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Some such legislation as that proposed is essential in order to preserve the great stretches of public grazing land which are unfit for cultivation under present methods and are valuable only for the forage which they supply.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Roosevelt argues for legislation to preserve public grazing lands that are unsuitable for cultivation.

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