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Show ADMINISTRATION OF PUBLIC GRAZING LANDS 613 Original Entries Accepted by the United States, 1933-1955 Tear Stock Raising Entries Number Acres All Homestead Entries Number Acres 7,769 2,714,029 7,741 2,862,142 3,458 1,193,321 1,313 383,656 609 121,777 464 81,910 410 70,925 383 50,141 425 53,440 285 37,435 213 29,299 158 19,868 185 22,694 144 18,260 475 55,092 689 85,734 684 82,712 571 79,840 415 56,209 460 59,070 483 61,536 474 60,127 482 60,148 1933______....._________ 4,884 2,358,231 1934____________________ 5,136 2,567,888 1935____________________ 2,133 1,051,870 1936____________________ 812 326,331 1937____________________ 174 74,910 1938____________________ 106 43,078 1939____________________ 49 24,963 1940____________________ 5 3,639 1941......_______________ 17 7,772 1942____________________ 14 8,451 1943____________________ 14 6,945 1944____________________ 5 2,320 1945________________________________________________ 1946____________________ 2 1,277 1947____________________ 1 635 1948____________________ 1 640 1949____________________ 1 640 1950.......________.______________________......___ 1951____________________ 2 1,233 1952____________________ 1 640 1953________________________________________________ 1954____....._______________________________________ 1955.......______________ 1 642 Data provided by the Bureau of Land Management, courtesy of Karl Landstrom. of Washington, were withdrawn from all forms of entry and on February 5, 1935, the public lands in 12 additional states were withdrawn, which for the moment halted entries except those where rights previously existed. Yet where existing rights had been reserved homesteading continued, and to a considerable extent. After 1955 no further stock raising homesteads were filed but between 1956 and 1966 a total of 6,159 original homestead entries were filed under other acts for a total acreage of 776,216. Eighty-nine percent of these original entries were filed in Alaska and for the later years between 95 and 98 percent were Alaskan. Exchanges, sales, and leases of small tracts authorized under the Taylor Act were also being made. Taylor Act into Operation The need for prompt action to protect the range was great and officials of the Department of the Interior did not intend to delay in putting the Taylor Act into operation. A series of preliminary conferences and public hearings was held, a small staff was recruited for the Division of Grazing, a budget of $250,000 (not the $150,000 that the Secretary had said would be sufficient) was presented to the Congress, the President was persuaded to issue orders withdrawing for classification all public lands except those in Alaska, and plans were drafted for the establishment of 50 grazing districts containing some 142 million acres of the public lands. For the moment only 32 districts in 10 states could be placed in operation because |
