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 1 
Texas*. 
New Zealand 3 . 
National Forests *. . 
State. 
State. 
United States. 
14 to 42 years. 
5 and 10 years. 
21 years. 
Permits for 1 
and 5 years. 
Area sufficient to 
support family. 
Protective limit of 
leasehold, 10 sec- 
tions of grazing 
land; no maxi- 
mum limi t. 
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 adjust edto 
meet heeds of 
new settlers. 
Classification of lands and al- 
lotment by Government 
Board of Commissioners; 
stockmen usuaUy 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 bv F. V. Coville, Senate Doc. 1S9, Fifty-eighth Congress, third session, p. 26, 1905. 
3 See Land Laws'of New Zealand. 
* 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 of 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. 
