74 UNITED STATES - AGRICUIyTURAL ECONOMY IN GENERAL 



of crops produced by the Indians each year since 191 1, when the present 

 statistical system was inaugurated : 



No. Indians 

 Farming 



Acreage Average 



Cultivated per Indian 



Value of Crops 

 Raised 



1911 

 I912 



I913 

 1914 



1915 

 IQ16 



$ 1,951,672 

 3,250,288 

 4,021,392 

 4,007,335 



4,790,968 



5,293,719 



While it is preferred that the Indians purchase their own farming 

 implements, seed, etc., yet where they lack the necessary individual funds 

 for this purpose, liie Government furnishes them with such supplies, in 

 return for labour by the individual for the benefit of the tribe (on the reser- 

 vation roads, bridges, etc.) to be paid for in cash in easy instalments on 

 what is known as the reimbursable plan, explained below ; or, in the case 

 of seed, to be returned in kind at harvest. Ordinarily the Government 

 purchases articles of this kind in large quantities so as to get the benefit 

 of lower prices, and then distributes them to the individual Indians on 

 the conditions above set forth. Every Indian receiving property on the 

 reimbursable plan must sign an agreement substantially as follows : 



" Agreement entered into this tenth day of July, 1915, between 

 John Smith of the Apache tribe of Indians, and F. W. Jones, superin- 

 tendent and special disbursing officer for and on behalf of the United States 

 of America, covering property, stock, or equipment purchased under 

 the provisions of the Act of Congress dated May 18, 1914 from ' Industry 

 Among Indians, 1915 '. 



"It is hereby agreed that John Smith will pay to F. W. Jones, or his 

 successors in office, the sum of One Hundred Dollars ($100), in payments 

 to be made as hereinafter mentioned, which payments are to be in full 

 consideration for the property, stock or equipment, listed below, and 

 receipt for which is hereby acknowledged by John Smith. 



I farm wagon $ 100.00 



Total 



$ 100.00 



