

The severe drought during the depression years caused crops to dry up and topsoil to be blown away by the wind. This farmer near Appleton, Minnesota lost his corn crop to a combination of cut worms and drought.

Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society
Date: 1936
Identifer: location QC2.3 r1

Cut worms and heat have destroyed the corn on this farm, 1936