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sistent regularity ushers misfits into the world should be discarded. 

 The more of her kind we have the worse off we are, and the longer 

 will Illinois be in coming back. 



The higher quality productions demanded by present land 

 values must be found generally distributed over our state in the form 

 of high-grade herds, flocks, and studs; and this, not alone for the 

 recompense which will warrant present land values, but for the main- 

 tenance of the life and health of our soil, our live stock, and our 

 people. So, to some of us, it has seemed unfortunate that the attitude 

 and teaching of our Agricultural College has apparently been mis- 

 understood. Valuable as is the wonderful trinity of limestone, phos- 

 phorus, and legumes, it further requires the participation of live stock 

 to form the four-square quartet that is the invincible basis of Illinois 

 agriculture. 



Among the agencies powerfully helping Illinois to come back 

 in live-stock production is her College of Agriculture. Many friends 

 of the College, recognizing the purity of her purpose in withdrawing 

 the College team, some years since, from intercollegiate judging con- 

 tests, are greatly pleased that she can now see her way clear to re- 

 enter the lists. We believe this will meet with the hearty approval 

 of the live-stock interests of Illinois and go a long way toward help- 

 ing Illinois to come back, through the awakened enthusiasm of her 

 student body. Further, may I suggest that the good work of bringing 

 the live-stock breeders to the College be supplemented by taking the 

 College to the breeders. Some of the live-stock breeders of Illinois 

 feel that today they have more friends among the under-graduates 

 and alumni of our sister state institutions than of their own state 

 Agricultural College. This is simply because, from time to time, 

 delegations of such students from states not in every instance, neigh- 

 boring states have repeatedly visited the live-stock breeding farms of 

 Illinois. The breeder of purebred live stock appreciates the stimulus 

 and encouragement which comes from the personal visits of the under- 

 graduates and the instructors of the agricultural colleges, but more 

 especially does he appreciate those from the college of his own state. 



A very desirable contact is established between the breeders and 

 the Agricultural College when it fosters state breed associations. The 

 annual meeting of the Illinois Percheron Breeders' Association, just 

 held here, reflects the steadying influence of the College through the 

 quiet, thoughtful guidance of the State Association, from its organi- 

 zation to the present, by a valued member of your staff. 



To aid her in coming back, Illinois has a new and mighty helper. 

 He is full of the enthusiasm of youth, he is rich in the experience of 



