<P> 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 ) </P>
<P> 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 ) </P>
the timber culture act gave land to settlers who
the timber culture act gave land to settlers who
planted trees on one - fourth of the land
planted trees on one - fourth of the land