Resources of Montana . na, owned by 3,386 permittees. Homesteads in Forests. Under what is called the Forest Homestead Law passed June 11, 1906, 399,781acres of national forest land have been listed and opened to settlement and entryunder the homestead laws. This acreage embraces 3,169 distinct tracts, acres in extent. Only a few of the listed areas have not been entered. In Secretary of Agriculture was directed to examine and classify all the nationalforest lands with a view to ascertaining what areas were suitable for agricultural classification authorized ha
Resources of Montana . na, owned by 3,386 permittees. Homesteads in Forests. Under what is called the Forest Homestead Law passed June 11, 1906, 399,781acres of national forest land have been listed and opened to settlement and entryunder the homestead laws. This acreage embraces 3,169 distinct tracts, acres in extent. Only a few of the listed areas have not been entered. In Secretary of Agriculture was directed to examine and classify all the nationalforest lands with a view to ascertaining what areas were suitable for agricultural classification authorized has now been completed and all areas, except a veryfew which are now heavily timbered and which have been left for re-examination andclassification when the timber is removed, which are chiefly valuable for agriculture,the occupation of which for agricultural purposes will not interfere with the adminis-tration of the national forests, and which are not needed for public purposes, havebeen opened to settlement and MONTANA—1920
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