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deBack, Phil, president, Tomato Growers Association of California,

Isleton, Calif.

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Dickie, Alex, Jr., president, Texas Farmers Union, Denton, Tex..
Dyer, Alvin, California State Grange, Yuba City, Calif.

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Hagen, Hon Harlan, Representative in Congress from the 14th Con-
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Malec, Walter, publisher, the Tribune, Hallettsville, Tex..

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Mason, Floyd B., Durango, Colo.-

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Mather, Allen F., executive secretary, Agricultural Council of Cali-
fornia, Sacramento, Calif

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Matlock, Albert, Grier, N. Mex.

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McDade, Noel, Clayton, N. Mex..

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McDonald, Mrs. Grace, executive secretary, California Farm Research
and Legislative Committee, Santa Clara, Calif..

McDougal, Harvey A., president, California Cattlemen's Association,
Collinsville, Calif..

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McGee, Frank, San Luis Valley Potato Improvement Association,
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California and member of the board of the California Wildlife
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Robinson, R. C., Iowa Park, Tex.

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Sloughhouse, Calif

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Secara, Del, chairman, economic study committee, California Cream-
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Shelby, A. K., Earth, Tex.

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PRICE-SUPPORT PROGRAM

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1955

UNITED STATES SENATE,

COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY,
Fresno, Calif.

The committee met, pursuant to recess, at 9:10 a. m., in the ballroom of the Hotel Californian, Fresno, Calif.

Present: Senator Ellender (chairman) presiding.

Also present: Senator Bible from the State of Nevada, and Senator Kuchel of the State of California; Congressman B. F. Sisk from the 12th Congressional District of the State of California, and Congressman Harlan Hagen from the 14th Congressional District of the State of California.

The CHAIRMAN. The committee will please come to order.

Before we proceed, I would like to state that I am very happy to have at my side here your own Tommy Kuchel, your junior Senator, and to my left is Senator Alan Bible, from Nevada, and to his left, Congressman B. F. Sisk and Congressman Harlan Hagen, from California.

I understand that Mr. Charles V. Dick, chief, Division of Plant Industry, California Department of Agriculture, Sacramento, Calif., desires to make a few introductory remarks, and the Chair recognizes Mr. Dick.

STATEMENT OF CHARLES V. DICK, CHIEF, DIVISION OF PLANT INDUSTRY, CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, SACRAMENTO, CALIF.

Mr. DICK. Mr. Chairman and gentlemen of the committee, it is my pleasure, in behalf of the executive branch of our State government, to extend to you and your group an official welcome to the State of California.

Gov. Goodwin J. Knight and Mr. W. C. Jacobson, our director of agriculture, have each asked that I convey to you their greetings and best wishes for a pleasant and successful visit to this State.

We are very happy that you could hold one of your hearings here in California.

There are two other representatives of our State Department of Agriculture present today, Mr. W. J. Kurt and Mr. Merle Huslong. If there is anything that any one of us can do to assist the committee, please do not hesitate to call on us.

I have been asked by some of our people to present a brief factual statement as to the importance of California agriculture which might explain why so many different segments of our industry want to talk here today.

Agriculture is a very important part of the economy of California. Approximately 10 percent of the people gainfully employed in this State are engaged directly in agriculture. Probably an equal number of workers are employed in activities which are directly related to agriculture, such as the processing of agricultural commoditiesthe grading, packing and preparation of these commodities for market, and the transportation and handling of agricultural commodities in the channels through which they reach the consumer. California agriculture is of vital importance in the national economy, since we are the leading State in total value of agricultural production. For several years we have produced agricultural commodities having an annual farm value of more than $22 billion. This represents about 12 percent of the Nation's cash receipts from farm marketing of crops, and about 6 percent from livestock.

There is great diversity in our agriculture due to the wide range of climates and soil throughout the State, and to the fact that we have about 7 million irrigated acres, or about one-third of the total irrigated acreage of the United States. More than 200 different agricultural commodities are produced in commercial quantities. Some of these are crops which are produced nowhere else in the country, while others are the staple or basic commodities which make up the bulk of our national farm production.

The three leading agricultural enterprises in California in terms of total income are dairying, cotton growing, and cattle raising. These three account for approximately one-third of the total value of the agricultural production of the State. During the last year our production of dairy products had a farm value of more than $300 million. The value of cattle and calves sold by farmers and ranchers was $274 million. Cotton and cottonseed yielded a farm income of $286 million. Eggs, chickens, and broilers accounted for $197 million of farm income with an additional $50 million derived from turkeys. At the same time, California holds first place among all States in the production of fruits and vegetables, normally accounting for more than one-third of the Nation's commercial fruits (fresh and processed) in terms of value, nearly one-fourth of the commercial vegetables (fresh and processed), and about two-thirds of the commercial tree nuts.

The total value of California's citrus crops last year was $139 million. The value of the State's grape crop was $107 million, and the production of deciduous fruits amounted to $183 million. The total value of all fruit and nut crops produced in California last year was more than $500 million, and the farm value of commercial vegetable crops was $330 million.

I have appended to this statement, Mr. Chairman, a statistical compilation of the value of these crops.

The CHAIRMAN. That compilation will be placed in the record at this point.

(The tabulation is as follows:)

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