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The Agency report for 1936 estimates average family income at 
$353, which is less than $1.00 aday. Family income in actual dollars 
increased 175 percent between 1941 and 1951, inclusive; but in terms 
of 1935-1939 dollars the increase was only 56 percent. 
Sia resembled rather closely three of its pueblo neighbors with 
respect to percentages of total amount of agricultural operations 
sold and percentages consumed (table 25). 
TaBLe 25.—Percentage of total agricultural operations sold! 
Pueblo 1948 1956 
Slat S223 2s sea ce a = ee SEE Be Ee RR ee: Sao eee 62 31 
QOWIGWS 8 soo ote Eh eek = 2 Re ea ee See oe ee tne ee 65 12 
Santa Ana. 22202 ooe const ane  a et ee sen nee eee acon Se eee ee 49 17 
Sanvlelipe= tes A222 bbe ee Ee ee eo bo se Seca eeeoe 56 13 
1 Source: Extension Division, United Pueblos Agency. 
All four pueblos show a marked drop in 1956 as compared with 
1948. Sia’s decline is the least of the four, and the portion sold is 
still much greater in 1956 than that of her neighbors. I do not know 
what the significance of these changes may be. 
LANDHOLDING 
The great bulk of the land of the Sia is grazing or wasteland, and 
it is communally owned, or held. Land that can be cultivated is 
held by individuals. According to the Extension Report for 1936, 
1,000 acres of land were classed as ‘‘tillable.”’ Only 220 acres of 
this amount were irrigated; none was dry farmed. 
I obtained two maps from the Extension Division, United Pueblos 
Agency, showing the location and allocation of tillable lands in 1936. 
These maps were combined into a single illustration (fig. 11). Charts 
accompanied these maps giving the names of holders of land, the num- 
ber of tracts held by each, the acreage of each tract, and totals for 
number of tracts and acreage. ‘These charts have not been included 
in figure 11, but the data contained in them are set forth below. The 
holdings were classified as “cultivated,” ‘not cultivated,” and “dry 
farmed.” J am not sure what these designations mean, since 619 
acres are classified as “cultivated,’”’ whereas the Extension Report for 
1936 indicates that only 220 acres, or less, were cultivated. Perhaps 
“cultivated” means tillable. But I understand ‘‘not cultivated” to 
mean tillable but unused at the time. In any event, this map (fig. 11) 
does indicate tracts of land that are held by certain designated persons, 
which gives us a great deal of statistical information on this subject. 
I extract and present the following interesting facts about landholding 
at Sia: 
