About the only other libel against the Jersey is 
that she is “delicatethat she will not stand rough 
usage and hardship. Well, that is not a very seri¬ 
ous charge, for no sane man will ask a dairy cow to 
“rough it.” But by “roughing it” I don’t mean that 
she cannot go out on the hillsides and pick her liv¬ 
ing—for she can. She is quick and nervous, and she 
will pick her living from a pasture where one of the 
clumsy, coarse-made, sluggish dispositioned cows 
would starve. As proof that they are a healthy breed, 
I will wager that you can find more old cows in the 
herds of Jerseys than in any other breed. I owned 
one imported cow until she was 19 years old, and I 
often find that my cows do their best work after they 
are 10 years old. Only last week a Jersey cow 13 
years old sold at auction for $7,000, and a six-year-old 
bull brought $15,000. This is a very fair indication 
that there are discriminating buyers, who understand 
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THE “RICH MAN’S PLAYTHING” 
And the Poor Man’s Tool. 
When a rich man takes a notion to own a cow, he 
usually gets a registered Jersey. This practice is so 
common that the Jersey is often spoken of as “the 
rich man’s plaything,” especially by those who wish 
to cast a slur on the best of cows. Now I am per¬ 
fectly willing to let it go that way. Rich men are 
generally men of good judgment, or they would not 
be rich. They are usually men of good taste, be¬ 
cause they have had the training and associations to 
develop good taste. When such a man goes out to 
buy a cow he buys a handsome animal. He selects 
a nice fawn, a squirrel grey or a golden brown, be¬ 
cause such an animal is more pleasing to the artistic 
temperament and looks better out on the lawn than 
one built on the startling checker-board plan. He 
selects the Jersey be¬ 
cause he knows that she 
gives at least as rich 
milk as any other cow, 
and the rich man’s stom¬ 
ach is called upon to 
hold so many good 
things that he cannot 
afford to fill it with 
three per cent milk to 
filter out the little nour¬ 
ishment in it. He buys 
a Jersey because his 
business training has 
taught him that the thing 
that brings in the great¬ 
est results from the least 
expense to maintain is 
the most profitable, and 
in every public test for 
the past 25 years the 
Jersey has demonstrated 
her ability to make a 
greater profit over cost 
of production than any 
other cow. 
If these things are 
true, why is not the 
Jersey cow just as good 
for the poor man as the 
rich man? The poor 
dairyman must necessar¬ 
ily spend much of his 
time with his cows. 
That in itself is a rea¬ 
son why he should own 
cows pleasant to look 
upon. Then again, if 
three Jerseys will eat no more than two of another the superiority of this breed, and are willing to pay 
breed, and yet produce just as much, animal for ani- high prices for stock carrying a fair amount of the 
IN A MICHIGAN DAIRY PASTURE. Fig. 258. 
mal, is it not extravagance to feed to two cows that 
which should keep three profitable animals of another 
breed. 
You say the Jersey is small and will produce but 
little beef, but please remember that it has cost no 
more to build up that frame pound for pound than it 
does one of the coarse dairy breeds. But there is a 
difference in favor of the Jersey even from a beef 
point. If you have ever eaten Jersey beef you know 
that the fiber of the meat is finer and more juicy than 
blood of famous ancestors. 
J. GRANT HORSE. 
GUFF IN THE NURSERY BUSINESS. 
Con you inform me as to the reliability of Pan Handle 
Nurseries, Greenfield, Ind., J. K. Ilenby & Son? They 
are placing commercial peach orchards, claiming hybrid 
peaches of their growth, raising larger poaches, three times 
longer life, than budded peaches, such as other large 
nurseries offer for six to nine cents each. They ask GO 
cents or 30 cents each. They prune them three years and 
receive one-half of third year’s crop. a. m. d. 
Michigan. 
Financially this company has a fair rating and ap- 
the coarsely-made carcass, just as the Mediterranean pears to be responsible. Our information is that their 
breeds of chickens furnish finer grained and “sweeter” agents tell big stories about the superior quality of 
meat than the heavy Asiatic fowls which excel the their stock and varieties. We understand they have 
others in mere quantity. offered “frost proof” or Canada hard-wood peaches 
at one dollar each! There never was a frost-proof 
peach, though it is known that some varieties—like 
Crosby—will endure quite severe cold. We do not 
like the sort of business this company is reported as 
doing. We would not buy their so-called “hybrid” 
peaches at five to 10 times what reputable nurseries 
charge for standard varieties. Such an offer has 
the earmarks of a fake which has been often worked 
on fruit growers. As for the scheme of planting a 
“commercial” orchard to be pruned and cared for on 
contract—forget about it as soon as you can. Do 
not under any circumstances pay any money or sign 
any contract in a bargain with such promoters. The 
game is an old one and will lead you to sorrow and 
loss. Far better give the money to your wife. 
CULTIVATING WITH A HAY RAKE. 
The following method of putting in crops I have 
tried for so many years 
that it ought to be called 
a success, and entitled 
to a general trial. I 
have applied it in garden 
and field, and with un¬ 
varying good results, 
both in crop production 
and saving of labor. In 
the midst of a severe 
drought I have a good 
garden, and the best plot 
of field corn that I have 
seen. 
After putting the 
ground in good condi¬ 
tion with some form of 
disk or Cutaway and 
drag or clod-crusher, I 
furrow the piece deeply 
with a one-horse plow, 
going twice in the row 
to get it straight as well 
as deep. This is impor¬ 
tant, and a little better 
work may be done with 
a marker. Fig. 259 shows 
the end elevation when 
the piece is ready for 
the seed. The furrows 
are five to six inches 
deep from the level. The 
planter may be run in the 
deep furrows, or the 
seed dropped by hand 
directly in the hard 
bottom of furrow. If 
hand planted, it is cov¬ 
ered by a single dash of earth from the side of the 
furrow with the hoe, the operator stepping upon the 
hill to compact it, as he passes quickly along, but 
no attempt is made to get much dirt into the fur¬ 
row, which looks much as if nothing were planted. 
If one fears to put it in so deeply, he may run the 
planter between the furrows, leaving a good ridge 
as before on either side. The piece is now left for 
a few days till the ridges are dry, and the seed just 
coming through the ground. Then the most impor¬ 
tant part of the system. A good forkful of straw 
or hay is spread upon the ground, wetted a little, and 
the horse rake run through it to gather it evenly. 
The rake is then run lengthwise of the planted rows, 
with one wheel at least in a deep rut, cutting off the 
tops of the ridges, rolling a mass of fine soil down 
