ACIUfTLTT'ItAI. ArPiroPlUATION' nii.i., VriA. H'il 



Mr. lU'CHANAN. Wi'II, f;rttm<; buck now tn my «»ri^inHl cuM-stiori. 

 I know nothin<; about thr cnnlication of the l)arl)<'rrv )>unIh's. I am 

 in favor of tlu'sc aj)j)roj)riations that <'an he «*conomu-ally t'xpciuh'd, 

 that will be for the bonclit of the nation and the nrotertion of the 

 nation. I am on this committco and whon I am calu'd on to vol** for 

 an appropriatiotK I want to votr for that amount of imtnry ihat the 

 A'^ricultural I)»'i)artiM«'nt during thr li.'^cal yrar can <'ni<i«'ntly expend 

 with rconomical results to the wheat indu.stry. How miuh is it f 



Doctor Kki.i.kicman. I'ntil wc could tell more definilelv h«»w nnich 

 money we nro «;oin^ to «;et from the Stat«'s. it would be hard to .say, 

 or state what our limits is. We can expend much m(»re than we are 

 expendinj; now economically. That I can be sure of. Whetlier it 

 is the best thin<; from other standpoints for us to spend that nnnh 

 on this campai<;n is an entirely different matter. We can do a certain 

 anutunt of work with the money that is estimated for here. 



DKSTUICTION OF WIIKAT UV IJLAfK ST1:M RUST. 



Mr. Andkr.sox. What ha.s been the maximum destruction of wheat, 

 estimated destruction of wheat from black stem rust ? 



Doctor Keller.max. About 2(H). 000, 000 bushels in one year is tlie 

 estimate. 



Mr. Andf.rsox. Do you know of any place where vou can kill off 

 any more, or where we can save any more money than that, econ- 

 omically ? 



Doctor Kellerman. 1 think that if we can prevent that kind of 

 an epidemic, that it is the best that we can do almost any place. 



Mr. HiTiiANAX. There was another year when we come very near 

 efpialini; that. 



Doctor Keller.max. Yes, sir. 



Mr. BuciLANAN. Another year when the loss was nearly 200.000.000 

 bushels. 



Doctor Kellermax. There were two years when the loss was 

 nearly that {jreat. 



STATE aid I\ ER.*.DICATI0.S WORK. 



Mr. Ander.sox. Can anybody tell us what the State lefjislatures 

 will do ^ Mv understanding is that it is the expectation that the 

 13 States — that their appropriations will possibly be about $1.')0.000, 

 wliicli would prol)ably ix' the inaxiniuni. 



Doctor Khllerman". Yes; and that as a supplement to the ajipnt- 

 priation that we have this vear would not represent any more than 

 an increase in the funds that could well be put into this kind of 

 activity. 



Mr. Bi( HANAN. Why do you want to ilecrease the.se estimates? 



Doctor Kei-Lermax. I reijret to answer that we didn't. 



Mr. BrciiAXAX. The Budjjet i 



Doctor Keli-euman. Well, our recommendation, Mr. Buchanan, 

 was for the sum we had this vcav. That was tiie sum we believi'd 

 we should continue to expend. 



Mr. BrcnAXAX. S.5S2.000 f 



Mr. AxDER.sox. Do you feel that that sum would be adequate with 

 what you would prol)al)ly obtain fnun the vStates? 



