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Show Riches of the Indian Tribes. In connection with the practical reservation res-ervation industries maintained by the government there are conducted twelve demonstration and three experimentation ex-perimentation farms, and nearly 400 farmers, sockmen and assistants are employed and live near Indian communities for giving instruction and counsel. Under authority of the law . the service handles large sums annually annu-ally in loans to Indians as initial capital cap-ital for beginning their self-support and looks after the later liquidation of these loans. The value o all in dividual and tribal property, if recent re-cent mineral returns are included, is approximately $1,000,000,000. . |