AGRICULTURAL APPROPRIATIOX BIU^ 19U. 5SS 



in anotlur MM'tioii rirr wnn kinj;. Wi* ilrxirnl • •' ■" ' — 



culture, ami tho Guvornmonl «««tahlishiMl ilmt f; 



Hssistiuj; in tlu« ostaMislunrnt of othrr kin«ls of nin^niliurr^. I want 

 t<» sav to yt»M that it l^n•^ l»rrn V4TV ln-lpfiil, niiii it ' ' " 

 i'stuMisluMl. Wluii I was at tin- (ntin. I a-l. .1 tl 

 you found out ail you cari <" FI«« rcpluMl 



not." Tlu'v sIionv«mI nir sornr »<f t' ^i^^ 



1 said. "How alxMit \hv niiili' l>i, ..• \.,u i: ' 



thor(»u«:ljly that it ran hv nimlr a f ' i|<. r- 



we have proved that wo can raise mules here mm chmplv am w«» r«n 

 buy them, hut no chenper. We have had «erliiin in 



the foalin«: of our nmres. and we must work on. iiu-. 

 We have had a numi)er of things that were dillirult. mid - 

 have not yet satisfactorily determined." He snid. *' Wr fcol that 

 the catth' business is extremely promi-iii'j niid we feel that the h«ig 

 business is extremely pr«>misin;_', and ^"' I. l. < .• i}int the mule busi- 

 ness will be." 



Clentlenion. if vou should be carrym^ on a farm in one of the 

 suirar sections of Louisiana, or in any of the sujjar se<'tion«< ' ' 



Gulf tuasl. and in those other Stales 1 have mentioned, \ 

 realize that this service is worth incomparably more than i 

 sum of S2(). ()()() or S2.'). ()()(). 1 <lo not know what the exact r4wi w, 

 but it would be most unfortunate to stop those experiment-^ while 

 they are ri«;ht in the midst of thinj:js. It would be most unfortimuie 

 to f^ive up this very extensive plant that has been establLshed there. 

 I am thorouirhly convinced that it is a »;oo<l thin<::. and I h«»|M» you 

 gentlemen will carry it on. in ac<"ordance with the wishes of the 

 Secretary of Agriculture, of Doctor Mohler. the Chief of the BurcHU 

 of Animal Industry, and of Doctor Taylor, the Chief «)f the Bureau 

 of Plant Industry. 1 have seen all of them, and they approve it 

 and want it done; but, of course, they had to c«)ncur in the neiion uf 

 the Budget Bureau. 



Mr. BuciLVXAX. How many more years will it Im» ne<*essary to 

 carry it on '. 



Senator K.vnsdkll. 1 can not tell you; hut Mr. t^uisenberrv -••'•! 

 it would require at least live or six years. Howevt«r. I do n«»t I 

 it would be an indefinite thin}j. It should j;o on for a reasonable 

 number of years. 



Mr. Wasox. I tlo not know much about ytuir country, and ihij* 

 is probably a foolish (piestion to ask. The ne«'(^>sity for mule pro<luc- 

 tion there is for farm j)ower ^ 



Senator Kansdki.l. Yes. 



Mr. Wasox. Is there any substitute for mules there f 



Senator Kaxsi)f:ll. We are usint; tractors very extensively. I 

 use a tractor on my plantation, and it is a very valuable thinj;; but 

 we can not dis|)cnse with the muh". If we were to j:et rid of the 

 mule, we would have to {jive up t!ie ne;^ro. The nejjn* aiul the mule 

 go together. Xejjroes have never <lisplaye<l the requisite intelli- 

 gence to operate tractors successfully, liesides. there is a j;rent deal 

 of cultivating which must be done with the aiil (»f work aiiiiiiaU. 

 either mules or horses. We prefer mules to horses down there, but 

 we arc using tractors quite extensively. 



Mr. MAtiTiN. The tractor is used a great deal for the hi 

 land, but when it comes to the cultivation "^ . .n.- .m.I t 

 the same, you must use mules. 



