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Table 3. — Approximate subdivision of the lands within the Atlantic and Pacific land- 

 grant boundaries. 



(According to tenure for each State and for the entire grant.) 





Arizona. 



New Mexico. 



Whole grant. 





Area. 



Percentage of 

 area. 



Area. 



Percentage of 

 area. 



Area. 



Per 



cent- 

 age of 

 whole 

 grant. 





In 



State. 



In 



grant. 



In 



State. 



In 



grant. 



Railroad lands: 



Selected and patented . 

 Selected, not patented . 



A cres. 

 2, 321, 320 



2, 593, 620 

 1, 478, 320 



935, 280 



3, 291, 960 



10.3 

 11.5 

 6.6 

 4.1 

 14.6 



7.3 

 8.2 

 4.6 

 2.9 

 10.4 



Acres. 

 2, 137, 200 

 542, 550 

 523, 520 

 140, 280 

 482, 200 



254, 600 

 1, 458, 200 



338, 640 

 952, 040 



448, 320 

 1, 966, 240 



23.1 



5.9 

 5.7 

 1.5 

 5.2 



2.7 

 15.8 



3.7 

 10.3 



4.8 

 21.3 



6.7 

 1.7 

 1.6 

 .4 

 1.5 



.2 

 4.6 



1.1 



3.0 



1.4 

 6.2 



Acres. 



4, 458, 520 

 3, 138, 080 

 2, 001, 840 

 1, 075, 960 

 3, 774, 160 



254, 600 



5, 990, 480 



468,480 

 1, 044, 630 



1. 400, 440 

 8, 187, 360 



14.0 

 9.9 

 6.2 



State lands, all other kinds. 

 National forests 



3.3 

 11.9 



American Lumber Co. 

 (originally railroad 

 lands) 



.8 



Indian reservations 



Indian allotments (out- 

 side reservations) 



Mexican land grants 



Private holdings (mostly 

 homesteads) 



4, 532, 480 



129,840 

 92,640 



952, 120 

 6, 221, 120 



20.1 



.6 



.4 



4.2 

 27.6 



14.3 



.4 

 .3 



3.0 

 19.6 



18.9 



1.5 

 3.3 



4.4 



U. S. Government lands. . . 



35.8 



Total 



22, 550, 600 



100.0 



71.0 



9, 243, 800 



100.0 



29.0 



31, 794, 400 



100.0 







Note. — The figures given here are only approximations. Much of the land has not yet been surveyed 

 and exact figures could not be obtained.. The estimate in acreages assumes all sections to contain 640 

 acres, which, of course, is not exact. The percentages of the different kinds of tenure are doubtless fairly 

 accurate, at least to units place. 



The present use-control of the land. — The problem of how to control 

 the range in separate units of such size as to make the business of 

 raising stock profitable has been before all stockmen ever since the 

 ranges commenced to be crowded, even in local areas. In earlier days 

 there was an abundance of feed for the animals of those who had 

 the courage and skill to enter the business, but in a relatively short 

 time the excess feed was all used in the more favorably located places, 

 and the contest for place began. 



The necessity for individual control has kept pace with the growing 

 specialization of the business, and rising prices have made profitable 

 greater and greater expenditures for rights or privileges in a range. 

 The struggle has gone on from one degree of intensity to another until 

 at present many individuals and firms have invested large sums of 

 money in permanent improvements, such as wells, reservoirs, pipe 

 lines, troughs, corrals, fences, houses, etc., as well as in the purchase 

 or lease of part of the lands they are using. Whenever it has been 

 possible, such men have got legal control of all their land and fenced 

 it. In practically all cases the improvements have been protected 

 by some sort of legal control of the land on which they have been 

 made. A few men make their investments as small as possible with 

 the object of making some one else bear their burden of capitaliza- 

 tion, and thus take advantage of the open range condition. 



The existing system of management in this industry is determined 

 in many cases by the possible use which may be made of Government 

 land and the legal control of the land upon which stock water occurs, 

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