Fill in the Blanks farmingOnline version In the last years of the wheat boom, Bennett had become increasingly frustrated at how the government seemed to be encouraging an exploitive farming binge. He went directly after his old employer, the Department of Agriculture, for misleading people. Farmers on the Great Plains were working against nature, he thundered in speeches across the country. by Mohsin Khan 1 exploitive frustrated thundered misleading In the last years of the wheat boom , Bennett had become increasingly at how the government seemed to be encouraging an farming binge . He went directly after his old employer , the Department of Agriculture , for people . Farmers on the Great Plains were working against nature , he in speeches across the country .