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ANNUAL REPORTS OF DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



The aj^plications for and listing of National Forest lands lor home- 

 stead entry under the act of June 11, 1906, are shown in the following 

 tahle. The total acreage listed since the ])assage of the law was at the 

 close of the year 943,718 acres, as against 032,412 ' acres at the close 

 of the previous ^^ear. Since the fiscal year ends in the midst of the 

 field season, and since there is always an accumulation of applications 

 during the winter months when field examinations are in most 

 regions impossihle, the number of r implications awaiting final action is 

 not tyjmical of the actual state of the work. By the close of the field 

 season the work will be practically up to date. 



Applications and listings for Forest homestead entry. 



1 Corrected figures. The total given in the report for 1910 failed to include 5,100 acres listed on the 

 Wichita Forest and 434 acres on Forests in Colorado and Wyoming. The total area listed to June 30, 

 1910, was 032,412 acres instead of the 626,872 acres reported a year ago. 



The above table shows that the number of tracts listed last year 

 was about 70 per cent greater than in 1910. At the present time the 

 areas listed for settlement under the Forest homestead act exceed a 

 total of 1,000,000 acres, undoubtedly the cream of the land suitable 

 for agriculture. Over 8,000 settlers have thus been provided for. 



COST AND USE. 



The following tables show the gross cost of administration and 

 protection, expenditures for permanent improvements, and receipts 

 from the several sources, both in totals and per acre, during the 

 year, as compared with those for the fiscal year 1910. The per-acre 

 expenditures and receipts are computed on the basis of the gross 

 area of all National Forests under administration at the close of the 

 year, since the cost of administration is not materially lowered by 

 private holdings within the Forests. 



Expenditures for administration and protection and permanent improvements during the 



fiscal year 1911, compared uith 1910. 



* Corrected figures. See note under table. 



