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Mr. AsuKKSON. \Vr will U- ;;lu.l to lu«ar vi»ii, Mr. Mnrliii. 



Mr. MvuTiN. Mr. Clminmiri. I want to t'' ' ' i,, 



opportunity to Jmvr this liearm^^ at tins i i 



that unless I was thorotijrhly <*oin inr«'<l that it uo»il.l !>«. , 

 discoiitinin' this stock farm in [..ouisiana. I woiijcl not n«*k for ihw 

 ln'ariii};. I am entirely eonsri«>ntioi!s in the ?: r 



I want to state that since this matter en, _. last vr ir I Khv^ 



instituto<l a thorou«;h inveslioration as to the work that k* 



hy (his station and I think it would ho a rnlnmity to tin* riiiirr <»ulf 

 coast if this station were discontinued. 



You jrentlemen, of rourso, are familiar with the history- of it. li 

 was eatal)lished in !<»14, at the time the rnderwood hiU'waM pajM«d 

 and suirar was put unon tlu' free list, it was thou;rht at t" nt* 



that our peo[)lc would have to po into hom(>thini; i'l.s«' ! • ir 



raisin«; of su«;ar cane. At that time hundreds of our |. at 



into tlio business of cattle raisinj; and they have continued in it erer 

 since. Some of them are raisin}^ cattle alone and an* n<»t cti^raj^ed in 

 any other husiness: others are raisin;; cattle in connection willi the 

 cano industry, utilizing the highhnuls for the raisinj; of cane and iho 

 lowlands for the raising of cattle. My invwtifjation showed m«» 

 that since 1".)14 between 10 and lA dairies have been established in 

 that section of the country. 



Mr. Andkuson. Do you mean creameries^ 



Mr. M.vuTiN. X(»; dairies for tlie juirpose of ship|)mp nulk and 

 butter. J5y that I do not nn'an that people luiv«» S or 10 cows and 

 utilize their surplus for the purpose of supplying the markets in the 

 neifjhborinor towns, etc., but I mean genuine dairies whid^ have 

 been erected at a cost of thousands of dollai"s. under tlie supervision 

 of the boartl of health of the State of Louisiana. Many of the build- 

 ings are made of concrete and they have from 'ioO to 300 cows. 

 Their butter and cream are shipped to Houston, to Galveston, and 

 to New Orleans, those places being the markets for them. In ad<li- 

 tion to that there are from oOO to 1.000 people directly inten^sted in 

 tbe raising of cattle. I want to state that last year, at the time 

 the discontinuance of this farm was threatened, there was a mass 

 meeting called in that section and they pass(Ml a set vf < ' is. 



That mass meetin^r. I want to sav, wa< titt.Mideil In ."oo ' nl 



they passed the following resolutions: 



NSTioreas the Xationsvl ConsTess at \Vai»hinpt<.»n. Iwinp ini|>rcfMHl with the im' 



forwcuriiisrexjH>rlmental ijata on the livf'-sfock iiuhistrv ill 



tt>rriton- of the South. estal)Ii.<hetl. .-joine six yc.irs a'_'i>. lui '^ 



.^0() acres of huid donateil for that imn^o'*'* ''>' the State of I 



Bayou Teche. between Jcanerette an<l New Iberia; an<i sim. .... 



fix years of its oixration. has put uj> a scricH of buil'liiiir' for |»r< >n 



investitrafions in oeef cattle, cjairyinu'. ho'_' raisinira- ' ' ' >n 



of mulef!. u.-'iim in tliis work lomije rroj>t' an-l the by ; n; 



and 



Whereas these experiments are now well under way for !»<•. nrjn- tin- m. *.t \aIiiaM»' 

 data for the cane, riee, and cotton Bection of the South: Th 



Rcxnlird, That we expre.'»f< t" the Federal ('i)nt:re.xs our anpr.'. la; i v 



that has leeu rendered in makini: this< work a fiu< .-ss. and that w.> 'ir 



veryjjreat h »pee for .s.-rurint: re.-<ults tliruuj;h thi.-< work that w «e 



to the iHjople of the South. The results of cxperiment.H iii 't 



pasture crops, silage, and f<»ra£:o that ran be most pn'titaldy u.^1 i n the 



rabinw of hi'jjs and steers, has rreated a jrreat interest in this w ■■' •»! 



l>eople who have seen the results*. There is no data at this time < i»t 



which is now being secured l>y the Iberia Live Sto«k Kx|H>rimenf tarui lu tsUiiiJih- 



