To control the effects of the dust bowl, the state of texas paid farmers to do which of the following?
select all that apply.
(3 points)
build ponds and reservoirs
plant different crops
use more powerful tractors
plant rows of trees to serve as windbreaks

The correct option is: "plant rows of trees to serve as windbreaks"

The Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act, passed in 1936, offered payments to farmers for transforming agricultural land with loss of soil into crops of legumes and grasses that promote soil conservation, and for implementing good agricultural practices in pastures. Measures that would have yielded more benefits if they had been adopted before the start of the drought cycle. The planting of more than 200 million trees from Canada to Abilene (Texas) was another measure taken by the New Deal administration.

in february 1787, congress decided that a convention should be convened to revise the articles of confederation, the nation’s first constitution. in may, 55 delegates came to philadelphia, and the constitutional convention began. debates erupted over representation in congress, over slavery, and over the new executive branch. the debates continued through four hot and muggy months. but eventually the delegates reached compromises, and on september 17, they produced the u.s. constitution, replacing the articles with the governing document that has functioned effectively for more than 200 years.