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AtiKK lI.rrilAI, AI'PIIOPKIATIOX BIIJ,, IW4. 526 



Kinno hay. iind tliosc fiithn ii> mr si-llm;^ it nil ■. 



Thoy mv usinj; this jmyi' I'^iimr- hn\ ; Uh'\ hic iihih;; ii ..; . .,.; 



great deal of hhu-kstrap iiml thoy nrv inakiii»» n iiiix«m| f«»*Hl 



of those thitif^'s and are scllin;^' il nil ovrr tin* roimlry for diiii h 



and it is hnn<; vrry t'X(«'iisiv(>lv uso<l. So it Hcnt' • m 



nothing' to the arj^umrnt whirh the ApH-iilliiral I' , ■ ■* 



forward with n'j^ard to the htnd hi-inj; loo low. \V»» ran i 

 lliinjjj else on tlu' hi;^hlands. Imt thr lowlands ar< 1 



to cattle frcding, and all of thosr cntlh' I spokr -i „-, ., n 



Fort Worth. Tex., hroiight tlu-rr and fattmrd np and 

 were turned out on this paye Kinne ha\ 



Mr. M.vciF.K. Did yon say how nwiny acnvN thrrr an* ui f n ? 



Mr. M.vuTi.N. 1 will j^ivi' you the acrea^*' exactly, Tht "'la 



Lej^islature on .July 9, 1014, transferird .')()(• u<-n\s to the A ,d 



Department for this farm: 



On l"\l)niiiry 7, liUS, l.fi'iS acroH of Iniui were dciMlfd t«( tin- r 



K. Saiulaj/cr for th<> |)nri><)H<> of HUpplyiiiK an rn<n»>i. ■• i.. thi- i.;,,, .,, ,.,;.,,(«• 



hichway. 



I'ndrr ilatc of .\pril 1"), 1()1'>, a j>lof of 20.1.') a< n - oi i ' • U) thf (|op«rt- 



aiont for a<l<litioiial |>a.sturc loUs, tniH Iraw to run until J 



Durinir tlio month of Manh, l!tl7, tho ({••jnirtinnit, under m with tho 



Luui»iana Stale Kxpcriim'ut Station, wok ),'iv«'n thi' ii-«. f.ir . u..rl of 



500 additional acres of land occupie<l l>y that station 



So there are ap|)roximately 525 aeres. 



Mr. Magf.k. Was this deeded to the Government outright or jusi 

 given for exp<M'imental purposes^ 



Mr. MAimN. It is given hy the vState for just as long as the (lov- 

 ernment wants it, free of any charge. 



Mr. Maokp:. Are these 500 acres or more made up of >andy land 

 and alluvial laml i 



Mr. Maktin. This farm takes in hoth. 



Mr. Maoee. In what proportion ( 



Mr. AfAKTix. I shotdd say that about .'iOO acres aie >aiidy and 

 about 200 acres in the lowlands. The Bayou Teche runs for a great 

 many miles. I made a mistake in the number of acres in this farm. 

 It is 1,025 acres but the proportion of black and sandy land is the 

 same. 



vSenator Buoussard. It rims for 80 or 90 miles. 



Mr. Maktin. And this same stretch of land goes right along there. 

 All of our country is built up of bayous— Havou Teche, Bayou I^ 

 Fourche, or some bayou; the land being on the bank of the bayou, 

 runs back and linully readu's the swamp. The live stock,' Innldings, 

 and machinery on that farm are valued at about $70,000. There are 

 some very linc^ buildings on it, and these woidd have to be torn tlown 

 and would iro to waste in the event tlie (Imn frmnent «li-.oiitmii<wl 

 the farm. 



Now, Mr. Chairman, 1 have taken un about as mucii time tvs i 

 feel I ought to. Senator Uansdell has been on this farm and seen 

 the work; Senator Broussard lives within a mile of this farm and is 

 him.self a cattle raiser. He has a cattle farm within a raile or two 

 of this one. where he has 250 or :i00 cattle, and he can tell you the 

 results he has obtained from this farm. 



Mr. BrcHANAN. Do they raise these cinps (»ti the high (tr low Ian«l.-»l 



Mr. Mahtin. They plant in both. 



