A(;KI(L'LTri!AI. .\1'IM»>PIUATH)X BILL, IW4. 193 



A Inw was |)ass(>(l iti MU'.» making; it a iiiis<|i>ini-aiior for aiiyoiu' 

 to l«M'p or liar!>or l)arl>rrrv luislifs on tlicir J)Im<«> aftrr tlu-v Mavi* 

 boon pointed out t() tlirrn and tlu'V know thi«y nrr pn'si-nt. Tlwn' 

 is no oppimjtion to tlw work in oiir State; in fa<'t. tlir<>ii;;}i dur farm 

 bureau we lia\ «> ^iven a j;reat deal c»f publiril y to it and we have tlie 

 best of roop»«ration from tlie farmers. I believe tluit in another 

 year, witli the apf)n»priation that has been asked for. the entire 

 State couhl be ro\en'd and mucli tliat has !)een coNered couhl be 

 rcsurveyjMl. so tliat it wouM hiok to me as jhoU|;h arn)ther \ear of 

 vip>rous action wouhl pretty W(dl <dean up the State, and I beheve 

 it is the part of ee«)nomy and business to keep the appropriation 

 birj;e enou<;h so that tliis work »an be pushed rather than to aHow 

 it to tha<;. 



Mr. lU'tiiANAN. What part do«'s your State take in the work^ 

 Has your State contributed anythinj; toward it f 



Mr. IliLL. So fur tiic Slate has riot <(mlributed anything. 



Mr. BrcHANAN. lias it coiitiibuted no bibor or supervision ^ 



Mr. IltLi,. Of cotn-se th«'v do the work of era<lieatin<;. 



Mr. lUcMANAN. They dij; the bushes up ^ 



Mr. II ILL. Yos, sir. 



Mr. lircHANAX. The owners of the hind do di^ them up and the 

 State compels them to do it? 



Mr. Hill. Yes, sir; tlio State compels theiii to <lo it after the}' 

 have been notilietl that they have them on their phues. 



Mr. Buchanan. And if they do not do it after they have been 

 notified thi\v are subject to prosecution ? 



Mr. IIiLi.. Yes, sir; it is a misdemeanor. 1 ihiuk. uadrr tlie law. 

 The loss from black rust this past year has been nmch less than in 

 other years; that may not have been altoi^ether on account of this 

 work, l)ut it is a fact just the same, so that I think we are be};innin<; 

 to see the fruits of it. 



I am (|uile a lari^e grower of wheat myself and have been. I lost 

 my crop in IDlti, in 1917. in lUl!) and li»2(). and after that I (piit 

 sowiiii; sprint; wheat. So that the acreai;e has been reduciMl in our 

 State very materially as a result of the damu<;e from bla( k rust, and 

 it is (|uite a problem with the farmers of our c(»untry. because the 

 growing of wlieat fits into the rotation of our crops and they have 

 not any other crop that will exactly take its place. 



Mr. Iii( ILWAX. They have not many other crops which they can 

 plant, have they < 



Mr. Hill. Xo; but, of course, they can plant corn. 



Mr. lire iiA.NA.N. Corn, wheat, and Ha.x ^ 



Mr. IIjll. \Ve have some lla.x. yes. but corn, wheat, outs, rye. and 

 barley constitute our j)rincipal crops. 



Mr. Buchanan. Corn is a little doubtful becau.se of the season, is 

 it not ( 



Mr. Hill. No; we are a gooil coin-growing State, but we ii.-.d the 

 small grains to work into our crop rotations. 



I think that about covers the situation in South Dakota. 



Mr. FiLLKH. 1 want to ask Mr. Silver to make a statenuMit, ixcause 

 Mr. Silver is in a position to view the problem as a part of the general 

 moyenient in which you gentlemen, as well as ourselves, are inter- 

 ested, namely, agricultural development and the impn)vement of the 

 agricultural situation generally. Nlr. .Silver will speak as to the nart 



