1044 . GENERAL FARM PROGRAM 



Mr. Granger. I am wholly ignorant of tung oil. I know that it is 

 grown on trees, and of course if you had an incentive payment, if 

 people went into producing tung oil, it would take them several years 

 to get into it, would it not? 



Dr. Saville. Yes. 



Mr. Granger. They would have had to supplant some other crops 

 at least with the orchards? 



Dr. Saville. Yes. 



Mr, Granger. You feel that since the Government did encourage 

 them to plant this war crop, they should have some protection now? 



Dr. Saville. Yes. 



Mr. Granger. Have you any support price on tung oil at the 

 present time? 



Dr. Saville. I think not, 



Mr. Granger. None at all? 



Dr. Saville. No. 



Mr. Granger. Do you grow supplemental crops along in the 

 orchards, such as grass that can be used for grazing? 



Dr. Saville. Winter cover crops are grown in the process of 

 operating and developing an orchard, and they are grazed with 

 cattle, sheep, dairy cows, yes. 



Mr. Granger. How much of a crop is the tung oil business in 

 comparison with other crops? 



Dr. Saville. In the area where it is grown, in the main area of 

 Pearl River County, it is distinctly the leading crop. 



Mr. Granger. Is it a new crop? 



Dr. Saville. I would rather refer that question to someone else 

 here who can give you the history of the crop. It is new in terms of 

 the fact it has not been produced for many years. We reached the 

 main production in 1944, and it has stepped up pretty sharply since 

 that. 



Mr. Granger. You are not a farmer; you are with the State 

 institution? 



Dr. Saville. I am with the college, and we were asked by the Com- 

 missioner and the Council to prepare a statement, and I am here as a 

 representative of the Commissioner to present this paper. 



Mr. Granger. That is all I have. 



Mr. Pace. Are there any other questions? 



Thank you, Doctor. 



Mr. CoLMER. I would like to present Mr. Tom O'Connor, a tung 

 grower representing the American Tung Oil Association, who has a 

 statement, but he will not read the statement. Mr. O'Comior is a 

 tung grower in Picayune, Miss., in south Mississippi, but resides in 

 Boston. 



Mr. Pace. We will be glad to hear from you. If you wish, I can 

 have your statement inserted in the record at this point, and then 

 you can briefly comment on it. Is that what you would like to do? 



STATEMENT OF TOM O'CONNOR, AMERICAN TUNG OIL 

 ASSOCIATION, PICAYUNE, MISS. 



Mr. O'Connor. Yes, I would, Mr. Chairman. 

 Mr. Pace. Without objection, the statement will be filed with the 

 clerk, with the mimeographed exhibits, and the two newspaper items 



