Si'nutor Broi'ssakh. No: it ih on tUv op|. of the \> 



from I ho srji. 



S'liMlor Kansdki.i.. Biir tukinj; ii ... .. whole <« 

 tion fairly wril iT|»rr«««M)t tin* rhiinirtrr of t 

 Ijouisinlin '. 



Soiiiitor liiMM ss \i:i». AI)-o|iit<lv If \<)ii ittkr ' ' »r 



insdint'o. or any «>f thf othrr huyoiis nlon^j tln" 

 land hoinj; };ra/«Ml and <Miltivato«l. and «>n that ; 



bayou thr (-hararfcr <»f tho land is a lit tip diffon'nt than it w orer on 

 tho otluT <id(». 



Mr. Hi < HAVAN. Thrn. fhrrr rnimf ho mmir iTii^!n,tiiai'i'iiii-!it ..f ilii. 

 farm. 



Senator Bimm ssaijd. I think not, hiil ii max hr tlmf id 

 «;ono into a^xricultinv ox tor) -lively onou;;h. Tlioy oorlandv su«)ui«i uv 

 ahio to raiso thoir h'o«l. 



S<»nator Kanshki.i.. Yon aro onpmed in raltlo raisinj; in thnl -mv-- 

 tion, aro you not '. 



Sonator BitorssMti). I havo two sttwk fjiriu^. 



S<^nat<»r Kansdki.i.. Ilmo you I)o<mi IxMiolitod inaloriallv hv thr 

 cxporiinonts carriod on at this fann i 



Sonator Bhoissakd. Woll. I will t«'ll y»(u what imtu' 1\ 



aftor this farm was ostahlishod. We got llu' :- ' • " n.,<, ...t;* 



that woro vaoant and othois that woro not pavi U. Two 



or throo of us jjot to^othor and hought. tho yoar aflor \\\\n farm wa.H 

 ostahlishod. two cniioafls of Durham hull«< W«> hov«' iint' " a 

 nunihor of tho finost broods that this country afr<»rds and ou. ;.. jjIw 

 have ^ono into this. 1 wont into it immodiatoly aftor that anrl I I'nn 

 nanio fifty poopio in inv irrunodiat<* looality and othors ns far as 'I 

 This is tho only farm on tlio (inlf ooas!. :m<l at thr hi-;t i y 



thoy had, last summor. 1 could n<>t ^o, but thoro woro j)s , jC. 



so 1 am informed, from To\'fl.*« clean up to the Mi<>;'ssippi line and •<Mino 

 of them froni Mississipj)i. 



Senatf»r Kansdki.i.. About »»n»' th<tu>:uid j)i'npic w.-n- tiuic: 



Senator P^HorssAia). Yes, sir; and thov have >toi k of the fint>i 

 kind, which they started to raise after this farm was pstablished. bo 

 that it has been of immense benefit to our people 



Senator K.vnsdkm.. Are you familiar witli tho [<•>■<( \ :iin ... I'd*' 

 Kinno hay * 



Senator Bkoi'ssari>. The Departnu'nt of A^rioullure has issued a 

 bulletin in which they compare it to alfalfa. 



Senator Kansdku.. How does that }:jrow i 



Senator Bkoissahd. It «;rows in tho lowlands, in the wet lands, and 

 is fjreen the year around. It is now boinj; baled, or experimonl> arc 

 being made now to euro it so as to bale it. It «;rowi all throu«;h that 

 ocmntrv. 



Mr. \Va.so\. That is n native or wild grass ? 



Senator Bkoi'S-saud. It is a wild grass: it gmws all winter anti llie 

 stock will remain in th<><o lands all winter. Nfy own stock xv " ' ve 

 tho highlands in tho month of Xovomber and wo never --ct • nt 



until tho 1st of March, unless we want to sell them. 



Mr. Wason. What nn»portion of tho entire aeroajje of \- 

 would you say is of tlie same typo of land as «»n this pxjhi.i 



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