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Page 119
... land led many large landholders to let portions of their land to tenants in return for improving it and paying the taxes . Tenants hoped to make enough from their crops to advance to landholding status , an expensive proposition , as it ...
... land led many large landholders to let portions of their land to tenants in return for improving it and paying the taxes . Tenants hoped to make enough from their crops to advance to landholding status , an expensive proposition , as it ...
Page 121
... land values in the nineteenth century . " 17 Many speculators found their land purchases unprofitable and their mortgages and taxes impossible to meet . However , " if the expected profits did not materialize within a short period ...
... land values in the nineteenth century . " 17 Many speculators found their land purchases unprofitable and their mortgages and taxes impossible to meet . However , " if the expected profits did not materialize within a short period ...
Page 123
... land was improved in 1890 —with very little unimproved land existing in the north and central divisions . Land values had also risen , for by 1900 over 90 percent of the land area of the section with the richest soil ( east central ...
... land was improved in 1890 —with very little unimproved land existing in the north and central divisions . Land values had also risen , for by 1900 over 90 percent of the land area of the section with the richest soil ( east central ...
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