AtSRICULXrRAL APPIU>PRlATION BILL, IflM. 49X 



Government l)e(au.se (.f tl>e relation <if the Hettlern on iho projcrU 

 to the Federal (Jovernnient oh dehtorM to it for tho ron.stnirtion ctmi 

 of the irriu'ation works. The approfiriatiiin for the carrying on c»f thui 

 is S.'ii),()()(), and there is no in<rease estimated for the rominu Vear. 

 Tho work is under way on some 10 of the i)rojc'rtH. On rrrla'in of 

 them it is only for a part of the year, thos^ heinjj the newer projertii 

 of the Milk River Valley se<'tion of Montana, where a ^nhhI deal of 

 difliculty has heen experienced in >;ettint^ settlers ntarterl ■ •— • tion. 



The work rovers to a ronsiderahlc extent the eiw ,1 of 



live 8to<-k utilization of crops ;rrown on the project. It developed 

 rather early in the occuf)nti<m of the projects that the pr- ' n of 



perishiihle crops, such as potatoes and fruits, while succ» ...,., from 

 the standpoint of quantity, was unprolitahle hecausc of the long 

 distance from the markets. Settlers were therefore eneoura^jed to 

 swin<: hack to the production of alfalfa and other fora^^e <T' d 



concentrate these into dairy |)roduc(s and oiImi' hij^lu-! , , ! 

 commodities, such as heef, mutton, and wool. 



Mr. Anderson. I luive understood that people on these projects 

 are principally men without means and thev have had considerable 

 difliculty m procurinj^ money or credit < 



Doctor T.VYLOR. That is true, to a certain extent, hut business 

 men and hankers as a rule have come to a realization of the .soundness 

 of live-stock development there and better credit con<litions now 

 exist. As the projects become more fully occupied and prolitaiblo 

 credit improves, as it becomes possible for settlers to pay their bills. 

 The demonstration work is very useful in this field. It is producing: 

 excellent results and the proposal is to continue it on the saine basis 

 during the coming year. 



FOR EXPERIMENTS AND DEMONSTRATIONS IN LIVE-STOCK PRODUCTION 

 IN THE CANE SUGAR AND COTTON DISTRICTS OK THE I'NITED 



STATES. 



Mr. Jump. On page 317 is the next item, for experiments and 

 demonstrations in live-stock production in the cane sugar and cotton 

 districts of the United States. 



OENERAL STATEMENT OF WORK. 



Doctor Taylor. The paragraph on page 317 for expenment.s and 

 demonstrations in live-stock production in cane sugar and cotton 

 districts of the United States is a feature of work which has been 

 under way for several years, which had as its objective when inaugu- 

 rated, the encouragement of live-stock pnnluction especially in the 

 cane-sugar territory iu the State of Louisiana. The cane-sugar dis- 

 trict is essentially a one-crop district. If climatic conditions are 

 adverse to cane tHe farmers are left in bad shape. If sugar prices are 

 low the cane growers suffer. The most promising nietluHl (»f diversifi- 

 cation there to get the region off «)f the single crop basis has appeared 

 to be through live stock. The problem is a ditiicult one from tho 

 live stock standpoint, for two reasons: One, the wetness of the larger 

 portion of the acreage available, which lies low and the other is tho 

 prevalence of live stock di.seases and live stock damaging insix'.ts. It 

 IS a territory where live-stock development has not occurred except 



