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came in until that room was full, and until €very bit of standing 

 room was full. Some of you were probably there. It was during 

 the time when this institute work was under the control of the 

 Board of Agriculture of the State. When we think of those times 

 and see the results that came from that, it was the wisest move 

 you had undertaken. Continue in this good work and make 

 Will County the banner Institute of the State in the future 

 that it has been in the past. 



By the President: — I have received a telegram. We had 

 on the program for last night Governor Deneen, and this tele- 

 gram says : ''I regret very much I cannot attend meeting of 

 Dairymen's Association. I am to meet with the State Board of 

 Charities and Superintendents of Institutions here today to con- 

 sider estimates for appropriations. Under other circumstances I 

 should be pleased to attend the meeting. 



Charles S. Deneen." 



He is such a hard working man it is hard for him to get 

 away. 



By the President : — The next on our program is an address 

 by Prof. Davenport, Dean of the University of Illinois, on 

 *'The Breeding Problem." He needs no introduction, we are all 

 his scholars and we will give him our hearty support. 



THE BREEDING PROBLEM. 



By Prof. E. Davenport, Urbana, Illinois. 



There are two general systems of breeding open to the far- 

 mer. One is expensive, the other is cheap, and both are effec- 

 tive. 



The one system provides high bred parents on both sides, 

 the other only on the side of the sire. The practical advantages for 

 the purposes of the milk producer are all with the latter system. 

 It costs only about ten per cent as much and if foUozn'cd up for 

 half a do^en generations, it is over 9 per cent as effective. 



