G4 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. [Fab. Doc. 



the upper classes are better nourished ; but there is something 

 due to blood. I heard a man say, in a Wisconsin institute. 

 "Get out with your crosses! 1 don't want any more of 

 them. I started with Cotswold and I crossed with Merino; 

 then • 1 crossed with Shropshire, and then I crossed with 

 Oxford Downs, and I have crossed them all clear out; my 

 sheep are not worth a continental." He was right. He had 

 not crossed with an agreeing purpose in the breeds, so that 

 the maternal and paternal purpose should be along the same 

 agreeing line. I make these observations simply as an illus- 

 tration, I think, of the generic truth of what the professor 

 has said. 



Professor Bailey. I am very glad, Mr. Chairman, that 

 the governor has said just what he has, because I think what 

 he has stated brings out one of the most important truths 

 which we can consider in connection with the growing of 

 plants. We all know that what we call cross-breeds in the 

 human race, as, for instance, between the French and the 

 Indians, are people who are weak physically and intellectu- 

 ally, and the more violent the cross the less we think of the 

 cross-breed. A very striking illustration of this fact is seen 

 when we come to that very violent cross, which makes the 

 worst of all cross-breeds, the Indian and negro. 



The Chairman. We are obliged to bring this discussion 

 to a close, in order that the audience may be able to come 

 here again this afternoon. We do not want any one of them 

 to lose what we have in store for them. Therefore this meet- 

 ing will stand adjourned until two o'clock. 



Afternoon Session. 



The meeting was called to order soon after two o'clock. 



The Chairman. The subject of the lecture this afternoon 

 is k 'The Agricultural Situation," and it gives me great 

 pleasure to introduce to the audience Ex-Governor Hoard 

 of Wisconsin. 



