6. The policy of promoting and develop
ing the livestock industry by the purchase
of 2,078 stallions, 1,048 bulls, 12,272 heif
ers, 2,510 steers, 3,738 cows 2,110 mares,
4(50 rams, 413 sheep, (570 horses and 07
mules at an expense of one and one-half
million dollars, inaugurated during the year
ending June 30, 1914, has been continued
by the expenditure of a similar amount dur
ing the year ending June 30, 1915, in the
purchase of 3,682 horses and mules, 72 stal
lions and jacks, 15,804 cows and heifers,
1,194 bulls, and a considerable number of
other miscellaneous stock.
7. The increase in the number of Indian
owned stock has correspondingly decreased
the areas of grazing ranges for lease. This
condition, together with the advanced prices
of beef, mutton, and wool and the great de
mand for horses and mules, has material
ly increased the number of bidders for Indi
an reservation leases and has resulted in un
iformly advanced prices for grazing privi
leges.
8. The number of acres farmed by the In
dians has been greatly increased during the
last year, more than three times the amount
of seed having been distributed last spring
than ever before. There is now every indi
cation that the Indian will soon become a
real thing farmer and successful stock
raiser.
9. The Indian office has developed a new
type of cotton of the long staple Egyptian
variety which has been given the name of
"Pima" after the name of the Indian reser
vation in Arizona on which it was produced.
Approximately $1,000,000 will he realized
from this production during the year.
