AORK TLTl'RAL APPROPRIATION' HILL, 1«24. 185 



. r t!u' poopli' who Imvf iiiadc tlirsr invostim'iits uri' sufFfring nlinost 

 for the lu'cossitios, arid a ^^ood many of thrin. uiulrr llir pn'JM.»nt 

 conditions, <lo not i;*'! an inconic of nearly as much tut thcv wouhl 

 ho al>h' to make in factories and thinjjs of tliat kind. T<» afiow thi.s 

 inthistry to he wiped out for the hi<k <»f a f«-w dolhirs hiok.s hke 

 poor p«>h<v <»n the nart of the (fovorimient. It is u ra|>idly j;rowinjj 

 imhistrv, and nearly evervhtxly wants to havi* pecan trees. I uiii 

 ^oini; home to plant out Hi acres myself, and will do a ;;ood deal 

 of tlie work myself. I helieve in it. rndoid)tedly it i.s the most 

 nourishing; and most \alual»le nut we have in this country. 



STATEMENT OF MR. E. G. HESS. MANHEIM. PA. 



Mr. IIi'.ss. I am president of the Keyston(> Pecan Co. and am a 

 mcmher of the Federal aid committee of the National I'ecan Growers' 

 .\ssociation. 



Mr. Chairman. I conferred with a numher of men in the Depart- 

 ment of Aj^riculture just a week a^o to-day. and I also saw tin- 

 ' hairman of this c(»mmitte<'. It is l)<>caus(> of the fjreat importance 

 t)f fxivin^ the Department of Plant Disejises this S2.<)(JU that 1 appear 

 here to-day. I presented this matter to Mr. Patterson, and that is 

 why he is here to-<lay. It is hecausc of the need of an additional 

 scientific man in that department, and he is needed just as soon as 

 he can he put on the job. 



That is all I wish to say. 



* Monday, Nove.mukr 27. H>22. 



INVESTIGATIO.V AND IMPROVEMENT OF CEREALS. 



STATEMENT OF MR. HARRISON FULLER. SECRETARY AND 

 DIRECTOR OF THE CONFERENCE FOR THE PREVENTION OF 

 GRAIN RUST. MINNEAPOLIS. MINN. 



Mr. Ander.so.n. We will return to the item on pa^e 10(.), " For the 

 invest i«jat ion and improvement of cereals, including com, and 

 DK'thods of cereal production. " with a proviso that S2()(),()()0 shall he 

 set aside for the locatictn and destruction of the l)arl)errv hushes and 

 other vejjetation from which rust spores ori>;inut('. 



Mr. Fuller, we will he gliul if you will take charge of the hearing. 



•EUAniC.\TIO\ OF H.VIIBERRY BUSH. 



Mr. FiLLKU. Mr. Chairman, last spring, as you know , an organiza- 

 tion call(Ml the Conference for the Prevention of Grain Kust was 

 formed, representinsj the agricultural interests of 13 States, including 

 the area from Michigan. (Miio, and Indiana, west to Montana, Col<»- 

 rado. and \Vv(»mitig. Representatives of that organization came to 

 Washington, and as a result of the statements made hv them. Con- 

 gress appropriated ?;i .')().()()() for the eradication of the common bar- 

 berry bush, the aj^propriation being increased from tin* former appro- 

 priation of $147,200. which had been granted by Congress for eacn of 

 the three preceding years. We come before you now to ask for an 

 appropriation of S.IOO.OOO for the next fiscal year. 



