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Excerpts: Our cropland was originally wrested from forestland or native grassland. Early in our history, almost all forest and grassland near settlements was converted [...]
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1991 |
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Excerpts: Our cities and towns are an important use of the land because most of us live in them, because they irrevocably change the landscape in ways that preclude othe [...]
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1987 |
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Excerpts: The Nation's land use has shifted slightly from agricultural to non-agricultural over the past several decades. Nearly one of every two acres—47 percent of a [...]
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1987 |
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Excerpts: In July of 1787, Manasseh Cutler, lawyer, physician, preacher, and real estate dealer, persuaded the Congress to quickly pass the Northwest Ordinance, and coin [...]
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1987 |
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Since 1940 about 17 million acres of our flattest and most fertile farmlands have been converted to nonagricultural uses. In another 15 years, about 100 million acres th [...]
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1958 |
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More than three million acres of woodland have been cleared since 1952 and converted to other uses - cropland and pasture, homesites, highways, airports, and industrial s [...]
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1958 |
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Excerpt: We have two main problems with respect to land: How should it be used? How should rights in land be distributed? Our success in answering them will reflect ou [...]
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1958 |
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Excerpt: The grasslands, hay lands, and forested range lands of the entire United States cover more than a billion acres, nearly 60 percent of the total land area. They [...]
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1949 |
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Excerpt: This paper is intended to describe briefly the use of land for agriculture and the possible effect of the growth of our population on land requirements. It inc [...]
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1956-10 |
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Excerpts: Farm men and women in more than 1,500 counties throughout the Nation are actively cooperating in an organized attack upon their local agricultural problems thr [...]
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1941-03 |
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