522 AUllUULTURAL APPROPRIATION BILL, 1!*24. 



ing the feeding value of the by-producta of rice, sugar cane, and cott<>n in the pro- 

 duction of live stock and live-stock products: therefore he it further 



Resolved. That we earnestly request our Representatives in Congress U> urge upon 

 that body the necessity for placing the Iberia Live Stock Exj^eriiuent Farm on a basis 

 that will insure a continuation of these investigations for at least several years to c<>me 



These resolutions were passed too late last year, Mr. Chnirman, 

 for me to present them to the committee. 



Now, fjontlemen, 1 want to call your attention to some of the 

 work that this farm is doincj. I have in my hand the livestock 

 'Reporter that is printed at Fort Worth, Tex., and I want to read 

 this to you for the purpose of shoNving that Texas is directly inter- 

 ested in the maintenance of this farm. It is the only stock farm 

 on the Gulf coast; they are making studies in ot«her portions of the 

 country but there is no other farm of this kind on the Gulf coast. 



TEXAS .STEEHS, FINISHED IN LOUISIANA, THEN SOLD HERE, MAKE BIC. KETCRN. 



Iberia Experiment Station sslls two cars of cattle on this market at .|8.7.5. Louisiana 

 offers good field for cattle business. 



Two cars of fed steers from the Iberia Experiment Station at Jeauerette. La., 

 finished for the purpose of determining the food value of «liffercnl rations an<l also | 



to afford a comparison in gains between native Louisiana cattle and those of better 

 breeding from other States, were sold on the Fort Worth market late Saturday at 

 •^8.75, a new top for the year. 



Mr. Anderson. Wliat is the date of that paper ? 



Mr. Martix. The date of the paper is Monday, May 1, 1922. 



The steers averaged 962 pounds and were purchased by Swift A Co. All were de- 

 horned. 



J. R? Quisenberry, live-stock specialist in charge, who accompanied the shipment 

 to market, explained that one car consisted of Hereford cattle purchsTd last spring 

 from the Scharl)aiier Cattle Co.. of Miflland, and the other load wa^ made un of native 

 Louisiana steers produced from grade cows bred by Hereford bulls. 



Results of the experiment were favoral)le to the native Louisiana cattle. At (he 

 completion of the test they outweighed the Texa;? steers, and they made faster gains il 



both when on grass and when on feed. However, the Texas-raised cattle made j| 



splendid advancement, regardless of the fact that they were taken to strange pastures ' 



where conditions were much changed, the country being low and marshy, and their 

 performance was most creditable as well as profitable. The experiment tends to show 

 that Texas cattle are well adapted to the Louisiana climate, and, when properly 

 handled, will make gains similar to those of the native Louisiana steers. After all 

 expenses had been figured, freight charges from Midland to Jeanerette and then l^ack 

 to the Fort Worth market included, the Texas steers produced a profit of around !f4 

 per head. 



That was the result obtained from steers shipped to the Fort Worth 

 market after having been fattened on this farm. [ want to state iu 

 (connection with this, that during this same year they had something 

 of a drought in Texas and hundreds of cattle were shipped to the low 

 lands of Louisiana and put on what is known as paye Finne hay, 

 wliich grows wild iu the lowlands. They were all taken to Louisiana, 

 fattened there and sold on the market at a good prolit. 



In connection with that I want to tell you about some otlier- work 

 that is beinj; done there. The sugar farms of Louisiana are cultivati^d 

 almost entirely by what is known as the Kentucky and Missouri 

 mule. I do not know whether jmju know them or not but they are 

 vciy large nudes, unci it takes a very large mide to break up the stitf 

 land where cane, corn, and cotton are grown. The price of tluxso 

 mules runs from $2.'')0 to $800 apiece, so that this farm has been ex- 

 |)erinienting in the raising of nudes and they have found that just as 

 line intdes can l)e raised ii> thai section, just ais large and give just as 



