The town grew considerably during the 1930s as farmers, left impoverished by the Great Depression, abandoned their farms and came to work at the mines.

Most of the people have abandoned their farms and are moving away.

Just a few years later many had to abandon their farms.

The whole community decided to abandon its farms and try its luck among the more fertile lands on the southern frontier.

They abandoned their farms and moved on.

Nowadays, people have abandoned their farms and turned toward the business sector.

He helps them avoid the intimidation to abandon their farms to Fletcher.

He and many other villagers abandoned their farms and brought their families to Kandahar.

In 1922, as the price paid for the cane decreased, farmers began to abandon their farms and the mill had to shut down.

That represents a large proportion of the new farmers of the district, many of whom were forced to abandon their farms as a result.