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" I , ~;~',.. ~,,~i1' (':~' ~8~9 FRYlNGPAN-ARKANSAS PROJECT, COLORADO 47 :Mr. LANGEN. Are these rrops irrigated now! ~{r. PALMER. Yes, sir; they are irrigated crops we were talking about on both projerts. Let me romplete this statement on the other side indirntin" what I had hoped would be ,lrawn from the statement. The productign of hay went up 59 percent, wheat down 79, hay is up 59. Vegetables went up 35.7 percent. These are internal shifts wIthin a lO-year period on the Colorado- Big Thompson project. :Mr. LANOEN, In these shifts-and I Rote you make reference to sugarbeets and to vegetables-are there any potatoes involved! :Mr. PAI""ER. The table I have here is not broken up as to what is included in vegetables category, There could be some. "Ve would have to break that out. Mr. LANOEN. And what aboulr-I notice you make reference, too, to livestock. Mr. PALMER. The farm feedlot business in the Colorado-Big ThompsoR project has gone up many, many times. We can supply figures OR the extent of that multiplication, but it has been significant and it has been very hearteniRg. The farm feedlot business in the area arouRd Fort Collins and Longmont and in that area in general has been very drastically increased. Mr. LANGEN. Are these beef cattle, sheep! Mr, PALMER. Both. Mr. LANOEN, Both. How much of each! Do you have any idea! Mr. PALMER. Mr. Ogilvie, do we have those aVllilable! If not, we caR supyly them. Mr, OGILVIE. We will have to supply them. Mr. PALUER. We can suyply you the full figures. Livestock and poultry from 49 to 59 on Colomdo-Big Thompson, up 9.7 percent. Mr. LANOEN. You are aware, of course, that the Department of Agriculture is now buying lambs in oreler to bolster farm prices in the fielel of lamb; you are aware they are buying eggs for the same pur- pose. You are aware, of course) there are a good many Ilreas that are desirous of expanding in this fielel without any cost to the Gov- ernment at all in each of these respective fie leis that pertain to agri- .culture, are "Vou not? ~11'. PAL~IER. Yes, sir. . MI'. LANOEN. Anel I notice the hay crop, you say, went up sub- .stantially. I Mr. PAUI.fER. Yes, sir. That is ri!!,"ht. . MI'. LANGEN. Yon are aware, too, that we are paying a substantial amount of money now in the various areas of the Cowltry to not cut hay, to not cut alf:tlfa! 1fr. PALMER. Yes, sir. I am aware of that. Mr. L,ngen, one of the relatio IshiI'S we dealt with at some length last year was the relation- ship o. Ie il'1'ig-ateelfeeel base lands in this area. to the dry pasture that 51 un,cIs it nn~ to t.he high-monntain grazing in the summer. ~n!1 ~tl on of t.lllS entn'e :\roa O\1,n best be made on the basis of an nTl"~ed .' base In the valley. N~"~ thi~. of course, is one of the intricate relntiollships that has to be wei(!hted out. all t.he way along: the line. ~{r. LANGEN. I nm sure t.hnt.ls true. that full utilization mirrht well .be f1ccomplished. I suppose that is ti'IIe of t.he area in whicl~ we are