AGIUCULTUIUL AITUOI'IUATIOX BIIX» Utt4. .'ioT 



small <'.\p«'H(litun' lo inipn»vt' tlu' type up l«i llu- imint whrn' the 

 inaiiitcriHUcr uouM l>o i^rrnllv Irsscni'd. So wi' hnvr coimiilcriMl 

 i«M|iu'stiii<; all appiupiiatiori for refuiiMin^ not only llml sortiuii <if 

 tlu' road, l)iit tt» rchiiild all scctiniis of the road Itrtvvorn \V ' 



and M<»unl \ crnuii thai arc mi>1 iiovs improvod wiih a pu\«'; 



on the tlu'oiy that Mount Venuui is u iiutional instittilion, and that 

 a road oiii;h( to be Ituilt connect iii^; Washington. tlu» National 

 ('a[)ital. and Mount N'criion that wouM adc<|ualclv care for the Iraliic. 

 which is incica-siii^ at a trciucndous rate. 



FOK INVKSmiATINMi AND KKI'«)KTlN(i fl'O.N THK ITILIZATION OF WATKR 



IN I AUM lUKKJATION. 



Mr. Anderson', Your nj'xt item is for invest i^atintj and rei)ortin;j 

 upon the utilization of water in farm irriijation. incTu(lin«; tne hest 

 methods lo apply in practice. et<-. 



Mr. Ma( DoNAi.o. The work in irrij^ation is carried on under the 

 Division of Ajjcricultural Kn«jitu'erin<j, and in the estimates suhtnitted 

 to your committ(M^ there are no increases in any of the items allowed. 

 The appropriation for carryini^ on the work in irri;;alion is the same 

 as the amount we had last yoar, and is practically the same amount 

 it has been for the last live years. It has averajjed about $7().()()0 

 per year. 



I may say in connection with all of our work in agricultural enpi- 

 neerinij we are endeavoring to get away from the class of activities 

 which may be termed service or extension, such as the sending out of 

 engineers to give advice on specific problems and to concentrate on 

 the research problems entirely. In future probably To per cent of 

 our activities will consist of research work and only 25 per cent of 

 service or extension. During the war there was a large demand for 

 service work, but since we have taken the position that State organi- 

 zations, where the States maintain organizations, should do this 

 work. We have cooperative agreements with several of the western 

 States, including (\uifornia, Nevada. Utah. Xew Mexico, Colorado 

 and Texas. There will always be the exception of givin<? advice or 

 help where there are large problems involving the specialized know- 

 ledge developed tlirough research and investigational studies. To 

 abandon these lines of activity entirely would throw us out of touch 

 with the practice and problems of new irrigation and drainage develop- 

 ment anti render it difFicult to plan and carry out research work m 

 such a wav as to be of the greatest benefit to water users. 



Mr. .Vndku.sox. If my recollection is correct, this item does not 

 have to do j)articularly with the mechanical operations, but rather 

 with the agricultural operations i 



Mr. MacDonall). It has to do with the agricultural operations; 

 that is. a study of the use of water in irrigation. It does not coidlict 

 with the work of the Reclamation Service. In fact, it is the only 

 service of tliis character which the Federal Government is remlering 

 the very large number of people who are operating irrigated lands 

 that have not been developed by the Federal (lovernment but In- 

 private or community enterprises. I believe that the Federal irri- 

 gation projects include about 10 per cent of the total irrigated lands. 



