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of thiH situation iius horn that tlw fnrni Uns nol |iriNluri<<| rnmij^h l4> 



support the nnmluT <»f < uttlr tliay hnvr lia<i tin 

 ini))()rtati()n of a < ouNJdrraltlr amount of fisMJ. v 

 station vorv oxprnsivo to maintain. That, an 1 i 

 sum and sul>stan<-o of tiic proposition for discontinuing; it 



Senator Bkoissakd. If you air faiinliar with ihr •! u of 



thi' hind th(MT, all tht- pastJirt's hic on thr |...v i> fi-i.n; il| 



thcsandysoil. If any >andy soil was sought t : ;ldlN>i< .'<d, 



and you ( ould have your sandy hmd undrr rullivntion. or a part of 

 it Miidor rnlti\ ntion. As 1 rciiicmlM'r thr farm, all ihr havou fr • • 

 and what is the most sandy |>art, is in open, pusturc laiitl. Of- •■ 

 it has hcon planted in ditlerent ^ra>ses. mid 1 think it h on <* 



fincBt pastures I oversaw in my life. It takes u few yearn to do ; 

 in that eountrv. hut you <an have |)asture peeii all the year riiuiui. 

 and that pasture is <^ieen all the year round. 



Mr. lilCHAXAN. '1 hen why should thev have to import f<MM| for the 

 stoek? 



Senator Bkoissakd. Well. n<»w. 1 (t>uM ii... mii-nv. . ihni. -n 



Mr. Lkk. I'rohably you have too mu<h stock for the acreaj^e. 



Senator Broi'ssakd. I am satisfied that land can i)ro<iurr as much 

 as any land in that vicinity, and the Department of A^ri< ultun' will 

 show you that those lands are the most pnxlurtive lands in the ^' •<> 



Mr. Anderson. How nun li land is there in this section win .f 



the same general character as this farm '. 



Senator Broi'Ssard. All of it is of that same t;eneral char: m 



that side of tiie bayou. On the other side tiie san<ly foi;........ii 



extends up to what was formerly an old lake bottom that has been 

 drained, and all of that is sandy. 



Mr. Anderson. Your statement that all of it is of th' il 



character means something to you because you are fan ;..e 



territory, but of course it does not convey anything to me becaus*' I 

 am not. In acres or square miles ho%v much of that territory is of the 

 same general character f 



Senator Broussard. On thnt --iilr i>f th<^ 1>;i\mii f Nhnnld >;rtv it is 

 all of that character. 



Mr. iVxDERSON. I do not know whether that side of the bayou has 

 4t) acres or 40 s<piare miles. 



Senator Broissard. What are yon trviiuj to «ji*t ' The area of 

 land of that kind in the Stated 



Mr. Ander.son. In general terms; yes. 



Senator Broissard. Or do you mean m thai « wuni \ 



Senator Kansdell. He means in the State. 



Mr. Axdersox. In that general section how mu<h territory would 

 there be i 



Senator BroI'ssard. If I coveretl tiie State 1 would ha\c i.. give 

 vou a larijer liirure than if 1 covered th<> county or parish. Do you 

 want to know what proportion of tin' lands in that country art» that 

 way ( 



Mr. Anderson. That might be hel|)ful. p«Mha()^. 



Senator Broissard. I can not give figures unle» 1 have a basis 

 upon which to estimate, but I should say that |>ossibly one-third or 

 one-fourth of the lands are that way. 



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