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Mr. BccHAXAV. I am. 



Dcutor Tavuhi. The pioixmiil of tlie esliinutc U to tcrininalc Uiiii 

 work, pn.vidiiij; $.*).(Ki(( ii\ ailjiliN' nft«'r tlu> l.st of July in onlrr U> iiiako 

 cortaiii thai lUcvo could \w .i ihorouKli tliwinj? up of the work, withutil 

 waste. 



Mr. Andkuso.n. Is there any pro.spect that you will l»e utile Ui di*. 



|K»se of it satisfact»»rily ^ 



Doctor Tavlok. Tliere luis hrcu tm uejjolju, ,.,,, .,. .m, imhuiii^ 

 congressional action. 



The live stock, and presuniahly certain of the implement** ami 

 e(|uipmcnt. would he avnilahic for u.s<» at other field statii»n.s of the 

 departnu'nt and the lan<4ua«;e that is in.serte<i propos<-, to nuthori/o 

 tlie transfer of tiiat. 



Mr. Anderson. 1 understand the water is pretty close under the 

 soil there { 



Doctor Taylor. The primary difliculty is the very obstinate 

 retention of water through the wet times' and the tough an<l f|uick 

 haking of tlic soil in dry times. 



Mr. BrcMANAN. Does salt wal<'r get up tlierc enough to holher il i 



DoKor Taylor. It lies sulliciently ai)ove and sulliciently far from 

 salt water so that there is no trouble of that character. 



Mr. Brc'iiANAN. You have no drainage? 



Doctor Taylor. There is drainage enough for an ordinarv (|uality 

 of agricultural soil, but this is a very tough, tenacious, and stubborn 

 soil to handle except when the season turns just right. 



Mr. Buchanan. Is it black land ? 



Doctor Taylor. Yes. but not black waxy. It is very diiiereiit, 

 diliicult sod, except the areas along the bayou frontage whi( }i nro 

 very productive, whether in crops or in pasturage. 



Mr. Andkr.son. How much land is there in that tract '. 



Doctor Taylor. In this tract approximately ■')()() acres, with ')00 

 acres of the penitentiary farm adjacent used for a rough pasture 

 under a lease contract. 



Tuesday, November 21, 1922. 



experiments in dairying and live-stock production in semi- 

 arid and irrigated districts of the w estern inited states. 



STATEMENT OF DOCTOR C. W. LARSON. 



Mr. Anderson. Experiments in dairying and live-stock production 

 in semiarid and irrigated districts of the western I'nited States. 



Doctor Larson. For the dairy work we have two stations -one 

 at Huntley, Mont., ami one at Ardmore, S. Dak., and we are asking 

 for the same as for the past several years. In addition to these dairy 

 farms the Animal Husbandry Division is carrying live-stock work at 

 these two or three other farms in this same general region. I have 

 a statement here of the actual »'Xj)erijnental work going on at Huntley 

 and at ^\j-dmore. I can put that in the record, if you want to save 

 tliat time. 



Mr. Anderson. All right: put it in. 



