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Show STILL GROWING In the opinion of the average man, homesteading has become a lost art. But as a matter of fact it has not. On the contrary, it is more than holding its own and, according to some recent figures given out by the government, thousands of people are still home-steading home-steading land and laying out future farm property. According to these figures, 10,719 grants were made during the year ending July 1 on lands for grazing purposes, each grant being for 640 acres. The act under which these homesteads were obtained ob-tained was passed by congress in 1916 and since that time 31,523 homesteaders have complied with the law and entered title to public land. It is stated that more than 7,000,000 acres have been claimed claim-ed for homesteading purposes. The homesteading of fertile land, needing no artificial help to make it productive has ceased, because all of that kind of land has long ago been given out by Uncle Sam. But grazing lands, and lands that are fit for production through irrigation ir-rigation are yet to be had. Many young men in this section should bear this in mind, as it offers them an opportunity to strike out for themselves, and by hard but honest work, secure property that may not be worth much now, but which may be in:tdc to produce richly and in time become very valuable. Uncle Sam will help you get a start if you feel you can't get it another way. And the kind of help he will extend is far better in the long run than chasing off to a distant city to work for high wages that won't always be high and where the necessities of life cost far more than if you raised them on your nwn ground. |