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The Smoky Hill and Republican union. [volume] (Junction City, Kan.) 1861-1864, 1864-01-02
Aqritultural Column.
Value of Carrots.

Carrots are very excellent +" fodder -
for horses that have been long kept on
highly carbonaceous food, and whose
digestive organs may be out of order in
consequence Of their constant activity in
reducing meal oats into the elements of
animal nutrition. With a fair allow
ance of carrots, ground oats and sweet
hay, horse will enjoy good health and
spirits, have loose hide, shining coat
and healthy lungs. A daily allowance
Of carrots should always be furnished to
horses the subjects Of indigestion; whose
foods often runs fermentation, inducing
diarrhea or lax, washy state Of the
bowels. Carrots furnish an acid called
peeIc, which possesses the curious prop
erty Of geIatinizing the watery contents
Of the digestive cavities. A few drops
Of this poetic acid will gelatinize both,
and when mixed with the juice Of an
orange, changes the same into jelly.
So that if the alvine discharges Of a
horse are watery, carrots may be used
as valuable therapeutic agent, both in
view of arresting the same and restoring
the tone of the stomach and bowels. By
examining the excrements Of horse, fec
part on carrots, it will be found to con-
tam no undigested hay or oats, and
therefore we may safely infer that they
promote digestion, SO that by the con-
slant use Of carrots, less quantities Of
hay and oats will suffice than when g
larger amount is consumed, and parted
with, in an undigcsted state. For fat
tening animals, carrots are exceedingly
valuable. 1t will be urged that carrots
are not very nutricious-that may be
still, if they possess the property Of gel.
atinizing contents Of the stomach anC
bowels, they aid in the manufacture OIL
fat out Of other food, which might
otherwise pass out Of the system.
The Smoky Hill and Republican union. [volume] (Junction City, Kan.) 1861-1864, 1864-01-02
THE LEAVENWORTH
Evening Bulletin !

FB,HE LEAvENvO2TH EVENING DUL.
4 LETIN has now been established ens
year, and il well known throughout Kansas
It's success thus far has been greater than any
other journal ever established in the West
The proprietors are experienced newspopeS
meE, and thoroughly know the tastes on6
wants Of tLs people o, this State
There are three editions Ok this paper, viss
The EVENING BULLETIN,
Printed every afternoon a. o'clock, eonteins
the latest telegraphis dispatches and local
news up to the time Of going TO press. Terms
-S6-per aunum.
THE TRI-WEEKLY BULLETIN
Is issued every Monday, Wednesday end Ysi-
day, and contains the news Of the Daily, Of .
per Gnnun.
THE WEEKLY BULLETIN
Is issued every Tuesday, AMI i: made up q.
prcssly for the country from the six daily
editions. Terms
one DOLLAR A YRAR.
Tn BULLErry IS a newspaper in the bssa
sense of the word. Its columns viii eonfain
news upon all subjects and from all quarter.
Il will endeavor not to deceive its readers b.
The distortion OF reports or misreprese1tstien
o. facts, but Will furnish Upon all subjects the
fullest and most reliable information that can
be had, accompanied by such comments %
ruth and not prejudice shall seem to warrant.
Especial attention viii be given to the local
Ind commercial news Of Leavenworth City
Ind the State generally. As eommsreisl
Journal The BULLETIN will Be found unexeellod
or accuracy and reliability. This departmeni
II the paper 10 under the charge Of eompe.
ent editor.
A0RICU RE.
In addition TO other matters portion Of u
columns Of our Weekly edition win b devo4e1
o Agriculture.
We are confident that every family viiah
ubscribes for TIE wEsKLY BrLLE111 Win
han its price.
specimen copy farnishsd gratis 70 any
rho desire it.
TU6rlOGv BLANKS or m na.n.
The Smoky Hill and Republican union. [volume] (Junction City, Kan.) 1861-1864, 1864-01-02


ed FIVE miles from Fort Riley. on the Fort
Riley and Fort Kearney Road, six miles due
west from Ogden, now offers For sale
80, 900 Choice and Reliable Fruit
Trees
Consisting of Apples, Pears, Peaches and
Cherries; also Chestnuts and large ccliec-
ton of grape vines and small fruits-b!ack-
berries. strawberries currants, goosebcrries,
and rhubarb and shrubbery; roses, peonies,
tulips, snowballs, lilacs, towering ounce and
honeysuckles; Lumber D poplar, maple aad
locust trees; all of which will sell at tho
following rates, or exchange fer young stock
at fair prices:
Three year old Apples, ten dollars per hun
lrcd, forty-seven dollars for 500, ninety dol
lars per 1000; large, for immediate bearing,
fifteen dollars per 100, seventy dollars per $50,
one hundred and tLrty-fvc dollars per l00o
Peaches, Seeding, two and three years old,
four dollars per 100, nineteen dollars per 500
thirty-ive dollars per 1000; choice budded, ten
dollars 100. Pears, Cherries and Chestnuts,
% to so cents each. Grapes: Delaware, five
years old, transplanted and root-pruned, $3.50;
three years, S1.25; two years, 81; layers, %
to so cents; Concord, 25 cents to LOO; Cataw-
ha. Isabella, Clinton, Idon, 20 to 35 cts; Frank
lin Diana, Northern Muscadine, Hartford Pro-
life, 80 TO 30 cents, DlackoerIies, La"ton, 81
n.r dozen. Currants and Gooseberries Is
cents each. Strawberries from IS to 40 cents
a dozen. Rhubsrb from 10 to p cents each.
Everything else in proportion
Having for long time been connected with
the well known nursery and extensive ties;
orchard of Cutter Sons, Of Western Illinois.
was enabled to select all the best tested
Western varieties, which fact is worthy the
notice of all men. Communications promptly
answered. Stamps for return mail never re-
fused Address SAMUEL CUTTER,
nlyS) Fort Riley, Davis Co., Kansas
The Smoky Hill and Republican union. [volume] (Junction City, Kan.) 1861-1864, 1864-01-02
The Frontier n ursc,.y
PATRONfSE HOME INDUSTRY!
COMMENCE AN ORCHARD THIS SEASON

The proprietor Of the above Nursery, situat
ed FIVE miles from Fort Riley. on the For
Riley and Fort Kearney Road, six miles Gu,
west from Ogden, now offers for sale
The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1864-12-07
Planting Peas Deep.

Deep planting Is not generally reSorted
%, under the impression that the seed WIZ
rot IN the ground. This is mistake. Peas
covered SIX or eigh- inches deep wih Pc
duce twice as much as those covered jill
en- inch, they win continue towering longer
and the vines are more vigorous and 10 not
die down, a. Is often the case when shallow
paintings are made. We have Tested This
matter, and therefore know from expert
ence that ifit is DESTROYS 70 get large crop
the seed must be buried deep IN the soil. 4
suitable peice OF ground which had been
ennched the previous year was deeply
ploughel in the Fall and again In the Spring
and put In fine tilth. Onc-half Of the piece
Was marked out IN drills and the seed COW
cred TWO inches deep. On the other hiatt
the pillow WIS sunk beam deep and the seed
scattered a. the bottom OF the iurrOw. In
this way one half the piece was gone over
and afterwards merely leveled, leaving the
seed II least e.-l- Inches below tie suri1ce.
The peas thai were piougaed In were lit
tie longer IN making their appearance, but
they slOt aheiI 0t the others, the vines
were more thrifty and vigorous and produ-
eed treble the quantity vi those in The tWO
inch drllls by their side. The seed used WIS
OF The same lO-. the Champion OF Eng.an'
variety, aud the soil time OF planting and
culture. except the manner Of putting In .
were precisely the same fJr both pieces
This experiment convinced Us thar peas
flourish bes, in deep planting, and we have
repeatedly had our attention called 10 the
fact IN observing different crops anu
learning the manner Of culture. Ctlc1 Her
ald.
The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1864-12-07
Worhng Oxen.

I have long found that in all heavy farm
Ing operations oxen are most useful, and
am convinced every farmer with one huh-
dred acres Of arabic land. could work one or
Two pair 10 great advantage; Tor deep piJw-
ing, oxen VIII draw greater weights and are
as quick IS horses. In lighter operations
The horse surpasses them In speed. but eve
IS Improvement IN agriculture now tends
10 deep. Consequently slow, work, and un-
Ill steam is adapted 10 drawing our imple
ments, oxen Will be most useful They cost
much lessto keep. and improve daily ID val
ne; they are easily broken IN. may be wOr-
ked for few mouths during 3 busy season
OF The year and then FED OF. The appllca-
ton Of steam 10 our lhreshing machines,
turnip and chaif cutters. and the railway
le.seIllg the distances u wllch many de-
liver their their grain. has diminished the
winter work OF many farmers horses OK
en- would. ia these cases, prove very bens-
ncial IN summer know one Occupier
who commonly buys every spring four OF
Elk pairs vi working oxen. uses Until ali the
turuipS are sOwl and cleaned, and then
feeds them OH in his stalls; and By this
Course has his work done AZ twO-thIrdS less
cost than by keeping large number o.
horses. AS practical farmer, should be
very sorry 10 be without some oxen as aux
Mlrles 10 M horse ts41--COr. L0H1cH
Gardeners CT0Hicls.
The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1864-12-07

FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF Ian
Il ING AT meeting q the I1-eci0Tso % tn FIST
National Bank Of Lansing he'd this day a. IL Bank
inE ONCE Of J c Bailey & Co.
II WIS resolved thai the cap IA stock Of Ills Psnk
be increased u $1,000 and th4t books o. ssoscrp
ton Be opened FOR that p-rpose al the l5es q J
c Bailey Co. n Lansing unceF lie direction C IT,
Presi iert and Cashier.
Books o. subscription vii therefore ls opened
aecordinsly. FOR additional subscriptions 70 s2ii
Bank. Of SO COZ. and viii be kept open Cztn tt1l
amount Is subscribed.
The Blnk viii be opsnet - Business - soon IS
the new Blinking House nov being erected FOR that
purpose - ennp.etsd, which viii be about tie ersi
day % October next
o. slbscriDsio, 70 per cert will Be- required or
The est day Of October next, ard 10 Per cent Pei
month thereafter.
LEASING, Mich, yaly 4, lee4.
I. < HxwHz, oakAssr. Ss0k
The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1864-12-07
Fashion in 1850.

AZ the time | meI.lJI. hoops were con-
staltly worn - yards wide which requi-
cred much silk 10 cover them; aud gold
aud silver were much used tor trimming
never less ~ N three rows around the petit
Coat; 50 that, though the silk was slight.
the price was Increased by Tie trimming.
Then the heads were al dressed IN laceS
from Flanders; no Ulonls or coarse dying
nsed; The price o. these was high, but two
suits would serve for life; they were not re-
neNed Uut Ct marriage OF some great event
Who could no, adOFd these, wore i.inges
u thread IN those days the ladies' went
% cIurCl and appeared on other public oc-
casions IN il.l Oress. y row Of them 50
rugged out, taSiag place IA the prJce g
ion ~ the opening Of the General Assembly
Ised 10 he spoken Of by the OLD people az .
tine show. Nasl lliy appeared IL undecss
In Tue streets CT Edinburgh, she gener-
ally wore mask, wlicl. however. seems
TO have OeeI regarded IS simply al equiva-
lent for the vel o. lJlsra tlnes.-D5wss-
tic Annals Of Sc0tlna3.
The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1864-12-07

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The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1864-12-07

STRAwBERRIEs. Tue a1lao. o. the pro-
ducslon called ten Acres Enough " warns
readers against using 5arn-yard litter as a
covering Tor strawberries. Experience has
also warned nc against using undecompos-
81 Oarn-yard n taure a5 fertilizer FOR these
s1rawOefFles, for the same reason that he
@sslSns, namely, seeding the beds with
weeos- II TIE plants are 10 be kept in hills
Ha sonelent i--00r 70 keep the runners OF
. ~,.I1noat being obliged 10 weed barn grass.
-'''.N waile Glove, &C, SC.
The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1864-12-07

49, ls .n.rl{ s-ecsion Commissioners have
Dsel ARRESTED al Washington ana eIsexbere
~ charges Of frauds la election 40 In IN
ba4sxsA - - t<.sa b. soar. nsrt;si 81 -
The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1864-12-07

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trlca s. z t-.l. llll. s. al. TIA - =
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illi- IS. -ss ol tcfe. -eag-.csb.s aai -.
..-la, iaa Sc .irf li & le. Mis-Ng,s-su ~.
s1'crs' yo4 - lislg deserve. u. cir. -,
v-ly sly s IaALsLL5
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MEDICAL


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TOR -ALE.-A small Dwelling house ard
i f4-r .-tis l1-- -1-= 60 --.--s ~ -e- u ----
..s.sa1ty .o-4--- .. Co. s---i -irs- Wy D. -.y
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The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1864-12-07
INSURANCE COMPANIES.
on MUTUAL OR STOCK PLAN

THE STATE INSURANCE COMPANY
irzus4cis business o. l1slr44l- t-..-.-. i-s >f-.
IT'S Company refuses a. STAN A..-s --- --- -.1
ardous property az lot Over 800. -F-r l-s-- g.
o1e r.sS, thereby avoiding ia .4-g- al r-i-o-e
losses thai often cripple Otherwise Suns cl a---s
The Directors and Ol.ce 4r- -e--r-- --- t-lt 10
Fort shall be pared u t-e-l para o. -s- % ,lrt-g
the conf leuce of Tie p-t.C. % being OF l ID 10 o.
safe, rather THAI large business. H. -l.-.-y be
iug located al tie G plt1-. has % l-v g--s
valuable 10 tbs insured -l- t-- Conn --t.
Tbs Company has stock clause 3D. l-r-- charter
By which those who prefer lo- O. give u s-- A0-r
can be insured a. TIE rates % seo- o-l-A l--l--
without any liability 20 assessment
Us CoDnl.y as. ILslL-s -.---s-
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~. KyAnr -. 60.

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The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1864-12-07

NOTICE.-Blis for The construction o.
~ tie entire " itary Eo4- Oily, irln : --. VIZ
70 lie y sco asi1 SAFE Lre. wi hz received g.
NJ ctHce, a. Eolgl-on, Nicl .an, .1r SKY DAYS
Payment % b maze = the lanes grs- r. By che
Uuilel States y the state Ct MChigan IN al Of fh-
sane Maps ani sDec ifc-tiols q SAL riai car b.
seen a. ny of ss- Mans of serurlitls on tie COZ
tractors bono must accompany the BIZ. TIE nr.ire
read % be conpistsd u eighteen months f-cz tie
DAY Of sec ,ptancs OF the BIZ
August IL, 1as& z SHELDON,
toe~~S csRns1aseb0.
The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1864-12-07
NOTICES
DAET s WILEY.

ElCVAL.-J. l. Daley & Co, haTilg
II .rct lL-.- ol- Bi-E T. 7- q tlie &c
= l,.-- INK -. move I'D tie frsf u spill .
Oh. ---a ec-.r e. tT Z 5in-- e, CT s1- rl--e- l-
a-zLl--tr- en-. 3--1ir-- --es- El--- o. T.i
cc.tr-- tie ls1.l-- a- rLl- rs 1a~s- -s 1-re-
.r-ora -ni.l ra-i-l ew Bl-Ei-g .i1-ss 3 --13 Ia
r1- the Frs. Na-i7Ial tank
l- rr. r1eariia- -l comm mentors % CT o 70
the FIRST Nat!-ral Bz-- Z Llrs.Bs. - ~. viii
prompt attention
Lansiss, Nish.. ksrsa q, 1854 AZ
The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1864-12-07
Horses i Carriages to LET al all hours,

OEcs sna Stable o. Washington Street between
the An .rican ald Ire Edgar Houses third StlbIe
from the corner NATH ~ Guile
Lansing. jolly sth 1854 44qg1
The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1864-12-07
PIANOS. &C.
WV KNABE s cos
PIANO FORTFs
Read the following comnena,,.
tSrs fH0n distingaisAsd Arts,,s -"
n VIZ. KSARE & Co.-GsrGe-,,,.

r Wy. hSARE & Co-GerGs-re,.
= yer e-Ntg p--ycc o. thg 80
: ANAss Go & . in oss.hie ID "A :, - Aess-l.
- ~ 70 tAsft .--i--.s wish = -, s1o-
rs 49, p rs sa-1,.. ssPei-'' wich IL ~
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The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1864-12-07
LIVERY STABLE.

The stable Of the un 1srsignei is vel stocked and
10 gool running order Tie public vii always be
furnished with First Class, Neat and Comfortable
Carriages, Al goo travsi horses. shall ways
endeavor q keep Nv stock II good trim AID worthy
the patronage Of The pu0-c.
The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1864-12-07

is, There IS 10 s-ach'ue mak.rs she Tight "
Locs Sl-ll, which IS e. SIMPLE 49, So ~asly elier
stood.
81 There IS re machine % durable All 80 easily
kept H. repair
s. There e no machine capable Of doing 20 great
variety aal range o. " tx. NJ work ever require
b. Family swing, bat what nay be LO.e perfect
- our Letter . 20 machine. Or J. mlnul4ct lTilg B.,
a-r 81. 40 . H Machine
An We v rr-nt every machine we sell, % giv'
I'm iel.
5lh. We five I1sir stioas II u-.-S IL machine {
al ne sous purchasing
We keep constantly on hand large slppy O
Nccti5F A4clilc Twist llLl- I'D Cotton Thread 10
Qichlnc U.s. - SEQ. $ 4uy a. tas market
The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1864-08-03
Pruning Blackberries.

Persons having cultivated the New RO-
chelle blackberry, are possessed Of sufficient
knowledge to understand the fact that the
longer they allow the canes 10 remain I'M
pruned. the lateral branches are proportion
ally shorter, and the fruit smaller. To OBJ
tain the largest size berries and the largest
quantity too, cut back the leading canes to
not exceeding four feet in length, and shor-
ten in also the lateral branches. This will
be found TO increase also the breadth of the
stool, aflording more bearing room, and
generally TO result in greatly improving the
crop. In field planting. the author of Ten
Acres Enough recommends and adopts,
Qor we have just paid visit TO his pla ce,) }
the practice of cutting back the canes TO
from three to three anu a half feet. They
then require no stalking a very great sa-
a single support il six acres Of the black
berry, which stood resOluteiy upon their
own "pins," and promised m immense
yield. In the whole six acres. too, il will
do no harm to remark, aud for al cultiva-
tors TO bear in mind, we did not re weeds
enough to ill the grip ola hand yDa0R-
torn Telegraph.
The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1864-08-03
aqritnlturaI unA Domestic.
Preserving Eggs.

The method Of preserving eggs by means
offat is greatly preferable to that Of varnish,
when they are intended for putting under a
hen to be Matched; for the fat easily melts
away By the heat, while the varnish remains
and impedes the Matching
The TRANSPORTATION Of matter from the egg
was proved to be as edectually stopped by
the thinnest layer of fat a. by thick coat
inc. so that no sensible vistige need be left
on the surface Of the shell. All sorts Of fat,
crease or oil, were found Wei adapted TO
preserve eggs. NJ. Reaumur used butter,
hogs lard, olive Oil, and similar substances,
and thereby preserved egg for nine months
as fresh as the day they were laid
There is another method of preserving
eggs a long while fresh, generally adopted
In this country II is "a follows: Take an
eartherD pot or any tight vessel, and put in
a LAYER Of fine salt, then a layer Of eggs,
small end down, alternately. This can
only act mechanically, ike bran or sawdust
50 long as the salt continues dry for ia that
case the chlorine, which is the antisceptic
of salt. Is not evolved When the salt
however, becomes damp, its preventative
principle will be brought into action, and
NAV penetrate through the pores OF the shell.
A very excellent method Of preserving
eggs is 10 mix a bushel of Quick-lime, two
pounds salt, eight ounces Of cream OF tartar
together, adding a sufficient quantity Ofwa-
ter, so that an egg may be plunged in to
the point. When paste has been made OF
this conscience, the eggs are put into it,
and may be kept fresh, it Is sand, for two
years. Cor. GeVeSee Farmer.
The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1864-08-03
Pacific Cotton.

The island Of Tahiti Is 10 be added 10 the
catalogue Of lands which are now producing
cotton. The experiment in lis growth has
been eminently successful there. Surroun-
ded Dy wafer, the atmosphere - necessarily
moist; near the equator, it is abundantly
hot, and the only remaining requisite, labor,
is secured from the natives through the
great rewards which it secures. So great
has been the success Ofthe experiment, that
increased preparations are making Tor an
other year
The new line OF steamers about 10 com
mence running between New Zealand and
Panama will carry this crop TO lis Atlantic
shipment, from whence il will principally 90
to Europe, with some possible detritus III
this country. Many of the South Sea
islands, as favOrably situated as Tahiti will
also engage in the cultivation, and lessen
existing cotton rates. They are now occu-
pied by cannibals ands ayages. These will
be reclaimed by enterprising emigrants,
induced BY the natural facilities for cotton
growing, and the high prices paid for the
staple; and thus the middle Pacific VII be-
come civilized and productive. All OF the
Pacific islands are possessed of great agri-
cultural a well as commercial advantages,
which little more time viii develop and
reward. A late Panama steamer brought
two thousand and six bales OF Pacific cot
ton, OF which eleven hundred were shipped
to New York.
The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1864-08-03
Only Sure Preventive of Bugs on Vines.

have tried this, and previous years, al
most every prescription within the range
of my experience, and the variety of pet
remedies furnished by benevolent inclined
individuals, who iancied that they had each
discovered a sovereign remedy for these
pests OF the garden, but have never derived
any real advantage from the whole categO-
~ of sleeps, washes powders, &c. This
year, after having not only my Hubbard and
Marrow squash vines, but even my COM
mon ScallOp and CrOOknecks almost ami
hiated by destructive and vindictive raid
Of the striped bugs in force. 1 decided TO
adopt, for the preservation ofmy later vines,
what have long since found to be the only
reliable means OF preserving cucumber vines
from their depredatiOns, viz: placing a box
over each hill and filling the dirt well against
it, to prevent their ingress under the box
This is efEectual, and in the end the cheaper
for if the boxes are well made and carefully
gathered and housed when no longer need
ed, they will last almost a lifetime, and give
a sure immunity from the rayages of the
striped bugs III any person will furnish
for the columns of the RURAL, an antidOte
against the minute black bugs or lice. which
are so destructive to the cabbage plants, he
will confer on its wide circle of readers, a
great benefit.
Delaware Co, y. y. +. l.. VAIL