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Mile Square Homesteads Debate Sweeps Senate and House
Public Lands committees hear arguments on whether 640 acre homesteads can replace 160 acre tracts in western states. Representative Mondell warns against hasty nationwide adoption, citing Nebraska experiments and slow settlement, while urging gradual expansion as klimat e and farming methods improve.
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Public Lands
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Representative Mondell
Wyoming
House Irrigation Committee
Congress
Nebraska
Weston
South Dakota Line
Crook County
South Dakota
Weston County
Great West
West