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<br />..... n........, <br />48 ,ti.:i 'lRYINGPAN-ARKANSAS PROJECT, COLORADO <br /> <br />paying them not to raise hay. Full utilization of the Iann in that <br />area might be best accomphshed by at least lettmg. them Gut the hay <br />or at. least letting them develop the productIOn of hvestoek to the de- <br />gree it l'ould hv making use of that. II<1.V rather than paying them lIot <br />to use it. I suppose that that n.rgullwnt is just as st.rong in those arcus <br />as it would be. in t.his area and that it can be aecomplishecl in those <br />areas without all r'.~:penditure of funds, one single tuxpayer's dollar, <br />and that in additioll to that t.hat they ,""iJl bt:~collle nweHlIC pl'od.ucillg <br />immediately. All you have to do is provide the perll1is~j()1\ to do it <br />and they inllnediately have all income~ they immediately become pur- <br />chasers of equipment and all of that sort. of thing. it. becomes just as <br />important to the local commnnity, the cities and so 011. for their <br />wel fa I'C. <br />SO when you say t.hat is the best. lItilization I am sure t.hat. is t.rue. <br />But. t.here is u substullUal diH'el'ellce ill how YOll flrrive at that d('~iL'able <br />increase in tlH~ cl'onomics of the area, is t.liat not true'! <br />~Ir. PAL1\I.ER. Yes, sir. :Ml'. Langen, I have serieH of charts and <br />graphs here and considel'<Ib]e bct.wd information relatillg- to thjg <br />ent.ire crop surplus ql1e~t.ion. If the cOlll1llittee has the time to COIl- <br />sider it, it. might. take. 10 01' If) minutes t.o put it on. If nut, I \fould <br />be pleased to discuss it with .Mr. Langen after or however he may <br />desire. <br />1\11'. ROGERS. \Vhel'e is that information ~ <br />:i\Ir. PALMEH. It. is bae\': 011 the lttl'g~ wall chart:;. <br />~fl'. L.\NGEN. If I may inquire, ~lr. ChairJlliln, I sllO{dd like to <br />hu\'t'- it, as 11 part of the. tliseussioll in rf'.lntion:-:;hip to the project. I <br />do not know whetller it is the pleasnre of the chairlllan to hring it <br />up Ilt. this point, bllt. jf jt. may be made a. pmt of the record, I would <br />be sat "tied. <br />Mr. HOGEHS. Can those ChHI'lS be included in the record, Mr. Palmer? <br />:Mr. PAL~"lE:H. '\Ve tan rCflnce thelll and include t.hem in t.he record. <br />III summary, lioweve[', let. me point out thnt in the development of this <br />project, you ha,'e got a period of 10, 15, 20 years before the entire <br />area will reaeh filII mat.urit.y-full economic development. of all of the <br />lamls and the full adjustment of ..11 of the crops and all of the con- <br />struetioll completed. This is Olle fact.or t.hat. has t.o be borne in mind. <br />Ag>linst th>lt you have to consider the rapidity of the popul>ltion <br />growth of the 17 IVestem States as cOlllpared tD the rest of the Na- <br />t.ioll. In other words, there is u leadtime lllvolved in getting reclama- <br />tion projects planned, designed, constnlCted, and matured to where <br />they are making their maximum contribution to the local, regional, <br />and national N'.onomy. This is point 1. <br />Point 2: Y 011 think largely of the. C)'op surpluses in fh'c Illnjor crops <br />that comprise oyer D5 percent of the tot.al inventory, t.hese being wheat, <br />corn, c:ot.ton~ tohnct'-o, and sorghums. If you take tho:-;e in sequence, <br />whe.at IS not f\cneraIly considered to he 11 good irrigated crop fo[. mUll}' <br />reasons we WIll not go into no",,'. It appears in rotation, it.. appears <br />as a nurse crop, but it. is not generally considered as fi good IrrIgated <br />crop. For one l'em;on, it C~l1m(Jt cornpetl:'. <br />Cert.ainly Con} is nn area.. where. the redamnt.i()Jl total is only <br />an infinitesimal amount. Cotton, we are a significant producer. <br />'Vhen I sny "wct I mean rec.lamntion projects are slgnificl~nt pro- <br />ducers of l'otton, but incluclerf in the cotton produced is i.1 high per- <br />