The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-09-19
INDIANS TURN
l.,a TO LIVESTOCK
Total Value Grows From
\ $22,000,000 to
fF $3S,000,000
SEVEN-YEAR ADVANCE
Patient Effort TO Instruct and
Interest the Red Man
Bearing Fruit

WARRINGTON. Sept. rs. --- Tho
indian has made remarkable al
vAncca the raising live stock. This In
dustry OF tho Indian has become q
distinct asset to the natiou'e welfare,
besides definitely pointing to the
progress toward bclf-suppurt OF a
largely dependable people.
-on their $4,000. 900 acres Of graz
ing land" Cato Sells. commissioncr
OF Indiana affairs. Hald, IN making
public data on Tho subject, "thc In.
dians now have a7s,276 cattle, .229,-
s7i sheep and 26l,360 horses and
IN addition arc leasing surplus range
20 white stockmCn for dO9, 900 cattle.
2i2,969 sheep and 43.1G8 horses.
which OF course. brings thom 70 good
return IN both money and knowledge
OF the white mems method Of
handling livestock. In 1913 the
value OF tho Indian stock on all res
ervatlons was approximately sea
100000. now II is worth t3S,00O,OOO.
Within that period tho cattle in
creased in number from 26b,11i to
s3S.27s head, and tho sheep. without
special Increase IN number, were
greatly improved as 10 the grade OF
the animals ana their Increased
weight for both food and wool.
During the present ndministra-
ton special effort has been made
20 develop Indian ranges and i've
stock To the highest efficiency. This
has required n close study OF varied
conditions as 10 soils I'm tho scattered
reservations the correction In sOmo
instances OF orvorstoCked ranges,
the revision OF contracts for leusing
70 white stockmen. 80 ns to provide
benefit Instead OF damage 10 leased
grazing lands. and continual aid and
encouragement to tho Indians to i'm
prove the breed OF their stock
Systematic and comprehensive
surveys with special reference to cat
tie and sheep raising were made
throughout the entire Indian coun-
try and went far toward discovering
the problems to be solved In soil
adaptation, water development.
winter feeding and protection, selec-
tion OF breeds, leasing conditions,
and other matters. The objective
points have now been largely at
tained and the ranges are supporting
tho largest number OF stock consls-
tent with the proper conservation OF
grass.
"By far tho largest part of the
livestock In owned by individual In
dams, which is the condition most
desired, since u reflects the initia
tive and personal ambition we seek
to develop along Industrial lines
The tribal herd rs largely valuable
TO the indians In utilisipB Tho grasi
not needed for their Individual
stock, providing n market for their
hay and furnishing well-bred, ao-
climated animals for sale to the In
l.N. ~
handling them, The financial profits
are, OF course. important TO the
tribe, but their practical education
In stock management IL even greater.
There is no purpose TO perpetua q
communal ownership OF stock The
tribe herd In preliminary and con.
tributory to Its earliest practicable
subdivision among the Indians and In
In line with the general policy OF In
dividualizing Indian interests as rap
Idly as possible.
We have now tribal herds OF cat
tie on some sixteen reservations In
the state of Arizona, Idaho, Mon
tana. Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon,
South Dakota, Washington and Wyo-
ming, ranging In size from "A few
hundred to several thousand head.
Comparatively few tribal herds OF
sheep and goats arc maintained ant
these are confined mostly to New
Mexico. whero tho conditions ar
most favorable, Tho value OF suci
tribal stock on all Indian reserva
tions is now approximately $4,000,
900. The largest OF the tribal herd
of cattle Is located on the Crow res
ervation In Montana, and in man
respects is typical OF those conducte,
on a smaller scale. This herd wa