AGIUCULTUIIAI. AI'PllOI'RIATIOX nilJ., IVU. 58$ 



jijoiul n-sults. as run Im» raised in Kcntiirky aiui Nfi*cs(iiin. Ifrrr- i/n 

 picturo of one of thr mulo ntlts and n ••oupic of miili-H pn 

 };rown. Those were rai><«Ml upon tluit fnnii. 



In addition to that, Mr. Chairnian, thry havi* mnrff^ ; ' 



raisiii'^ hoj^s. Heretofore we thouj^ht that th»' ordv \'. i 



raise no^s in tho South and in I.ouisiana was by feedit » corn: 



that was rather expensivr. hccauso nu»st <»f the • 



utilized for the purj)ose of fcMMhng the nud«».s, nnt\ v. 



raise enon<^li corn on n wupir farm to feed the niulrs. W 

 one-third of a phmtation is j)hir)ted in eorn and tw«»-thirdH in eji 

 but that ono-tliird will not feed thr rnnles. It takrn frc.m Hi f.. jd 

 niulos to cultivate 100 a<Tos. Tiiey frcd all of tlu! corn rai-^ed l>tf<.r>' 

 the end of the your and then have to buy some feed of H<»me ki ' 

 It is usually a mixed feed; they mix tlie feed and titili/.c their ' 

 nroduet of hlackstrai) for the j)ur[)(»;e of mixin;^ it with thr f 

 i^ut they have found (hat wo <-an raiso plenty of hoj^s by utili/ 

 the by-products of rico and fora<je an<l not using any eorn at all. 

 This picture shows soTn(* of the hoj^ that luive been raised on that 

 farm in that way and, «;entlemen, you <an see the condition they arc 

 in. 



Now, Mr. Chairman, I want to direct your attention to tho wav 

 in which the results of the experiments on this farm arc dissomitiutcd 

 amiwii; tiie farmers. It is done in two ways. In the first pla< «>, 

 about twice a year they hold what they call a field day: people from 

 all over that section gather on that farm and the superintendent 

 of this farm and Doctor Dodson, who is a memlxM' of the commi' 

 appointed by the Secretary of Agriculture to help run the fa;.;.. 

 exhibit the rattle, give lectures to the farmers, and tell them <»f the 

 results of the* experiments. In addition to that the State of Louisiana, 

 through its experimental station, jiuts out a bulletin two or three 

 times a year givin<j the results of all of the experiments as to the 

 feeding and the raising of cattle that have been conducted on Ibis 

 farm, and the.se bulletins are generally distribute<l throughout the 

 cattle-raising section. Besides that tlicy have bovs' clubs that are 

 interested in the raising of cattle and pigs; they bring them down to 

 the farm and lecture to them. Here is a picture of one of the boys' 

 clubs on that farm. Here are some more of the cattle that are on it. 



Now, Mr. Chairman, I want to make this statement: When T ^ I 



that the Department of Agriculture had recommended the 

 tinuance of this farm Senator Brou.ssard, Senator Kansdell.and myself 

 went to see the Secretary of Agiiculture, Do<'tor Mohler, and Doctoi 

 Taylor, to find out whetlier they had made such a recommendation. 

 Every one of these gentlemen said most positively they had not; 

 that thev had included in their recommendations the experimental 

 farm at Iberia and that they were stronglv in favor of its co- 



that it had done good work, but they said that when they \\i .. .- 



the Bureau of the Budget they were told tliey had to cut down certain 

 items. Among those they had to cut down was the ap{)ropriation 

 for the cattle tick and the appropriation for hog ch(»ler!i: then they 

 were told that tliey had to cut down certain of these experimental 

 farms, and they said thev recommended the discontinuance, I be- 

 lieve, of two, one in Oklahoma and the farm at New Iberia, for the 

 reason that the financial returns of these farms were not equal to 

 those of otlier faiins in tho couiitrv. 



