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delicate and beautiful spring costume, the richness of 

 whose verdure increases as the seasons advance, they add 

 tint to tint, each leaf seeming to rival the others in gran- 

 deur, until they bid us their autumnal adieu. Their 

 beauty then gives place to utility, and every farmer 

 should rejoice that it is with leaves, as Pope said of men : 



" Another race the following spring supplies." 



The farmers around me looked with no little distrust 

 upon my introduction into this neighborhood of Jersey 

 cattle, and long remained incredulous. They are now 

 convinced that their fears were groundless, and many of 

 them are exchanging their so-called "native cows "for 

 Jerseys. Others are sure to do so ere long. 



The following is the substance of a conversation I had 

 with a neighboring farmer about two years ago. He had 

 just praised my Jerseys very highly, and I naturally in- 

 quired why he did not keep the same kind of stock. "I 

 cannot afford to do so," was the reply. "That is 

 strange," I remarked. "I certainly cannot afford to 

 keep such animals as you have, and yet you tell me that 

 you cannot afford to keep Jerseys, such as I have. There 

 seems to be a contradiction here." 



" How much do you get for your calves," I next 

 asked. 



" About a dollar or a dollar and a half before they are 

 fattened." 



" Mine sell for from one hundred dollars to three hun- 

 dred dollars when quite young. There is a great dif- 

 ference in our figures, is there not ?" 



"Yes." 



