Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1878-04-25

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OF the fault, if it Is ever cured. But
by kind handling and playing with
them-which any one can enjoy who
has a heart in them-they will ever
after be easily caught, kind in
service and more trusting in danger
or difficulty. When the colt comes
about you never abuse him, but with
kindness educate a familiarity with
him. Thus he will be always gentle,
and easily adapted to any work.
There will be no trouble in breaking
In such a colt. He will actually take
to it. By being treated viciously the
colt can also be taught mean tricks
and vicious habits.-Ioua Register.
1t is stated on good authority that
teaspooDful of cayenne pepper
mixed in a quart of oil and rubbing
the harness with the oil, will effectu-
ally protect it against the gnawing OF
rats. 1t is also said that an ounce of
aloes to one gallon OF oil will afford
the same protection. Our remedy
heretofore has beer, and We have
never known it to fail, to hang the
harness up so that no rats can mo-
lest it. But as some people are care
less in this respect, the red pepper
and the aloes and oil remedy had bet
te be adopted. A friend at our ell
bow says carbonic acid is sure rem
edy.-Germanto,0n Telegraph.
Did any ever hear of the temple of
Janus, that stood in the center Of a
plain? It had hundred sides, no
two alike, approached by hundred
roads. each OF which ended butt up
against its special side, with no way
Of retreat but to go straight back
again. No pilgrim to this shrine
ever saw but one side, and his "tale
OF wonder when he got home again
was OF that alone. "Deep or shallow
blowing" is myth of the same sort. If
farmer finds shallow work the best
on his farm, let him show his sense
by sticking to it; but if another has
proved deep burrows the best Tor
him, don't let us try to argue him out
Of it. What is the use Of hundred
men standing around temple and
scolding each other while none OF
them can see any of the others?-
Rural Ne,U Yorker.
OLD AND NEW PASTURES.
There is little reason or sense In
much that is said respecting old pas
lures; and the argument regarding
the proportional value OF these and
new ones, is very erroneous, for the
cost Of seeding the new pasture, as
well as the gradual decrease in the
fertility>of the soil so often plowed,
and the manual labor, etc., incurred,
are not reckoned in any business-like
manner. These remarks are caused
by lately reading an article in an ag-
ricultural paper. wherein the oft-re-
peated injunction to stock very
light, so that much Of the grass may
be left to rot on the ground, is in
sisted on. The truth Is that this is a
very great waste; and on the old pas
lures, besides the waste, there is ir-
reparable injury to the best bottom
fine ibered grass, which, though ig-
norantly despised in America, is in
reality far superior for fattening, and
so much less exhausting to the soil,
that the English pastures, and now
ings likewise, continues centuries in
the highest state OF fertility. In
America, the coarse, tall grasses
suck the soil, and their influence al
together ruins any prospect of per-
manency, and misleads the public
mind in all respects relative to grass
land.
The Kentucky blue grass pastures
confirm the argument relative to the
bane OF the pillow on natural grass,
but nevertheless the pillow continues
to deviate whole districts. There
Is foolish notion that q good old
pasture will not keep so many ami
mails as q new one, the error occur
ring in consequence OF there being
no good old pastures to Craze, and
there never will be good pastures
unless there is good grazing, viz
a gDawing down OF all me coarse va
rieties, SO that the thick-set bottom
grass can hold its own; and this
thicker, fine fibered herbage will fat
ten better than the tall grasses, and
throw up In the course OF a year
more food for stock than the thinly
growing long grasses, which ought
not to monopolize the soil, and to
keep which, the general opinion is
that half of it should be left uneaten
to rot and nourish the roots through
winter. Gardeners, and all keepers
Of grass-plots and lawns, have found
out the error Of shade in Summer,
for they shear Off with the mowers
every week, and so far prove the
mistake Of the contrary custom.
The Rev Mr. of the Irnitaria n