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Show 199 the land to tne actually settled upon it and who man tilled it. This may b liberalized homesteading policy, of passage t:J.e considered Enlarged ligible. 3y Congress, en2.ctment the of s?ecialized connissions homestead :::n.l2.rged r:e2.sure. preceded by as Ear-dy developmerts e;rm'm cool and turned Eone s te ad Act was Its in enactment a neg to report VIas a toward its back in dry f'arm ing Campbe Ll, and had kindled renewed a J20-acre dry farm 1909, had February, and rather remarkable \iebster well-publi techniq_ues by John A. fig such Vlidtsoe. enthusiasm for These farm dry &Dd from that enthusiasm emerged the Transmissouri Farming Congress d i.saemfna+e But Congress had some cized developments ing, was reort. 7"!1e ures _ enlarged homestead bill the a the on time Roosevelt transmitted the Roosevelt's been impact of 1909 Homestead Act r.:oreover, the its but certainty. on indorsement of an this in 1907 to interest m821Y voices r2.ised Enlarged and lobby in information, speci2 encourage legislative circles. organization was was only of one Support for in f2.vor of the bill. EO!1estead Act Dry further research, broadly based. As the Commi.a the Courrtr-y Life had noted, many rural Americcns sion on were Look i.ng for the move to new to sell their 2.gricultural opportunities doubtedly, Congr'e s s portunities. chance was Opposition aware to holdings elsewhere. of this demand for the measure and Un new in Congress op was |
