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Show COMMISSIONER OF INDIAN AFFhIRS. 1.1 - Egyptian cotton can be grown in Arizona, and some of the Indians are attempting its culture on their farms. Eight bales of this cotton, weighing over 3,000 pounds, raised on the experiment farm, were sold at 28 cents a pound. The cultivation of Bermuda onions as an industry for the Indians in that section offers excellent prospects. A number of Indians sold considerable crops of onions at as high as $4 a hundredweight, beside raising su5cient for local demand. The Indians have a way of util-izing the whole onion, using the tops as fast as they drop to flavor their food; after the top has dropped the bulb continues to develop. Experiments are also being made with many varieties of alfalfa, grapes, figs, pomegranates, nuts, date palms, and bamboo. A large number of date palm smdlings are growing and many cuttings of choice varieties were transplanted. At San Juan, N. Mex., 50 acres of very rough land, purposely selected as not first class, were used for experimental purposes. A greenhouse for propagating was constmcted. Experiments were made with many varieties of alfalfa and other forage plants, vegeta-bles, and fruit trees Seeds and plants which had not heretofore grown in that section were procured from seedmen and many proved .of value. Experiments were made with corn in order to determine the variety which would be of the most value. In these experiments, in addition to imported varieties of corn, the best native corn was selected and the colors separated, a necessary step in the southwest where the different varieties of native wrn are black, white, pink, red, yellow, blue, and "calico." . In connection with the cooperation of the Departments of the Interior and Agriculture, the Bureau of Soils has made a number of tests of soils from various reservations for the purpose of ascertaining the quantities of chemical ingredients and humus and the physical properties of the soil in respect to the action of water and tillage. At the request of this service, the Bureau of Animal Industry in the Department of Agriculture examines horses and cattle for dis-ease. In the past year, for example, at 156 schools and reservations it examined over 50,000 for glanders. Also, the tuberculin test was applied to all cattle belonging to school and dairy herds; less than 2 per cent of the animals were found to have tuberculosis. The di5 eased animals were promptly killed under the direction of the officers who made the inspection. REIXBUBSABLE FUNDS FOR PROMOTING AGRICULTURE. In 1908 Congress appropriated the sum of $25,000 as a fund, reim-bursable under conditions to be prescribed by the Secretary of the In-terior, to aid the Indiana at Fort Belknap, Mont., in beginning the |