AGRICU1.TU11AL APPROPRIATION BIIJ-^ 1024. 155 



Doctor Taylok. 'riu»or«»ticully, timt is tiiiqtiPstioiitiMy triii*. Tlu* 

 exact time when the child ciiii sjifcly he turned loose in the junjjie is 

 always a inatt«'r of judgment. 



Mr. Brcil.VNAN. Of coui-se. I did not mean !-> -^lop tin- -.hidy of the 

 prohlem at all. hut to stop those actual farm demonstrations and 

 larm ownerships, or partnership in farms for demonstration purposes. 

 I did not mean to stop the stu<lv in the ofFKM' of thinj^ (»f that sort. 



l)oct(»r Tavi.ok. I understand you. I think our mitwh meet on 

 that point. 



In a case like this, where it involves not merelv the convincing; of 

 the leading minds of a country, we will say, as to the advisahility of it, 

 hut it means the convincing; of the averaf^e <;rower or in some way the 

 accomplisiiin<; of nractically uniform practice throu^jhout a jjeoi^mnhic 

 community. It is going to take considerahle time to get that idea 

 over in this country, wkere we have developed on an individualistic 

 hasis, and we have not yet learned how most elfectivcly I" << "op- 

 erate, nor why you cooperate in such things. 



Mr. BrniAXAX. Well, in my country I have never seen a hetter 

 development of enthusiasm for improving the varieties of cott<m 

 siiue many days, and I have heen foolin*; with cotton all of my life, 

 raising it, and every fanner of any intelligence is hunting the best 

 cotton seed and they are iiuiuirini; about tbem and discussing them 

 and have pamphlets from the dinerent cotton raising concerns sup- 

 {)oscd to put out improved varieties of seed, etc., antl one is trying 

 one seed and one another, and there is a well-developed enthusiasm 

 for improved varieties in my territory. 



Doctor Tayu)H. That has been a very marked improvement in 

 that direction during the last two or three years. 



Mr. BicHANAN. There certainlv has been. 



Doctor Taylor. And one explanation of that, we think, is the 

 demonstration in the case of Lone Star, as an example, that it pays, 

 and also the demonstration there of the practicability of maintaining 

 upon a large scale, a production of pure seed that is suitable to 

 plant in that territory. 



This does not mean that the Government is going to maintain a 

 continuous production of seed, but that we have got to demonstrate, 

 convincingly, that it can be done, and that the essentials are a few 

 things, without which effort will be desultory and ephemeral and 

 will not maintain permanent success. 



Mr. AxDERsox. It is, I suppose, reasonable to assume that self- 

 interest in people will lead them to choose the best varieties and 

 most cfTicient methods, but my observation is that that assumption 

 is not a well grounded one. So. I suppose we will have to go on with 

 the propaganda to create intelligent self-interest as long as we have 

 any people in this country, and that is the one thing I suppose you 

 are doing under this item. 



Doctor Taylor. Yes. sir; especially through proving by means of 

 varieties and facts a basis for sane propaganda, and discussions. It 

 is going to take a long time to put it over throughout the whole 

 territory. 



The idea is not restricted to cotton, by any means. It is equally 

 true with respect to potatoes. It is almost equally true with respect 

 to wheat, in particular districts, but the idea is sound; that is. it is 

 economically sound, as well as agronomically sound. 



