Anillcr'I.TlRAI. AIMM{M|»IMATIf»S lUI T . 1 ■ i &3I 



thoiv. iiK liitlinir tin- Oiuirlntii. llir 1 himI lh<* K«il Kivrn*. sncl 



all «»f tho-o IiiikU ar«' <»f tin* sniiir f«.ii.; 



Mr. Wahon. That a<j:nvs with thr ^i nt of S4>nator |{nn«*«!t'll 



that inoic than ono-thini of tlir acroa^o of LoMimniin i- of i! 

 of lat)(l. 



Sftiator Bi{or.ss\i{!). Vr-. sir; it is ronMi(irrnl>t\ "...r.. 1I..1. it.-i 



Mr. Wa.m^x. \iu\ that is typical of iinuh iiior«- 

 \var<l and wrstwanl into other Stati"> nlonjj the (miff 



Senator Mit<>rss\ui>. Yes. it is of the same fo' o 



there was no <listni<ti»m niaile \>\ nature in the fo; . ,* 



lands. 'I'hev are all of that formation, exiendinj; n ' If 



ooa.st from tlu' Kio (iraixle t<t Florida. 



STATEMENT OF HON. JOSEPH E RANSDELL. A UNITED 

 STATES SENATOR FROM LOUISIANA 



.Senator livNSDr.i.i.. Mr. Chairman, the snl»ji«i has Im. i, 

 covered h}- Contxressman Martin and my <'ollea;;Me. .Senator Br« I, 



that I do not know that 1 ean add inueh to the disruwion. I live m 

 tt district of this same formulioti. in the extreme nort' 

 of the State, ne.xt to the Mississippi Kiver. where u, ..... 

 troTihlc with overflows, just as they do iti the l«»wer pait of tli 

 I mijjht say in passint; tlmt if it were n<»t for the levees on the l>. 

 of the Mississfippi River the <:real <'ity of New OrleaTis w ' .• 

 overllowed atui an area occupied hy considt-rahlv more than ■ .. ' 



of the population of the entire State <»f Louisiana would U* >■ 

 flowed. Therefore, when 1 speak of the territory subject 1 

 flow, you must hear in mind that that includes a frreat d- ' :i 



point of p(»pulation than iialf the State of Louisiana. Ti 



includes a vast territory, and we want to d(» somethini; to take 

 of the a<j:riculture in that preat alluvial territory, and not alone m 

 our State, hut covering tlie coastiil plain in the States *■ '' ■ 

 Missi.ssippi. Alahama. and Florida. 



1 saw Mr. Quisenberry, the chief of this farm, about two w«M»ka 

 ago. I spent a day there, and went over the farm. I had h«*ard a 



freat tleal about the farm and was very much intiTo^ted in ■• ' •*• 

 had never seen it before. I asked him about the con<litioi 

 and I found that the experiments bein<: made there wen* applicable 

 to the entire coastal plain of the State beyond <p: I asked 



him if what he was doinj? therein the way of bei ^ the live- 

 stock industry, particularly relatinj; to cattle, mules, and hojjs 

 would be applicable to all of the CJulf Coast section, and he .snid he 

 saw n(» reason in the world why it should not be. I ' a 



very great area of land of like character in all of th<'Ci ... ... 



where the conditions are very similar to the conditions at tin 

 Gentlemen. I went over that farm, and I was delighte<i and 



f)rised at what 1 saw. The buildings there are vrry fine. 1;,.% 

 lave a splendid group of silos, for instance, ami immense bailie ani! 

 they are modern, up-to-date barns. Then* are snlen<iJil amr 

 meiits for the handling of dairy cattle, and ideal hou.ses for I 



or for breedinir hoirs. I do not see how th«> - '••■ ' 



much more advanced or much more favorable ii * 



farm. I went out among the cattle, and there must have been 75 

 or 100 of as beautiful animalu as I ever saw. They were ready 



