Unsuitable Land Policy

Lyle F. Watts

No 410230, USDA Miscellaneous from United States Department of Agriculture

Abstract: [Contents:] Introduction --- The Period of Disposal (The Homestead Laws – Enlarged Homestead Acts – The Grazing Homestead Law – Land Script, Mineral Laws, and Other Acts – Railroad and Other Internal Improvement Grants) --- Status of Lands Remaining in Public Ownership (Texas Lands – State Grants – Indian Lands – Remaining Public Domain) --- Reasons for Delay in Adopting a Constructive Range-Land Policy --- The Effects of Past Land Policy (Effect on Present Range-Land Ownership – Effect on the Range Resource) --- The Problems Which Arise from Land Ownership (Simplification of Ownership Pattern – Division Into Economic Units – Taxation – Responsibility for Restoration).

Keywords: Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Crop Production/Industries; Land Economics/Use; Livestock Production/Industries; Resource/Energy Economics and Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 40
Date: 1936
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.410230

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