. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. 22 BULLETIN 1001, TJ. S. DEPARTMENT OF ::frH;;i# LEGEND YZARailroad land selected &probablypatented'Q^ANational Forest &3E&Railroad land selected but not patented tiziiA/exican land, grant W&State school lands X>2iu\ reservations WS&State lands other than school lands \HLHZndian allotments (outside offeserv'n) V4Z&American lumber companys holdings I \ lands WBiPrivate holdings mostly homesteaded P Fig. 3.—Diagrammatic tenure map of an area in northwestern New M
. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. 22 BULLETIN 1001, TJ. S. DEPARTMENT OF ::frH;;i# LEGEND YZARailroad land selected &probablypatented'Q^ANational Forest &3E&Railroad land selected but not patented tiziiA/exican land, grant W&State school lands X>2iu\ reservations WS&State lands other than school lands \HLHZndian allotments (outside offeserv'n) V4Z&American lumber companys holdings I \ lands WBiPrivate holdings mostly homesteaded P Fig. 3.—Diagrammatic tenure map of an area in northwestern New Mexico. This portion of the tenure map shows: 1. The characteristics of the Spanish land grants. 2. The effects of a checkerboard arrangement of national forest and railroad grant lands. 3. The effects of the sale of railroad lands to private individuals (black) or corporations (American Lumber Co. holdings). 4. The effect of surrender of railroad lands for lieu land scrip, as shown in the white areas within the primary and secondary grant limits at the upper right-hand corner. The distribution of the public lands, open for entry, is characteristic for any railroad land-grant area where the land is of low productivity. Each of the small squares into which the map is divided represents one section of approximately 610 Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original United States. Dept. of Agriculture. [Washington, D. C. ?] : The Dept. : Supt. of Docs. , G. P. O.
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