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Show I 36 COMMISSIONEB OF INDIAN AFFAIRS. cents per pound. Six thousand pounds were fed to stock because of its being frosted. One thousand six hundred pounds were kept for planting on the Sacaton and Pima Indian farms. Two hundred and fifty pounds were sent to the Phoenix School and 600 pounds were sent to the Salt River Reservation, under Camp McDowell superin-tendency, for planting on the Indian farms. A greenhouse bas also been established at the testing farm for the purpose of raising plants for distribution among the Indian farmers. At the San Juan Reservation cooperative work was carried on in conjunction with the Department of Agriculture, and tests were made with various grains, fruits, vegetables, and plants. Unfortu-nately the floods of last October did a great deal of damage to the experimentation farm, necessitating considerable new leveling and the removal of sediment before operations could be begun this spring. Many young trees were buried deep in the mud. Twenty-seven varieties were replanted this spring. Field seeds, such as cowpeas, soja beans, and vetch were planted again this spring. A test is also being made of the Himalaya berry, which is highly recommended. At Shivwits four small patches of land, comprising about 10 acres ' in all, have been cleared, plowed, and seeded to grain for the purpose of testing the possibilities of dry farming in that section. The In-dians manifested much interest in the undertaking, and 80 acres have been laid off for future subdivison into 10-acre plots for cultivation by them. At Kaibab, in the arid region, where last year '82 bushels of corn were raised on a 2-acre tract, experiments in arid farming were con-tinued on a larger scale. Cane for forage, kaffir, oats, barley, alfalfa, and broom grass were planted. At the Colorado River Reservaf.ion oranges, lemons, apples, apri-cots, cherries, grapes, olives, peaches, pears, plums, blackberries, strawberries, walnuts, Egyptian cotton, tobacco, lentils, and various other trees and plants were set out. While many trees and plants died, others are doing well and the tests are being continued. At the Blackfeet Reservation tests were made of two varieties of alfalfa, broom grass, timothy, and some of the hardier vegetables. .At Nevada, Fort McDermitt, Bishop, Pala, Zuni, Walker River, Martinez, Uintah, and Ute tests were made with various kinds of fruit and shade trees, vegetables, and forage crops. The demonstration farm provided for in the act of Jmie 1, 1910 (36 Stat. L., 455,456), was started at the Fort Berthold Reserration this spring. An expert farmer is in charge of the work. Barns and other necessary buildings were started and 1 stallion and 6 mares and 1 bull and 6 cows were purchased. To this live stock it is intended to add hogs and poultry when suitable buildings have been provided for their accommodation. Alfalfa, oats, potatoes, corn, and |