68 BULLETIN 1001, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



F. — Examples of land-leasing systems in successful operation. 



"Where applied. 



Tenure of lands. 



Period of lease. 



Size of unit. 



Principal provisions. 



Australia * . 



State. 



Texas 2 . 



State. 



14 to 42 years. . 



5 and 10 years. 



New Zealand 3 . 



State. 



21 years . 



National Forests «. . 



United States. 



Permits for 1 

 and 5 years. 



Area sufficient to 

 support family. 



Protective limit of 

 leasehold, 10 sec- 

 tions of grazing 

 land; no maxi- 

 mum limit. 



Small grazing runs 

 5,000 to 20,000 

 acres. Pastoral 

 runs not greater 

 in extent than 

 will carry 20,000 

 sheep or 4,000 

 cattle. 



Size determined by 

 prior use; grad- 

 ually adjustedto 

 meet needs of 

 new settlers. 



Classification of lands and al- 

 lotment by Government 

 Board of Commissioners; 

 stockmen usually required 

 to fence and otherwise im- 

 prove their holdings. 



Lands leased subject to sale of 

 agricultural lands during 

 term of lease in units of not 

 to exceed 4 sections. Graz- 

 ing lands not subject to sale 

 during lease. New settlers 

 may lease portion of large 

 leasehold, provided such 

 leases will not reduce the 

 size of the leashold to less 

 than 10 sections. 



Large private holdings were 

 purchased by the State and 

 leased to settlers. Revenues 

 loaned to settlers and stock- 

 men. Lands classified: Those 

 suitable exclusively for pas- 

 turage are leased; those 

 suitable for agriculture may 

 be acquired through purchase 

 or leased in perpetuity. Im- 

 provements on leased land 

 are considered property of 

 lessee. 



Charges based upon a per cap- 

 ita basis; areas allotted 

 according to grazing capac- 

 ity; preference given to citi- 

 zens of the United States, and 

 small owners who own and 

 reside on improved ranch 

 property and are dependent 

 on the National Forests for 

 range, then old users and 

 larger owners. Maximum 

 limits fixed to prevent mo- 

 nopoly and protective limits 

 set to prevent reduction be- 

 low a reasonable number of 

 stock. 



1 See Land Laws of Australian Colonies. 



2 See Summary by F. V. Coville, Senate Doe. 189, Fifty-eighth Congress, third session, p. 26, 1905. 



3 See Land Laws of New Zealand. 



4 See Use Book, U. S. Forest Service. 



BIBLIOGRAPHY. 



Following is a list of some of the more important publications that relate to the sub- 

 ject presented in this bulletin, classified by subject and arranged alphabetically, by 

 authors. 



1. Acquirement and Disposition op Public Lands. 



1. Donaldson, Thos. The Public Domain. Rev. Ed. 1884. 



2. Hart, Alfred Bushnell. Disposition of Our Public Lands. Quart. Journ. 



Econ., Vol. I, No. 2, 1886-87. 



3. Keener, J. W. The Public Land Statutes of the United States. Senate Doc. 



No. 547, Vol. 35, 64th Cong., 1st Sess. 



4. Magnusson, Liefer. Disposition of the Public Lands of the United States. 



U. S. Dept. Labor Bull., 1919. 



5. Wilcox, E. V. The Grazing Industry. Bulletin Hawaii Exp. Sta. 1911. 



