174 AGRICULTURAL APPROPRIATION BILL, 1924, 



crops will probably need to be regarded as an occasional source of 

 cash income supplemental to this basic live-stock operation rather 

 than as the basic feature of the farming. 



Mr. Buchanan. Stock raising country with farming as an inci- 

 dent? 



Doctor Taylor. Yes. 



LIMITATION AS TO COST OF FARM BUILDINGS. 



Mr. Anderson. I notice this proviso says that the limitation in 

 this act as to the cost of farm buildings shall not apply to this para- 

 graph. Is that limitation carried in the appropriation bill or in 

 the law ? 



Doctor Taylor. It is in this bill and it is a limitation of expense 

 of any farm building erected under the Bureau of Plant Industry 

 to a maximum of $1,500. A considerable number of these buildings 

 on these field stations have cost more than that and would cost 

 considerably more than that to replace in event of storm or fire 

 destruction. As it stands we would be helpless until Congress 

 authorized the expenditure in case we have a fire or destruction by 

 wind storm there. 



Mr. Anderson. Wliat would be the maximum cost of buildings 

 to be constructed there ? 



Doctor Taylor. Probably under present costs $3,500 to S4,500 

 would cover all but three or four. I could not answer that more 

 specifically than that. 



WESTERN IRRIGATION AGRICULTLTIE. 



Page 110, subappropriation for investigations in connection with 

 western irrigation agriculture, the utilization of lands reclaimed 

 under the reclamation act, and other areas in the arid and scniiarid 

 regions, covers the corresponding experiment work on Government 

 reclamation projects. 



Mr. Anderson. How many have you ? 



Doctor Taylor. I think it is seven, including the field station 

 at San Antonio, Tex., which is not on the Government reclamation 

 project, but is devoted to irrigation practices of similar character. 



nut culture investigations. 



Page 112 is the subappr()i)riation for the investigation, improve- 

 ment, encouragement, and examination of the a(laj)tal)ihty of 

 various species of nuts, etc. The increase over the amount carried 

 by the regular appropriation bill of last year is $10,000, the regular 

 appropriation of $20,000 having been supplemented by $5,000 pro- 

 viiled in tiie deficiency appropriation hill of Jiyie 150, to provide for 

 a field station in the southern pecan territory, the maintenance of 

 which, together with the other work, will require a net increase of 

 $5,000 for next year over tiu^ total that is availabh^ for tliis year. 



PECAN INUUSTllY. 



'IMie increase is needed piimarily for work on the pecan problem in 

 the South and the wahuit and almond work in the Pacific Cojust 

 States CaUfornia, Oregon, and Washington. It represents a modest 



