TIMBER CULTURE
\tˈɪmbə kˈʌlt͡ʃə], \tˈɪmbə kˈʌltʃə], \t_ˈɪ_m_b_ə k_ˈʌ_l_tʃ_ə]\
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March 3, 1873, Congress passed the Timber Culture Act, granting to settlers 160 acres of treeless lands for the encouragement of tree culture. An act of June 3, 1878, authorized the sale at $2.50 per acre of forest lands on the Pacific Coast, and at the same time prohibited timber depredations on the public lands.
By John Franklin Jameson
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