The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1878-09-06

tbc following directions for educating or
N II used 70 be called {" breaking III "
young horses III you have a colt 10
reach. and have the habit of speaking
sharply and loudly, correct yourself "a
Il IL once. Colts are timid, high-splIi,.
ed things, IL they are worth any thiag;
and ne who manages them should bc ~
ouiei habits, and have low, pleasant.
toned voice. The trainer that Wells
stands IN the same category as The dlncr
N the public race Who screams 4nA
whoops like COmanchc Indian WHOM
coming down the homo-streteh the 3ne
should be banished the track, and the
other turned ont Of the gentlemnn's sta
bos. Our method of educating Il colt %
the harness and wagon l. to- educate him
singly. by himself and this education
should begin very early. When the colt
is twelve or fourteen months old begin
10 pui the harness on him. In few
weeks he is accustomed "a it and ready
for the shafts. But, IN dning this, do
not be IN hurry. Give the youngstcr
time to get thoroughly acquainted with
every strap and buckle, AS il were. Let
him sac every thing aud smcH every
thing. The senses OF si1ht, smell, and
touch are the great avenues 81 knowl-
edge 10 the horse, especially the last two.
The ear and eye give the alarm. These
two organs stand, as it were, On picket
for the ANNA! safety. But ii yc4r
horse Is friqhfcned at any thing, let him
smell and touch il, and he will fear 10
longer. lfyour colt is afraid ~ the ha.
ness as n comes rustling out ~ the hA.-
l.th A.
and smell of il "A few times, and he WEI
soon understand that il will not hun
him. Ii be is inclined 10 kick or junil
II the breechiag- band or any strap his
bis hams or legs, by gently rubcing them
against the sensitive places he will scor
become irdllrfent TO them BY The
time the colt IL two years Of age, or ever
less, be should be educated 10 20 b.
tween the shafts, either forward or back
ward. and be thoroughly familiar with
the harness and vehicle and ordinary
road service.
RENovATING OLD PASTURES The
worn-out pastures which abound ia
some Of the older and especially the
Southern States, have previously been
exhausted by severe cropping witt
grain, tobacco or q ton. The land is
cropped until il will no longer pay for
cultivation. then turned 70 grass, and
the failure III that marks the smallest
possible degree Of fertility Bushes, I
briars and hedge take the place OF val
liable grasses, until their decay furnishes
material for a revival of fertility Such
land j. however richer in plant food than
is generally supposed. Cropping rare
ly exhansts more than one Or two ele- 4
ments, and a. soon as these give out the \
land ceases TO produce and arrests the \
process. Nine times out OF ten phos-
plate Oi lime il the lacking ingredient. 4
Win this, good crops may be produced,
and il suitable rotation, including
clover, il adopted, fertility will be in \
definitely maintained Ii is only thus \
that we can account for the wonderful \
results n improved farming on some 81
the so-called "worn ont lands Of the
Southern States. 1.-THE soil were really
deficient IN plant food, Il could not be
50 easily restored 70 fertility. llnd0ubt-
eddy \ fter cropping ceases, the decom-
position Of plant food continues, SO that
after a few years of .srcsiing," fields
once festilc may again be brought un-
der cultivation for one or two crops
In the old settled parts of the South this
process has usu4lly been repeated once
or twice before the land has been given
over tO scrubby trees and bushes. To
bring such land up requires greater
outlay than where only the first or orr
gnal fertility has been exhausted.
Many Northern pastures are gradually
failing because milk, cheese and wool,
all rich in phosphatcs, have been sold
from the farm. There is difference in
the manure from a milch-cow aud that
from fattening cow The fa,icning
animal takes mainly the carbon and al
oumlnoids needed I'D form tat and lean
meat. a COW giving milk, or grow
lng young animal, abstracts from the
iood the phosphates 70 form milk and
bone, and the result Is a deficiency Of
TINS element in the manure. Selling
buiier does not have this effect ii the
DuiicrmiiK j. fel on ghe farm and the
manure saved Excepting The oil. the
buitermilk contains the strengthening
and tlcshforming elements 0f whole
mix; but the whey from curd il of lit
ue value for feed, her doe II make
valuable manure. The discovery Of
phosphate rock in the South i % I'M
mense importance 10 rs agricultural fu-
ture. of course its first use viii 10 on
cotton or other cultivated crops; but
with improved farming, more attention
VIII DC given To renovating old and
worn-oui pastures, and when this il at
tempted, phosphate in some form will
% found the most essential clement
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