1178 GENERAL FARM PROGRAM 



Mr. Pace. And if only authorization were given on three of the 

 commodities which have been mentioned, you would not include milk 

 as one of those? 



Secretary Brannan. No, sh". 



Mr. Pace. I believe you listed potatoes, hogs, and wool as the first 

 three. 



Secretary Brannan. Yes, sir. 



Mr. Pace. And that is still your view? 



Secretary Brannan. Yes, sir. 



Mr. Pace. Are there any questions on millv? 



Mr. Andresen. Mr. Chairman. 



Mr. Pace. Mr. Andresen. 



Mr. Andresen. As I understood you, Mr. Secretary, you said there 

 was no need to have a trial run on milk and dairy products for this 

 year? 



Secretary Brannan. That is right, sir. 



Mr. Andresen. So for the purpose of this legislation it is not neces- 

 sary to put that authority in there that you can go ahead and pay 

 support prices on dairy products? 



Secretary Brannan. That is correct, sir. It was my impression 

 that we were talking not only about the hog price support bill for the 

 balance of the calendar year 1949, but that we were also talking about 

 an experimental program in 1950. 



Mr. Andresen. That is not my understanding. My understanding 

 was that here we are going to have a large marketing of hogs in October 

 and November and that you could not handle the hogs. 



Secretary Brannan. We cannot handle them in October and we 

 cannot handle them after the first of the year either if we get excessive 

 marketings. So the discussion of hogs is applicable both to the bal- 

 ance of the calendar year 1949 and from then on, as far as I am con- 

 cerned. 



Mr. Andresen. But you would like to have the experimental pro- 

 gram for milk authorized in this legislation so that you can carry it on 

 during the flush season in 1950, is that right? 



Secretary Brannan. That is right. 



Mr. Andresen. I think it has been demonstrated that the present 

 program works quite successfully. You have not had to take on any 

 butter as a permanent holding. 



Secretary Brannan. That is right, but I think Mr. Holman will 

 probably have some different points of view about it. It is not unani- 

 mously agreed that it is working and that it will work in all periods of 

 time. 



Mr. Andresen. Of course, some of us from the dairy section would 

 like to see a higher support level but the present program seems to be 

 satisfactory to a good many of the daily farmers. 



As I see it, it is working out rather well as far as costs are concerned. 



Secretary Brannan. As long as we can find sales for the dried milk 

 that we have to purchase in this semisupport operation, then I think 

 we ought to continue as we are doing. 



Mr. Andresen. Is the sale of the dried sldm milk mostly in the 

 foreign market? 



Secretary Brannan. Army and foreign markets. 



Mr. Andresen. And the butter that you have acquired has been 

 resold for domestic use? 



