10 MONTANA FAEM EEVIEW 



Sofl Very few definite and reliable data covering the soils of Montana are 



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to be had. However, a reconnaissance soil survey of the state was 

 begun in 1921 by the U. S. Bureau of Soils in co-operation with the 

 State Experiment Station. More than eleven million acres have been 

 surveyed to the present time. The work in Sheridan, Daniels, Roosevelt and Valley 

 counties and about one-third of Phillips county, has been completed. Reports for the 

 first three of above will shortly be available for distribution, while that for Valley 

 county will not appear until 1924, according to announcements. The reports will 

 show the topography, soil character and classifications, areas under cultivation, 

 and the county classification of lands, combined with topographical maps. A detailed 

 soil survey of the Bitter Root Valley was made in 1917 by the U. S. Bureau of Soils. 



Many types of soil are found in the state, variations being common in the same 

 localities. The soils differ in mechanical composition, texture, source and method of 

 formation. Yet all of these soils have been found to contain a rich store of the elements 

 necessary for the proper growth of the crops which are adapted to the climatic condi- 

 tions of the state. 



HOW TITLE TO THE PUBLIC DOMAIN HAS PASSED IN MONTANA 

 (Total area land surface, 93,568,640 acres.) 



Land grants to the state 5,869,618 acres 



Original grants to Northern Pacific Ry. Co.. 17,576,672 acres 



Original homestead entries from 1869 to 1922 inclusive. Number 221,259 47,882,838 acres 



Final desert land entries from March 3, 1877, to June 30, 1922, inclusive. 



Number 14,495 2,731,937 acres 



Timber and stone entries from June 3, 1878, to June 30. 1922, inclusive. 



Number 5,190 663,392 acres 



Original stockraising homestead entries from time of passage of act to June 



30, 1922, inclusive. Number 10,835 3,666,836 acres 



Coal land entries from March 3, 1873, to June 30, 1922, inclusive. Number- 505 64,718 acres 

 Applications filed under the mineral leasing act of February 25, 1920, from 



date of passage to June 30, 1922, inclusive 3,707 acres 



Total segregations of Carey lands June 30, 1922. (For irrigation under 



state control) 99,322 acres 



Carey lands patented from August 18, 1894, to June 30, 1922 66,266 acres 



Grand total entered under the various land laws (does not include total of 



Carey lands segregated but only those patented, which issues only after 



reclamation) 78,411,646 acres 



State lands sold 1909 to 1922, inclusive 1,102,412 acres 



State lands remaining unsold 4,514,698 acres 



State lands under lease for grazing or agricultural purposes 2,453,597 acres 



State lands under lease for oil drilling 211,136 acres 



Original Northern Pacific land grants 17,576,672 acres 



Total acreage now owned by Northern Pacific 3,687,385 acres 



Total acreage lands offered for sale by Northern Pacific, January, 1923 1,354,296 acres 



Total acreage private lands assessed, 1922 51,990,875 acres 



Total acreage under Federal control, January, 1922 38,679,096 acres 



MONTANA LANDS UNDER FEDERAL CONTROL* 



Public lands, June, 1922, unreserved and open to filing 5,659,879 acres 



(17. S. General Land Office Report, June, 1922.) 



National forests, net area, June, 1922 (U. S. Forest Service) 15,933,889 acres 



Indian reservations, area under federal control, June, 1921 3,543,353 acres 



(U. S. Statistical Abstract, 1921.) 



National Park and Monument reservations (National Park Service) 1,108,640 acres 



Military reservations, area under federal control, Nov., 1922 57,901 acres 



(U. S. War Department.) 



Federal Bird reserves. Willow Creek, Pishkun, Nine-Pipe and Pablo Area unknown 



National Bison range (Congressional report) 18,000 acres 



Oil land withdrawals outstanding, June 30, 1922 



(cover both surface and mineral) 1,345,151 acres 



Phosphate land withdrawals outstanding, June 30, 1922 287,883 acres 



Power site reserves 145,785 acres 



Public water reserves 7,278 acres 



Reservoir site reserves 9.080 acres 



Well drilling reservoir reserves 40 acres 



(U. S. General Land Office Report, June, 1922.) ^_^ 



Total area of lands In Montana over which federal control of surface and 



mineral rights Is exclusively exercised 28,116,879 acres 



Coal land withdrawals outstanding, June 30, 1922 (in most Instances the 



mineral rights only are reserved) 10,562,217 acres 



(IT. S. General Land Office Report, June, 1922.) 



Orand total of acreage In Montana under federal control .. 38,679,096 acres 



