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White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1865-09-14

The buckwheat crop is one which, during the
coming season, should be largely cultivated
Every available acre of land should be brought
into profitable play during these times, in order
that the resources of the country may be fully
developed, and its prosperity increased
Amongst the means of adding to our resources,
we may name the cultivation of buckwheat.
This grain may be grown on land which is too
poor TO produce any other crop, and especially
upon that which has been cropped and not ma
nured, as wheat stubble of the present year.
1t is contended by some that buckwheat is an
exhausting crop; but it is doubtful whether it
exceeds in this particular, any of the other &C.
reals. Where such results are anticipated it
may be well to apply dressing of bone dust,
per-phosphate, or, what has been found to be
equally advantageous, 1eached ashes. II is not
wen to have the soil too rich, or to apply ma
nures of highly stimulating character to this
crop, as the stalks become too rank, fall to the
ground, and light seed and small quantity are
the consequences, besides great difficulty in cur
ing, as the stem of the plant is very succulent.
The proper time for cutting buckwheat is i'm
portant. If delayed till fully ripe, a great por-
ton of the seed will be lost, it readily sepa-
rates from the stem. If, on the other hand, it
is cut too soon, there is great difficulty in curing
the succulent stalks. Probably the best time
for cutting is when some Of the seeds only are
fully ripened; but under any circumstances, there
will be loss of seed, in consequence of the
irreg ularity of the ripening. In sowing, it is
well not to SOW seed too thickly. From half a
bushel to three pecks per acre will be found
sufficient as q general rule.
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NsfflI ano Curious.
Annie Champagne.

The following simple and cheap process of
making fair imitation Of champagne wine,
directly from apples, viii doubtless be read
with inter est by farmers and others who may
have the necessary material in abundance:
The juice is pressed directly from sound ap-
pies without previous grinding, because The
bruising of the fruit, in short time, discolors
the juice, and produces such other chemical
change, by exposure to the atmosphere, as to
prevent the practical working Of the process,
while the juice pressed from sound apples is
nearly as limpid as water. The juice runs di-
rectly from the press into filter, consisting OF
a suitable box about foot deep by SIX inches
square, filed with a mixture of pulverized
chan coal and clean sand and fine gravel, about
half and half. A thin layer Of straw is put In
to the box before it is filed with the fltering
material and the bottom of the box is perfora-
ted with fine holes. The juice passes through
this filter into bottles, which should be imme-
diately corked to exclude the atmosphere.
which gives it the appearance Of the real
champagne; and our informant, who has used
the process, assures US that the wine, after
remaining in the cellar awhile, presents the
action and favor Of the imported article, with
the advantage of being much more healthy
beverage, while its cost does not exceed two
cents quart bottle, where apples are plenty
Imported champagne of the commonest quality
cannot be bought in this market for less than
two or three dollars bottle, while its genuine
ness and purity are very questionable, to say the
least.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1865-09-14
Flavor in Fruit.

Large fruit should be arrested somewhat il
Its growth, so as to improve quality. The fruit
being larger, can afford to be reduced, which
smaller makes little better BY concentrating
and more thoroughly maturing. It's the quail
tywe are after, especially in large fruit, which
ia too often deficient in flavor and richness
Another thing. A well-lined soil in producing
quality-and yearly coat of salt of a few
bushels to the acre, will still further improve
while these also add to the growth, seemingly
without much injury to the excellence. of the
fruit. Pruning, summer pruning, is sometimes
sufficient check; putting in grass is another
Grass arrests, in a measure, the growth oil
trees, becoming as it were an aliment-always
favorable to fruit we have grown in an orchard
which was almost constantly in grass, thus
holding in check what would otherwise have
been an unusual heavy growth, as the soil was
rich and deeply mellow. Summer pruning
aided US. In light soil, moderately fertile
cultivation is necessary. Then apply lime and
salt, and cover with mulch.
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See to Your Sheen,

See that your sheep have salt 10 trough
always when they want it; and under this salt
put tar. Thus the sheep. in eating salt will gel
his nose smesred with tar-just what he want.
to keep off the gay fd, which so annoys sheer
in summer, depositing its eggs in their nostrils
where they are at once Matched, and crawl ur
into the head among the sinews, where they at
tach themselves-there to remain till the mex,
spring.
You can readily tell when sheep are annoyed
by this pest. They will gather, says Randall
Gin dense clumps, with their beads turned in
ward, and their nooses held down to the
ground. If driven away, they turn without
raising their heads, or rapidly thrust them down
again, as if they had some very urgent motive
for retaining them in that position. Occasion.
ally they stamp or strike violently with theil
fore-feet near their noses, as if an enemy, in.
visible to the spectator, were assailing them Of
that point."-Valey Farmer.
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for tbt fMmer.
cranberries on the Prairies.

EDS. PRAIRIE FARMER I'll see in the Farmer,
under date of December 9th, short commune
cation from W." respecting cranberries.
am very much interested in this cranberry bust
ness, and having had little bit of experience
in the culture Of cranberries on upland, will
communicate the result thus far.
have been of the opinion for years. that
cranberries could be cultivated to grow on up
land and in our ordinary market gardens. Be-
ing very actively engaged in my profession.
cold not command time sufficient to make the
experiment. then suggested the idea to our
farmers. They laughed at me, and said "cran-
berries grew in swamps."
More determined than ever to test the mat
ter, / opened a correspondence with B. M. Wat
son, of Plymouth, Mass, who knew was en-
gagged extensively in the culture of the True
Cape Cod Cranberry From him l obtained
all the information and encouragement want
ed
/ received my first plants in the hot days Of
last June, in an extremely dry time in this Sec
ton. They came by mail, and wandered about
some before turning up in the right place. ]
thought the plants were worthless, and wrote
Mr.. Watson to the same effect, ordering new
supply, as it was getting late for the spring
planting. But did plant every one of them in
my garden, "a high, dry and rolling piece of
prairie ground) as near Mr.. Watson's method
as the extent of my ground would admit.
showered them to or three times, for we had no
rain for some time, and covered them during
the heat of the day with large leaves taken
from my rhubarb bed. And strange as it may
appear, on the LIST of August of the same year,
they commenced fruiting and are doing WE'LL
Ihave since planted others, and thus far are do
ing well.
October and November are the best months
for planting. Mr.. Watson is growing over 400
bushels per acre. and has beer selling them al
50 to 81 per bushel. Farmers, this will pay
better than raising corn, oats and potatoes.
am satisfied that cranberries can be grown in
abundance. in our common prairie gardens, and
of a finer quality than in any of your swamp OIL
low lands.
]. G. SCHAEFFER,
ALBION, Iowa, January I'd, 1865.
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The ,Skeeter and the SIeeper.

Hum-hum-hum! shut your eyes, sir; the
noise you hear is only flies, sir; a within m
HIM! don't be scared, sir; go to sleep; your
sheets were aired, sir. MI m a by. mn, it is
am singing, it's music in your ears is ringing;
won't sting you, sting you, st-i-n-g! I'd scorn
to do so mean thing. A hum bug it is, not
me, that bites. Take care! don't slap, never
fight. Slap! whang! Take care! you nearly
hit me. .'Twasn't me, my friend, that bit you.
There again it comes to blows-you fool, l
didn't touch your nose! What in the world e
the use of slapping-your own face, when you
should be mapping? A-h-e-m-m! don't be
alarmed, you really ought to be quite charmed.
hum;m; m! don't play the boy l merely sing
Now 60 to sleep. Aha! you're going! Nov,
for feast, old chap; go in. All right! he's
gone; III have my fill. Say, old sleepy, here's
INV bill!
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1865-09-14
Vermont Anecdote.

The late Rev. Zeb. Twitchell was the most
noted Methodist minister in Vermont for shrewd
and laughable sayings. In the pulpit be main.
tnined a suitable gravity of manner and ex.
preston, but out Of the pulpit he overlooked
with fun.
Occasionally he would, if emergency seemed
to require, introduce something queer in a SER
mon for the sake of arousing the tagging at
tention of his hearers.
Seeing that his audience was getting sleepy,
he paused in his discourse and discussed as fol-
lows:
"Brethten, you haven't any idea of the suf:
ferings of our missionaries in the new settle
ments, on account of the mosquitoes. The
mosquitoes in come of those regions are enor-
nous. A great many of them would weigh a
pound, and they will get on logs and bark, when
the missionaries are going along"
By this time, all ears and eyes were open,
and he proceeded to finish his discourse.
The next day one of his hearers called him
10 account for telling lies in the pulpit.
"There never was a mosquito that weighed
pound" said he.
"But didn't say one of them would weigh a
pound; and l think million of them would"
"But you said they barked at the missiona.
ries.''
"No. no. brother. said they would get on
the logs and bark"
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Brewing Ale for Family Use.

1t is difficult matter to brew ale unless you
have the proper utensils as well as some e1pe-
rience. The process is something like this:
The malt is crushed and placed in the "mash-
tub" and covered with boiling water, being
careful that every particle of malt is moistened.
After it has stood an hour or two it lie drawn
off. and more boiling water is poured onto the
malt, and the process repeated until you have
the amount of beer desired, and all the sugar
is extracted from the malt. The liquid is then
boiled for an hour or two, and then poured into
a shallow tub to cool. When about milk warm
the yeast is added, and the beer soon common
ces to work" It Wshen put into barrel,
and allowed to ferment for three or four days,
the barrel being kept full so that the froth can
work off, 1t is then bunged up close, and will
be ready for use, if family beer, in two OF
three weeks, or in two months, if ordinary ale
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1865-09-14
Trees a Protection Against Insects.

To one who has lived upon our prairies for
series Of wears, there is little new in the state
ment that injurious insects are rapidly increas-
ing both in variety and number throughout the
West. The cut worms, potato-bugs, chinch.
bugs, etc., ETC.. are becoming almost intoler.
able pests While we are all casting about to
find some security against their ravages, We
should not forget that there is one means already
known and easily brought to bear, that we do
not, as general thing, give sufficient force. 1t
is the planting of trees. If all our farms were
dotted over with screens, belts and groves of
timber, the birds, among the most destructive
natural enemies OF noxious insects, would be
lured to the prairies that are scarcely visited
by them now. and in return they would prey up
on our enemies and greatly lessen their num-
bers. Certainly the advantages thus accruing
are not among the least of those arising from a
general planting of trees on the prairies.
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A Novel Cholera Test.

The doctors specially devoted the care Of
cholera patients at Alexandria, have tried Gu
rious experiment, the object of which is to as
certain whether that disease is caused by a pc.
culiar state of the outward air, as has been
supposed. They sent up two balloons, one from
a village, as yet untainted by the epidemic, and
the other from Alexandria. A quarter of fresh
beef was suspended to each balloon, which was
allowed to float for certain time in the air
On making these balloons descend, the meat
which had foated over Alexandra was COM
pletely putrefed, whereas that which had been
suspended over the healthy village was perfect
ly fresh. The quarters of beef had been cut
off the same animal.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1865-09-14
The Time 10 Plant Strawberries

An exchange says: Have you resolved to
have a strawberry bed for next years bearing |
If 90, now is the time to prepare your ground.
Now is not the best time. The spring is the
best time. Had your bed been planted last
March, or April, or even May, you would ge,
full crop next spring; while to plant it now
you will not get full crop till year from next
spring; so that you would have saved six
months of culture by planting last spring. By
planting in the fall you run the risk of losing
half by dry weather of the fall, and the other
by the heaving of the frost of winter. You
will get no further along by planting now than
by waiting till next spring; while, by waiting,
you will save six months Of labor and all your
plants
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1865-09-14
Who would be a Goat /.

An old salt, who had been on a bender, hal
got what he termed sublimely mystifed by his
frequent imbibings of the "critter." Stagger-
ing along the streets, he thought to go to the
thatre, and pass the remainder of the evening.
Following some men whom he thought bound
on the same voyage, he found himself in what
he took to be the pit, but it happened to be the
meeting house, and the minister was preaching
from the text wherein is mentioned the sheep
and goat, and in order to make an impression
upon his congregation. he puts the significant
paused; and then with still greater emphasis,
asked: "Who will be goat7" Our tipsy sail
or could not brook the delay, and responded:
GAS nobody else (hic) will be it, I'll be the
(hic) goat, rather (hic) than the play should
STOP"
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1865-09-14
The Ant Trap.

As the season is now at hand for these pests
the ants, home wives and others, who are
troubled with them, may probably use the fol-
lowing trap to an advantage:
Procure large sponge, wash it well and
press it dry, which will leave the cells quite
open; then sprinkle over it some fine white
sugar and place it near where the ants are
troublesome. They will soon collect on the
sponge, and take up their abode in the cells
1t is only necessary to dip the sponge in scald-
ing water, which will wash them out dead by
the tens of thousands. Put on more sugar and
set the trap for new haul. This process will
soon clear the house of every ant
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1865-09-14
To Preserve Tomatoes.

Prof Mapes says: "If tomatoes are slightly
scalded and skinned, and put into bottles, and
then set in boiling water for few minutes, and
cooked and sealed, the fruit will keep as long
as desired. and if eaten when first opened, will
have the same taste as when just picked from
the vines"
Probably better way is to peel the tomatoes
and boil SO as to expel the air, then put in
heated bottles, and cork at once. All depends
on the exclusion of the air. The more per.
fectly this is done, the longer fruit may be pre-
served
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Gge fun Of tie Ching.
RHYMES 10 pEcarAs1Na cR1Not1NR.

With excesdins satisfaction
remarkable contraction
OF thy pstticosi our eyes have lately seen;
The expanss Of ladies' dress,
Thank its yielding arbiirsn.
Growing beautifully less,
Crinolns.
On the fasstones Of the street,
If q man two women meet,
He may pass if pretty toIerably lean,
And sufficiently alert,
Stepping not into the din,
'Twixt the kennel and thy skirt,
Crnoline.
Now, when ladies 60 to court.
Let Us hope that no more sport
They will furnish TO rabble vile and mean,
While their clothes, for want Of room,
Stick right out of every broughsm;
For retrsnchment is thy doom,
Crinolins.
There viii soon be room for us
In the public omnibus,
When the middle class Of ladies and the Qneen.
And the fair Princess Of Wales,
And nobiIity's females,
Have all had 10 reef their sails,
Crinons.
When to church young damssls 60,
Their habiliments To show,
In their bonnets of magenta, mauvs and green,
A not very spacious pew
Will suffice to bold few.
IF the darlings but eschew
Crinolins.
No more ladies death viii find,
In their frame. Of steel calcned,
Set on blazss by crate without . screen;
Though some cook maids yet may nars,
Who dress ont and don't take care;
For the servants still viii wear
Crinolins.
But the dashing, stylish bellies.
And the exquisite fast swells,
viii derde the grotesque fashion that has been
For so long time the rage
In g comicai past age;
Thy preposterous old cage,
Crnolihe. PUNCH.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1865-09-14

A CERTAIN eminent lawyer is celebrated at
our bar for the following mode of examining
witness:
"Now, pray listen to the question am going
to ask you. Be attentive, remember, you ill
answer as you please, and remember, I don't
care a rush what you answer" &C., &c.
One of our Supreme Court Judges, somewhat
weary Of the monotony of his perorations, one
day accosted him in the street: "Ha! is it
you - Now pray listen to the question ]
am going to ask. Be attentive. Remember,
you will answer as you please, and remember,
don't care what you answer. Hop are you7"
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1865-09-14
Sweet Cider.

When it has fermented a very little, remove
all foreign substances by straining, or other
means; add to each barrel about four quarts of
crushed horse radish root, and you will have
cider both sweet and pleasant, in that same
state as long as you can reasonably desire.
While the radish does not destroy the life. it
imparts an agreeable flavor, and prevents fer
meptation
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1865-09-14

CLERGYMAN, having called up class Of
girls and boys, began with one Of the former in
these words:
"My dear child, tell me who made your
body" She had no idea of the question ap-
plying to anything beyond her appearance, and
dropping quick courtesy, replied:
"Please, sir, mother made the BODY, but I
made the skirt"
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1865-09-14
CAMBRIDGE MINE, N. c.. June Is. II

CAMBRIDGE MINE, N. c.. June Is, 1863.
]. D. WEST l. Co.:
Gents-The pump which ordered for our
Mine is received ana put to work in our un.
derlay shaft, which We are sinking, We find
that one man will with ease lift so gallons per
minute. We lifted in three and half hours
all the wateri in the shaft, which measures seven
BY twelve feet and 80 feet deep, and it was
full when we commenced. 1t answers our ex-
pectations in every respect, and our workmen
are highly pleased with it. 1t will do great
service with but triaing expense for repairs.
Yours, respectfully,
BURR HIGGINs
We have plenty more such certificates, but
think these are enough. For Pumps, Hose,
Pipe, &C., address or call upon
]. D. WEST & CO.,
l79 Broadway, N. Y.
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OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS:

OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS:
President, THOMAS CARNEY,
Ex Governor of Kansas
Vice President, JAMES L. MCDOWELL,
Mayor of Leavenworth
Secretary, GEORGE A. MOORE,
Ex-Member of the Legislature
Assistant Secretary, SAML. F. ATWOOD,
Conveyaneer and Real Estate Agent
Treasurer, j. c. HEMINGWAY,
Hemingway 4 Co.'S Bank
Adjustor and Attorney, C. B. PIERCE,
Ex State Senator
D. T. L. PRICE, General Agent.
This Company insures first class isolated
property, farm buildings, private dwellings
and their contents. The risks are divided in.
to two classes: the first consisting of dwellings,
household furniture. barns, hay, grain, etc.
and the second, of churches, school houses.
and other detached property-each class being
distinct from the other, and each paying its
own losses.
Policies viii be issued either with Stock or
Mutual plan for q term not exceeding five
years. No more than 81 600 will be insured
in one risk, or that would be exposed to one
fire.
This Company will Pay Losses
caused BY lightning. The Directors will aim
to do SAFE, rather than Jorge business, and
make il q
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1865-09-14

BELLS willprevent the depredations of dogs
among your sheep. The reason is plain. A dog
that knows enough to kill sheep, also knows
enough to be still and sly about it. The great
noise caused by number of bells makes him
fear for his safety, and he leaves without doing
damage. The bells also bring the friends OF
the sheep to their rescue. A dozen bells in a
flock of hundred would be ample. In a flock
of twelve sheep, half of them should wear bells.
Bells will protect your woolly herds.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1865-09-14
Picked Plums.

Seven pounds of plums, four pounds Of sugar
one quart of vinegar. one ounce of cloves, one
ounce Of cinnamon. Boil the vinegar and sugar
together, and pour them over the plums three
mornings in succession. The fourth morning
put them over the fre-simmer, but not boil
Lay the spices 10 layers with the plums before
the vinegar ia poured on.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1865-09-14
Clothes for Warm Weather.

The coolest clothing 10 Summer, and there
fore to be sought, is white wooden. Let it be
thin, and large, and snow white-and it will be
cool-the sun will have no power upon it, (as
upon blacx cloth,) and it will absorb moisture
from the skin more readily and retain it-and,
most of all, it is non-conductor, preventing
the heat from without reaching the body.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1865-09-14
Cure for the Taofhache.

Some people have the toothache; to them it
may be interesting to know without a FIVE
dollar-fee, that between the tip Of the left hand
thumb and the nose there is great connection; ;
the nerves of the nose arc connected with the
mouth, and tootheache may therefore be cured
by the application Of a mustard poultce to the
tip of the left hand thumb.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1865-09-14

"DoEs anybody want some frst-rate, fresh
eggs for ten cents dozen7" said a waggish
grocer to several Of his customers.
There was at once a general response of 81
do" and 81 too" "I'll take a lot" &C., from
dozen eager voices.
SWELL" said the wag, "I'm going t, market
to purchase some eggs, and il find any for
sale at that price, you shall be supplied"
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1865-09-14

A STORY is told of two Vermont Captains in
the war, between whom was generous rivalry
relating to their own gallant.y and that of theiI
companies. Both were dangerously wouned al
the Wilderness. Capt. B was iDsensible fol-
two days, but on the third opened his eyes and
inquired if Capt W was alive, and ON be.
ing told he was doing we'll, said, theoretically:
well, if W can live, I'll be damned if III
de-" and he didn't.