TENURE AND USE OF ARID GRAZING LANDS, 
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VZARailroad land selected &prvbablypa£ertiedW2fflcUiorvaZ Forest 
VSEbRailroad Icuvdselected bid, not patented tiniAfexican land grunt 
^^ State school lands VHMndlan reservations 
G3 State lands other than school lands \L112lndian allotments (outside or resoiv'k) 
Imerican lumber company's holdings I \ TT.SJ^ihh'r lands 
WKL Private holdings mostly homesteaded 
S3 Each square equals 2 square mile 
Fig. 4.— Diagrammatic tenure map of an area in northwestern New Mexico. 
This portion of the tenure map shows: 
1. The characteristic distribution of Indian reservations. 
2. The area and distribution of Indian allotments. 
3. The effects of the purchase of railroad lands by private individuals arid corporations and the 
selection of the even-numbered sections by the State. 
In much of the area the Government land (white) is shown to be that which determines the character 
of control possible. 
Each of the small squares into which the map is divided represents one section of approximately 640 
