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Show DIXIE PROJECT, UTAH 25 bread. I purchased flour by the ton then and paid for it from receipts of fruit and produce sold off the farm. Now to give you an idea of the high productivity of this land. On May 20 of this year I picked my first Dixie cherries and from that day until next New Year's., I can pick food from my trees any day. On June 3 of this year I picked my first ripe peaches and with the 10 or 11 varieties of peaches I grow, I can pick ripe peaches from the trees every day from June 3 until now and for the next 20 or 30 days. Throughout 5 months I can have fresh peaches and cream. Now the proof in the pudding is in the eating so I would like to present to this committee this basket of peaches I picked this morning off my trees. There are some plums there also. I would also like to present to you this basket of almond nuts just harvested off my trees. On June 6 of this year I picked my first ripe tomatoes out of my garden and we have had ripe tomatoes out of this garden daily until now and will continue to have until Thanksgiving and often until Christmas. We start our pecan nut harvest about Thanksgiving time. In fact I never gathered my last year's pecan crop until March of this year, after I came back from the legislature. So we have at least 7 months out of the year as months of harvest. I am sure a family of six could have a home and grow all the fruits and vegetables needed for their use on 1 acre of land under the Dixie project. Now, gentlemen, I hope we have convinced you that the Dixie project doesn't cost, it pays. It is figured to pay back its cost in 50 years, but that does not include the thousands of dollars paid in taxes on the new land and homes to support this county, this State and this Government. Taxes will go on being paid long after the cost of this project is paid for. The Dixie project will more than double our productive land and the number of homes and families. We hope you as a committee can go back to Washington and convince Congress of this wise investment in the Dixie project. When you retire, gentlemen, we invite you to come and make your home in this wonderful country, which is rich in milk and honey. I thank you. Mr. ROGERS. Thank you, Representative Squire, for your statement and also for your gift to the committee. Our next witness is Mr. Wallace D. Yardley, vice chairman, Utah Water & Power Board. Mr. Yardley if you will come forward, you can be recognized. STATEMENT OP WALLACE D. YARDLEY, VICE CHAIRMAN, UTAH WATER & POWER BOARD Mr. YARDLEY. Mr. Chairman, by name is Wallace D. Yardley. I am a resident of Beaver County, a neighboring county north of the Dixie project area. I also have the honor of serving as vice chairman of the Utah Water & Power Board. I am here representing the board in the absence of our chairman, Dr. P. L. Jones. Dr. Jones has asked me to express his regrets for not being able to be present here today. Utah is honored, and I would add my personal appreciation to you for your thoughtfulness and interest that brings you to southern Utah. |
