3872 HEARINGS BEFORE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE. 
Mr. Mrap. Every one. 
The Cuarrman. Have you gotten through with Italy. 
Mr. Mean. Yes, sir. 
The Cuarrman. Then the money that was used for the Egyptian and 
Italian investigation can be used along other lines? 
Mr. Mwap. Yes, sir. 
The Cuarrman. What was about the sum spent in those two inves- 
tigations? 
Mr. Mzap. About $1,000 in each one.” 
Mr. Scorr. Of course that did not include the expenses of the report. 
Mr. Meap. No; Ido not know what the expense of .printing the 
Egyptian report was. Probably about $1,000. 
in Scorr. It was a little over $1,100. 
Mr. Mzap. Yes. 
Mr. Brooxs. Do you mean the work of collecting this matter was 
all done for $1,000? 
Mr. Mean. Yes, sir. 
The Cuarrman. Exclusive of salaries? 
Mr. Mean. Yes, sir; so far as my salary is concerned, it did not 
count, for one month. I spent my vacation there and the Government 
got $200. 
The Cuarrman. Are you not entitled to a vacation with pay? 
Mr. Mrap. Yes; but I was willing to spend it over there. 
The Cuartrman. If there are no further questions to be asked Mr. 
Mead, we will go on with Doctor True. We are much obliged to you, 
Mr. Mead. 
STATEMENT OF DR. A. C. TRUE, DIRECTOR OF OFFICE OF EXPERI- 
MENT STATIONS, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
The Cuatrman. Gentlemen, Doctor True is the head of the experi- 
ment station work.’ That division appears on page 25 of the estimates. 
Doctor Trur. Before we leave this matter of irrigation, Mr. Chair- 
man, if I may be permitted, I want to say just a word or two. 
The Coarrman. Very well. 
Doctor Trur. This irrigation appropriation, under the orders of the 
Secretary of Agriculture, is intrusted to the care of the office of experi- 
ment stations, so that I am responsible for that as well as for the other 
work, and | want the committee to be aware of the general policy under 
which, under the instructions of the Secretary of Agriculture, this work 
is being carried on. ; 
Weare endeavoring, as Mr. Mead has pointed out, to build up work 
along distinctly agricultural lines, so as to have for irrigation in the 
Department of Agriculture a distinct field and a field which properly 
belongs within the domain of the Department of Agriculture. Wher- 
ever any question has arisen as to the conduct of our work with that of 
the Geological Survey or any other branch of the service we have made 
acareful study of the matter and have endeavored to remove causes of 
friction and to keep our work within strictly agricultural lines. 
Another thing is this, as a matter of general policy, that we are not 
attempting to build upa large force and to spread the work out to cover 
the individual States. That is, we are undertaking nothing in the 
character of a general survey. Our object is to assemble a sufficient 
body of experts to study definite problems. We must study them in 
