46 AUTOBIOGRAPHY 



In a valley in Italy it has been noted by travellers 

 that the people were prematurely decrepit, due to 

 the lack of the normal bony structure. The analy- 

 sis of hay, given below shows conclusively a serious 

 lack of bone-making material, and if it was lacking 

 in the hay, then we must conclude that nearly all 

 of the foods of the people were also deficient. 



COMPOSITION OF HAY, 

 POUNDS IN 1,000 



It is evident that American farmers cannot con- 

 tinue to deplete the land of its most valuable con- 

 stituents without endangering the size and the phy- 

 sical power of coming generations. I trust that 

 the Agricultural Colleges and Experiment Stations 

 will teach them how to restore the land to its 

 pristine richness, so that our posterity may not be 



