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- Timber_Culture_Act abstract "The Timber Culture Act was a follow-up act to the Homestead Act. The Timber Culture Act was passed by Congress in 1873. The act allowed homesteaders to get another 160 acres (65 ha) of land if they planted trees on one-fourth of the land, because the land was \"almost one entire plain of grass, which is and ever must be useless to cultivating man.\" (qtd. in Daily Life on the 19th Century American Frontier by Aleesha White)".
- Timber_Culture_Act comment "The Timber Culture Act was a follow-up act to the Homestead Act. The Timber Culture Act was passed by Congress in 1873. The act allowed homesteaders to get another 160 acres (65 ha) of land if they planted trees on one-fourth of the land, because the land was \"almost one entire plain of grass, which is and ever must be useless to cultivating man.\" (qtd. in Daily Life on the 19th Century American Frontier by Aleesha White)".