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Show 30 COXMISSIONER OF IXDIAN AFFAIRS. 1 were entirely supported by means of gate receipts, the sale of con-cessions, advertising in programs, voluntary contributions by the Indiana, etc. Many of the fairs are managed entirely by the Indians, who have regular associations org~anizcd for the purpose, with In-d i a ~of~fic ers, whirh gives them treining in business edministratiou and organization, thus contributing to their education and rom-petency along the lines of modern activities. The next logical step in this direction is participation by the Indians in conveniently located county fairs on the same basis as the whites, their products being shown in competition with those of other exhibitors. This plan is encouraged wherever practicable, and this year the Indians have continued their good record of winning numerous prizes, which increases their sense of civic responsibility .and interest in local affairs, tends to make them feel that they are a part of the civilized community, and thereby contributes to their progress and final emancipation from Government control. Inaian exhibits were also shown at State fairs in nearly every State where'Indian reservations are located, and likewise with good results many premiums being won by the Indians in open competi-tion, including first prize on wheat in South Dakota, .which was swarded to a full-blood Indian of the Lower Brnle Reservation. AGRICULTURAELX TEN8ION wo~~.-Agricu~tura1e xtension work under the Smith-Lever Act, in cooperation with the United States Department of Agriculture and the various State colleges, has been conducted during the year with very gratifying results. This work is carried on in three ways: (1) by means of county agents who instruct the farmers in the most approved methods of intensive agri-culture; (2) stereopticon lectures, field demonstrations, etc., by Federal and State experts, and (3) the organization of girls and boys into clubs of various kinds along agricultural and related lines. Wherever practicable this work in all its branches is con-ducted with excellent results in behalf of the Indians and will play a part in bringing about their absorbtion into the body politic of the Nation. EXPERIMENTATION.k-Iene ping with the policy set forth in my last annual report of emphasizing demonstration work on the farms of the Indians themselves, the special activities of this nature during the year have been principally confined to the cooperative experi-mental and demonstrat,ion farm at Sacaton, on the Pima Reserva-tion in Arizona, operated jointly by this service and the-Bureau of Plant Industry of the United States Department of Agriculture. This farm was considerably enlarged during the year with the view of increasing its usefulness. Results have been accomplished, the most significant. being with Egyptian cotton, which is now produced by both Indianfi and whites all over that section. The Indians also |