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<br />I <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />questions. The thing I can do best is argue and answer questions. <br />I think Mr. Russell has some figures he would like to give you about <br />cattle and the feed and so forth that we had to contend with this <br />year in order to winter our livestock. Would you like to come up? <br /> <br />Mr. Russell: Mr. Chairman and board members, I am Mr. Harry Russell <br />of the Savery Conservancy District. I come from the bottom lands <br />where you handle irrigation shovels. We are in the business of <br />producing red meat. We don't have any surplus crops in our area and <br />I have some figures here. The number of cattle that were shipped <br />out of the country for winter feed was 3,500 head of cattle and <br />lS,500 sheep. We imported l,500 tons of hay and grain. The last hay <br />came in from Idaho at $70 a ton. And that producer bought 400 tons. <br />So I think that is the reason we need the Savery-Pot Hook project. <br />I think our repayment contracts will be a small item. If we can keep <br />these cattle and sheep in the country, the taxation will be a great <br />income to the United States. <br /> <br />Mr. Stapleton: Thank you, Mr. Russell. <br /> <br />Mr. Russell: You are welcome. <br /> <br />Mr. Dunn: His figures probably are a little bit under. People are a <br />little reluctant to say how many cattle they have, where and how much <br />they bought, and so forth. <br /> <br />Mr. Sparks: That's in case the tax assessor gets curious. <br /> <br />Mr. Dunn: I didn't say that. I think that probably if you will read <br />this statement you have pUblished, that I think it covers it very <br />well. If there is anything that we can furnish you with, we would <br />be glad to do it. I have the imract study with me and I have a sum- <br />mary of the project. I would like to answer questions. <br /> <br />Mr. Stapleton: In the breakdown of the project costs there is such a <br />sUbstantial part that goes to irrigation, and you mentioned flood <br />control as being a major part of it. <br /> <br />Mr. Dunn: It is not included as that sort of thing, but as far as I <br />am concerned, anytime you slow up those main tributaries it is going <br />to stop some floods. I am talking about mostly below Baggs and maybe <br />in and along Savery. Everywhere along the river we have had a great <br />amount spent on riprapping, that sort of thing, which are part cost- <br />sharing government programs and that cost the government some money too. <br /> <br />-66- <br />