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  2. Agriculture in Texas - Wikipedia

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    Texas leads the nation in number of cattle, usually exceeding 16 million head. The sprawling 320,000 deeded acres (130,000 ha) La Escalera Ranch, located 20 miles (32 km) south of Fort Stockton, is one of the largest cattle ranches in the Southwestern United States. [citation needed] Texas leads nationally in production of sheep and goat ...

  3. Iowa tightens foreign-owned land law, but misses farmers ...

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    Where foreign land ownership factors most in Iowa is in wind and solar energy production, rather than crop and livestock production. In 2021, renewable energy companies held about 90% of the state ...

  4. Homestead Acts - Wikipedia

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    The claimed homestead could include the same land which they had previously filed a preemption claim (on up to 160 acres at $1.25 per acre, or up to 80 acres of subdivided and surveyed land at $2.50 per acre), and they could expand their current ownership to contiguous adjacent land up to 160 acres total.

  5. Brugjeld–Peterson Family Farmstead District - Wikipedia

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    The farmstead is located on a high strip of land located between High Lake on the west and a wetland, Cunningham Slough, on the east. The historic district is made up of ten contributing elements. [2] The seven contributing buildings include the house, barn, blacksmith shop complex, cook/wash house, chicken coop, hog house, and sheep barn.

  6. Land Ordinance of 1785 - Wikipedia

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    After he died in 1789, responsibility for surveying was transferred to the Surveyor General. Land was to be systematically surveyed into square townships, 6 mi (9.7 km) on a side, each divided into thirty-six sections of 1 sq mi (2.6 km 2) or 640 acres (260 ha). These sections could then be subdivided for re-sale by settlers and land speculators.

  7. Category:Farm to Market Roads in Texas - Wikipedia

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    List of Farm to Market Roads in Texas (1000–1099) List of Farm to Market Roads in Texas (1100–1199) List of Farm to Market Roads in Texas (1200–1299) List of Farm to Market Roads in Texas (1300–1399) List of Farm to Market Roads in Texas (1400–1499) List of Farm to Market Roads in Texas (1500–1599)

  8. United States General Land Office - Wikipedia

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    The first of 362 district land offices was opened at Steubenville, Ohio, on July 2, 1800; the last at Newcastle, Wyoming, on March 1, 1920. The peak year for land offices was 1890, with 123 in operation. The subsequent closing of the public domain gradually reduced the number of land offices, until, in 1933, only 25 offices remained. [3]

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