THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
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JUSTICE IN THAT CATTLE CASE. 
On page 512 you state that it is the duty of anyone who 
believes that you are unfair to the American Jersey Cattle 
Club or to Mr. Dawley in this controversy to write you. giv¬ 
ing the reasons for such belief, and I take the libert of do¬ 
ing so at this time. You have practically taken the case of 
Mr. Rogers against Mr. Dawley out of the hands of the Jersey 
Cattle Club and endeavored to try it yourself with the 
farmers of the State as a jury. In doing this you have pre¬ 
sented just one side of the case. You have not only left 
Mr. Dawley absolutely unrepresented, but you have shown a 
decided bias against him in every article that has appeared. 
I see no reason why this matter should be appealed beyond 
the decision of the Jersey Cattle Club. Here we have the 
great body of Jersey breeders, the people most vitally inter¬ 
ested in this controversy. They were represented by two of 
their leading breeders and a lawyer. This committee heard 
all the evidence and decided the case. It does seem impossi¬ 
ble that the two farmer members of the committee would 
allow a lawyer, alone and single-handed, to put out a verdict 
against their interests, and there is no earthly reason why 
this lawyer would care to do such a thing. The fact is. that 
you have taken only a few alleged facts and have appealed 
to the people on those, and a few facts are sometimes worse 
than a lie. This committee took evidence on the matter of 
the substitution of cows in this herd after Mr. Dawley sold 
them. Have they any proof that no cow was substituted 
in place of Dotshome Harmony? I do not see where Mr. 
Dawley can be blamed for registering cattle as solid color 
with black points when they are solid color and have black 
points, and the rules of the American Jersey Cattle Club 
woud not allow him to register otherwise. Mr. Dawley has 
always lived right here in central New York, and has built 
up a reputation for fairness and square dealing (I take 
simply the common speech of people) In this section that 
is equaled by few. He is a leader among us farmers, and 
you will not only injure him but the cause of agriculture 
and yourself in this matter. If Mr. Dawley has done what 
Mr. Rogers says he has, why does not Rogers take the case 
into court? Even if Rogers could prove that Dawley made a 
mistake, or men in his employ made a mistake, to say noth¬ 
ing of intentional fraud, it would give him a verdict. 
I am a farmer in a noted live-stock center, and I come in 
contact with a large number of breeders of purebred stock 
every week. Few of these men are Jersey breeders. With¬ 
out exception these men all condemn your attitude in this 
matter, and feel that you are injuring the live stock indus¬ 
try in the manner in which you are handling it. Your state¬ 
ment that Mr. Dawley is rich and powerful is being laughed 
at in this section, because the fact in the case is that he is 
simply a well-to-do farmer, working every day that, his 
duties as director of institutes do not keep him tied to his 
desk, and if he has developed a powerful influence in any 
direction, no one who knows him would ever charge him with 
using it for personal advantage. It seems to me that in 
appealing from the decision of this unbiased committee, 
which it appears was not acquainted with either party, and 
without giving your readers an opportunity to examine all 
the evidence, and without printing Mr. Dawley’s statement 
to you (which I presume he lias made), your readers are 
justified in accusing you of being biased in this matter. 
The R. N.-Y. above all agricultural papers, cannot afford to 
be unjust to anyone. The man who, by his own brains and 
energy, has made something of himself Is certainly entitled 
to as much consideration as one who has not. 
Cayuga Co., N. Y. f. r. stevens. 
R. N.-Y.—We thank Mr. Stevens for his letter. He 
makes the mistake of supposing that we are attacking 
Mr. Dawley personally. Our case is against the execu¬ 
tive committee of the A. J. C. C. Mr. Dawley and his 
record form only one incident of it. If it seems neces¬ 
sary to discuss Mr. Dawley personally we shall do so 
directly and openly, with an abundance of ammunition. 
If Dawley’s side has not been heard it is his own fault. 
On Nov. 27, before any of the names were made public, 
we wrote him as follows: 
The only reason why this article was printed was the fail¬ 
ure of the Jersey Cattle Club to fulfill Its promise. As I 
think I have stated several times, the personal difficulty be¬ 
tween you and Mr. Rogers is absolutely no concern of ours. 
We felt, however, in view of the statements that were made 
on both sides, that the case ought to be sifted down, and I 
am frank to say to you that I cannot understand how you 
could let the thing go without demanding the most complete 
investigation. We have been hearing for the last year or so 
a great number of complaints about the registering of cattle, 
not alone in the Jersey Cattle Club, but in other associations, 
in fact it is quite evident that something is wrong with re¬ 
gard to this matter. We approached the Cattle Club, ask¬ 
ing them for an investigation. They promised two or three 
times that the matter would be taken up and thoroughly 
investigated. We therefore left it to them, and after wait¬ 
ing for a long time, we are informed, In a roundabout way, 
that no investigation will be made. We are backed up, as 
I find, by some of the best breeders in the country, and 
our only desire is to be of service to the breeding industry. 
In making the statements I endeavored to be just as far as 
it was possible for one to be. I gave a conservative outline 
of what Rogers charged and I gave your side of the case, 
which is, as I understand it. that the cattle are exactly the 
ones which Mr. Rogers bought, that you fulfilled your part of 
the contract to the letter and that Rogers is a liar and a 
villain. You certainly have not submitted to us any other 
argument or reply. If there is anything in the statement I 
have printed, which is erroneous, I shall be only too glad 
to print any statement you see fit to make, without your 
name, but simply print it as a correction due to the unknown 
breeder. If, as you say, Mr. Rogers manages his business in 
such a way that he is not reliable, he certainly will not make 
a reliable breeder of Jersey cattle, and he ought to be inves¬ 
tigated and exposed as a careless man, or one that is untrust¬ 
worthy. It seems to me that if the statements you make 
regarding Mr Rogers are correct it would be very easy to 
prove them, and that an investigation, such as we want, 
would strengthen your position and put an end to Mr. Rog¬ 
ers. I cannot see, as the matter now stands, how the Jersey 
Cattle Club can do anything, except carry out the investiga¬ 
tion which Is promised. 
Will Mr. Stevens tell us what could be a fairer propo¬ 
sition than that? Dawley paid no attention to this 
letter for 35 days. He then said in explanation that he 
delivered the right cattle to Rogers, that his long record 
as a breeder and public man ought to put him above 
suspicion and that Rogers is a liar and a villain who 
attempted to blackmail him. We have never received 
any other explanation from Mr. Dawley, though our 
columns are and have been constantly open to him. 
Mr. Stevens is mistaken about the committee and the 
evidence. The committee was composed of a lawyer, 
a veterinarian and the manager of a Jersey herd, not 
one of them members of the A. J. C. C., and not one 
of them farmers, in the sense which Mr. Stevens infers. 
These men did not hear all the evidence! They simply 
looked at the cattle and took the evidence of Dawley, 
Van Dreser and people at Dansville who were brought 
in to testify about Rogers. The case against Mr. Daw¬ 
ley was not presented at all, for reasons which we have 
repeatedly given. Understand, then, clearly, that the 
A. J. C. C. attempts to close the case after hearing only 
one side of it. We have found no fault with Mr. Daw¬ 
ley for carrying out the rules of the club with regard 
to color marks. We are not ready to accept the action 
of that committee as final for the following reasons: 
It does not settle the principle for which we contend 
and which was the only reason we had in entering the 
controversy. Dawley sold Rogers a cow which was 
claimed to be purebred. The A. J. C. C. declares that 
the cow now in Rogers’ possession is a fraud. Now, 
one of two things must be true. Dawley, through mis¬ 
take or misrepresentation, sold the wrong cow or else 
Rogers has substituted another cow for the one that 
Dawley sold him. Rogers has an abundance of proof 
to show that this is the identical cow which he himself 
brought from Dawley’s farm, but the committee did not 
hear his testimony. Dawley has received his price for 
the cow, but the loss is thrown upon Rogers. If Daw¬ 
ley will claim definitely that Rogers did the substituting 
we shall be pleased to have him do so and he may have 
all the space he wants in which to do it. If he cannot 
prove this the fair inference is that he sold the wrong 
cow. The A. J. C. C. will not do its duty until it set¬ 
tles this matter. We claim that it can do so with the 
evidence now ready for them. If they take the position 
that Rogers substituted a cow for the one which was 
bought from Dawley the A. J. C. C. has no right to go 
on registering animals from Rogers’ herd, which it is 
now doing. 
Again, the committee bases its claim that the cow, 
“Dotshome Queen Carey,” is true to her number be¬ 
cause she is five years old and has one ring on her horn. 
Now, again, we show a picture of the horn of this cow. 
We ask Mr. Stevens to tell us if he thinks this horn 
came from a five-year-old cow. We will guarantee that 
if he were personally interested in this case and the 
committee put him to one side on the plea that a cow 
carrying this horn was five years old he would refuse to 
“AND EIGHT YEARS ON HER HORN.” Fig. 283. 
“stay put” for a single moment. He knows better if he 
ever saw a cow’s horn before. Again, we have proof 
that Mr. Dawley gave this name of “Dotshome Queen 
Carey” to another cow, identified by her black color and 
rings in her nose. Will Dawley claim definitely, over 
his own name, that he did not identify and sell this 
black heifer as “Dotshome Queen Carey?” We shall 
be pleased to have him do so and we offer him every 
opportunity. 
Regarding a suit at law, Mr. Rogers is acting upon 
the advice of a long-headed and capable lawyer who 
may be safely trusted to do the proper thing at the 
right time. The executive committee of the A. J. C. C. 
is making the case for Mr. Rogers by the action it is 
taking in registering and transferring some of these 
cattle. To show the interest taken in this case we have 
received suggestions from readers that a popular fund 
be raised to pay the expense of a suit brought by Mr. 
Rogers and it is evident that such a fund could be easily 
raised if desired among plain farmers of the country. 
CROP NOTES. 
We have miserable crops in Mississippi and I hear it is as 
bad all over the South, but if this is true, as no doubt it is, 
we shall get more for our cotton. I do not see how wo can 
possibly make over one-half crop if everything is favorable 
from now on, as we only have one-half stand and it is 30 
days late. d. a. s. 
Mississippi. 
The prospect for a fruit crop in central New York is not 
very flattering. Apples in particular, in my best judgment, 
cannot be from present appearances over one-half of an 
average crop. Only about three-fourths of the trees blos¬ 
somed. and it seemed at one time as though it would take 
all Summer to do that. It was over two weeks from the 
time the first blossoms put in an appearance liefore they fell 
from the trees. If I was to venture an opinion in regard 
to this condition of things, it would be the cold backward 
Spring. I have noticed but two apple tree worms’ nests this 
season. Perhaps if the cool weather is the cause, that will 
partly compensate for the loss of the apple crop. Peaches 
one cannot say anything about, for there are none. I 
have not seen a blossom this Spring. Pears and plums bid 
fair to be an average crop. Grapes and the smaller fruits 
and berries are about as usual; I should judge about a 
fidl average crop. The territory here spoken of consists of 
the towns of northern Seneca, eastern Wayne, and cen¬ 
tral Cayuga counties. w. m. 
New York. 
My little grape is thriving, but practically the fruit crop 
destroyed by May frost. Many trees seriously were checked 
in growth, and black blight more rampant than ever before. 
An occasional peach is seen, but usually 20 bushels would be 
grown to one peach this year. Grapes bloomed on new wood 
after freeze and fair set. Raspberries many killed to root. 
Cherries one per cent of crop. Grass fine; Winter grain aver¬ 
age. Gladiolus in bloom July 15 and Cannas coming out. 
Maine. j. f. g. 
The string bean, cucumber, squash, Irish potato, lettuce 
and cabbage crops were marketed in March, April and May, 
and in .Tune we shipped melons, cantaloupes, tomatoes and egg¬ 
plants. Now we are still shipping eggplants, okra and sweet 
peppers and some car loads of melons. We are busy sowing 
our Havana and Sumatra tobacco. It is fine and wil make 
1,000 pounds per acre and is sold at 40 cents per pound, pole 
cured; could sell at 05 cents now. w. E. e. 
Dade City, Fla. 
Our section of the State is all under cultivation, hence 
we have practically no wild hay. The Elkhorn Valley, west 
from Fremont; Neb., also in northwest Iowa, in vicinity of 
Sioux City, are points where they put up immense quantities 
of wild hay every season. Our hay crop will be about nor¬ 
mal. Corn a little late, but coming on rapidly, as we are 
having ideal weather. Wheat is simply immense, and the 
oat crop fine. Our fruit crop almost a total failure; will be 
some apples. f. e. w. 
Bedford, Iowa. 
We have the worst failure we have had in 25 years. We 
have no cherries, pears, plums or peaches worth naming, 
and the apple crop will not go above five per cent of an 
average crop. Here and there you will find an Individual 
who has a few trees of certain late-blooming varieties. In a 
protected place, who may report 25 per cent of a crop, but 
taking the country over at large, and including our large 
commercial orchards, five per cent is plenty high ; in fact, 
many orchards will not have one per cent of a crop! We 
have one orchard of 600 trees, and the man in charge in¬ 
forms me there will not be a bushel. My oldest son has 
175 acres of fine apple orchard in fine condition, and he will 
not have 10(T bushels. We are having a good growing season, 
plenty of rain, and our trees are looking fine. 
Holt Co., Mo. _ N. F. MURRAY. 
THE HAY CROP. 
All we can speak of are the conditions in this vicinity, and 
they all point to an unusually large crop of hay, and also 
of hay of very good quality. Feed we know nothing about, 
as none is produced in this section. We think that the 
prices will be much lower during the coming year. 
Fall Riverj Mass. Mackenzie & winsuow. 
Market conditions are in a very peculiar condition. We 
have extremely large receipts for this time of the year, yet 
prices are firm and buyers for all arrivals. Invoices are 
coming forward freely, showing that there is considerable 
old hay still in the country, and all crop reports indicate a 
bountiful crop of hay. Our judgment is against the present 
range of prices, yet the majority of receivers here believe 
our market will hold firm until new hay is readily taken. 
New York. slingeruand & company. 
The hay crop through Michigan is looking very well at 
present, and it promises much better than it did earlier in 
the season. We do not think there will be as large a crop 
as last year, and as far as the clover and mixed grades are 
concerned, they will be very light, but there is a’ very fair 
crop of Timothy. It is impossible to predict what the range 
of prices will be during the coming season, but we would say 
that the high price of hay last season was largely due to the 
inadequate car supply, and it is more than likely the same 
conditions will prevail this season. Old hay is closely picked 
up, so it is jjrobable that the new crop will start in higher 
than usual, although we anticipate a decline from present 
values. FERRIN BROTHERS COMPANY. 
Detroit. 
There is no prairie grass cut for hay in this section of the 
West, but Imported prairie hay has been selling here for $10 
to $12 per ton. Wheat was short, but well headed, and will 
thrash out well. Oats unusually good. Clover and Timothy 
are the principal hay crops ; clover was good and Timothy 
meadow fairly good, ‘with probably 70 per cent in stack. I 
never saw meadows come out as they have in the last six 
weeks. Corn is about three weeks late, but is in fine condi¬ 
tion and growing nicely; season for the past six weeks has 
been very favorable to plant growth. Apples an almost com¬ 
plete failure. A few peaches, full crop of grapes and a good 
crop of all berry fruits. Good crop of Spring pigs and calves 
and stock of all kind in good condition, with plenty of good 
pasture. , w. d. g. 
Dixon, Mo. 
We have a very nice crop of hay of all kinds; 
some a little thin. With the drought last season hay 
has been very high here the past year, something like 
$16 or $18 J>er ton; for Timothy and clover much more, 
and prairie hay was $8 and $10. Now these are the prices 
for the old hay. I hardly think new hay will be quite so 
high. You were referring to the prairie hay; there is a 
great deal cut every year, sold at home and' shipped The 
crops here are late this season owing to the cold Spring. 
Wheat straw is heavy this time, but not looking for a very 
heavy yield. Wheat straw was in great demand last season 
but will not be this time. Oats are good; there is not a very 
large acreage of oats around here. I cut my oats to-day 
(July 12), the heaviest straw I ever remember cutting oh 
my place. We have a good prospect for corn, a large acreage 
out and corn is coming up right along, going at 62 cents 
a bushel. This is what we call high. a. e. g. 
Maywood, Mo. 
The prospect for the hay in our section of the country 
is very fair. The quality will be better I think than last 
year if the harvest is secured in good condition. There is 
not as mucluflover. I do not think we will have as much 
tonnage as last season, although the season is going to be 
later, and the hay is growing very rapidly at the present 
time. The prospects are that hay will be lower, and it is 
lower now. We believe that it will continue lower through 
the season. There is quite a good deal of hay yet to come 
forward. Our wheat crop looks very fine, and never better 
to my recollection. Our oat crop is backward on account 
of cold weather early in the season, but it is coming along 
nicely now. Whether it will keep up or not we cannot tell. 
The corn crop looks bad at the present time. It is fully a 
month late on the average. We have a large tobacco sec¬ 
tion and our tobacco crop is fully a month late. We have 
had two or three heavy hailstorms in this section of the 
country, which has done quite a large amount of damage. 
Towanda, Pa. _ e. d. rundell. 
DRY BORDEAUX.—Being very much interested In farm¬ 
ing, etc., and seeing a recent item on dry Bordeaux Mix¬ 
ture for prevention of blight in potatoes. I want the formula, 
being desirous of trying the same, as we have no spraying 
apparatus here. Also give me the different stges of growth 
for applying same. Our crops are late, so hope to be in time 
to use same this season. w. h. d. 
Greene Co.. N. Y. 
It. N.-Y.—Leggett & Bro., Pearl St., New Y’ork, make a 
dry Bordeaux Mixture. 
WHAT ABOUT THE PECOS VALLEY?—Will you ask 
your readers resident in the Pecos Valley, New Mexico, to 
furnish information regarding that section to one who is 
desirous of removing to the southwest? Is there any de¬ 
sirable Government land remaining to be taken up Is the 
price of agricultural land reasonable? What particular part 
of that section, or of New Mexico, offers the best prospects 
to prospective settlers? r. p. n. 
Massachusetts. 
