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FARMER'S REGISTER, 



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2. One near Rocl<inq;ham, in Richmond county, 

 water power — owned by a con:ipany. 



3. One on Deep river, near Asbborough, owned 

 by a company. 



4. One near Leaksville, on Dan river, building 

 of stone, owned by John JM. Morehead, esq. 



5. One in Surry county, on Hunting creek, 

 owned by Mr. Doutliet. 



6. One on tiie Yadkin a lew miles below Stokes' 

 ferry, in Montgomery county, owned by Mr. 

 Edward Burrage, and Co. 



7. One on the South Yadkin river, 10 miles 

 N. W. of Salisbury; owned by Messrs. Fisher 

 and Lemly. 



We understand that several wealthy individu- 

 als have purchased the buckhorn shoals below 

 Haywood, in Chatham county, with a view of 

 erectinir a cotton lactory — but have not learned 

 whether they Jiave not yet commenced opera- 

 lions. 



It is also understood that an English gentleman 

 has purchased Fullenwider's iron works — intend- 

 ing not only to enlarge the iron establishment, but 

 to erect a woollen manuljictory. 



We also learn that there is a large cotton manu- 

 factory either in actual operation, or will be soon 

 in North Hampton county. 



Resides these, it is very probable that there 

 may be one or two others in the state, either in 

 actual operation, or in the progress of erecting. 



From these liicts it will be seen that North 

 Carolina is making rapid progress in cotton manu- 

 facturing ; and we think the work has just com- 

 menced. Her facilities are so great that the bu- 

 siness once started, must go on. We have wa- 

 ter power abundant, and cheap. We have the 

 raw material at hand, and, what is remarkable, la- 

 bor in the western counties of North Carolina, is 

 cheaper than in New England. 



The effects of the establishments already in 

 operation begin to be felt throughout the state : 

 three years ago immense quantities oi' cotton 

 yarns were brought into the state by our mer- 

 chants irom the north, and sold to our citizens: 

 now, not a hank is brought; our own establish- 

 ments not only supply our wants for home con- 

 pumption, hut are beginning to export the article. 

 Parcels of North Carolina yarns have already 

 been sent to market in the city of New York, 

 and find a ready sale at fair profits. Even now, 

 several of our establishments are making prepa- 

 rations to commence the weaving of coarse cot- 

 tons. We may venture the opinion that in two 

 years, North Carolina will not only supply the 

 demand for her own consumption with the coarser 

 cotton fabrics, but also send them out for sale into 

 Ihe markets of the world. On the whole, the 

 manufacturers of the northern states need not 

 much longer count North Carolina as one of their 

 markets ; they may rather regard her as a com- 

 petitor, and one, who, from the great advantages 

 she possesses, will soon become very formidable. 



the inhabitants. The governor of Kentucky has 

 offered a reward of one tliousand dollars lor the 

 discovery of the origin of the disease, that it may 

 be prevented. — Boston Journal. 



THE 3IILK SICKNESS. 



A disease, called milk sickness, has been exceed- 

 ingly fatal in Kentucky, Indiana, and Ohio, for 

 some time past. It seems to be equal in malig- 

 nancy to the cholera, and has cut off hundreds of 



Vol. VI.— 40 



From tlie Quarterly Journal of Agriculture, (Tor June. J 

 A DOJIESTIC RABBIT-WARREN. 



It will perhaps be superfluous to detail the most 

 accredited methods of keeping rabbits in hutches, 

 for the perusal of those persons, to whom the plan 

 of a domestic warren may prove intelligible, be- 

 cause the hutch system is well understood, and is 

 generally practised ; we shall therefore merely of- 

 fer a few hints and directions, impress two or 

 three facts — the result of experience — and then 

 proceed to the subject which forms the title to this 

 paper. Air, dryness, good Itjed, cleanliness, with 

 very little succulent food, are essential to rabbits, 

 which are debarred, by this unnatural system, 

 fi'om the healthful enjoyments of exercise in their 

 own native wildness. For our own parts, we 

 confess, that we should almost as readily attempt 

 to immure a tricky squirrel in a tread-mill cage, or 

 confine the soaring lark within the Avires of a pri- 

 son, as we should retain in those close boxes the 

 happy denizens of a warren : but as the animala 

 are subservient to man — as these creatures among 

 others, " are made to be taken and confined," it 

 remains lor us merely to advocate their helpless 

 state, and to inculcate mercy. 



It must be gratifying to all persons who are 

 proprietors of live-stock, to conduce to their com- 

 fort and well-doing, lor the mere delight of in- 

 dulging in benevolent feelings ; but, when it is 

 made maniftjst, that, by obeying the dictates of 

 nature as much as possible, and making their ar- 

 tificial mode of living approximate as nearly to 

 that which was intended for them, as the relative 

 states of freedom and subordination will allow, 

 we shall be gainers in a double sense — we should 

 evince unwonted stolidity, not to bend our atten- 

 tion to effect so desirable a result. It is very little 

 known, that an artificial or domestic rabbit-war- 

 ren can be constructed with ease, and at a trifling 

 expense, which will not only allow a free range to 

 the animals where they breed, and to enjoy them- 

 selves unmolested by man, but that they may be 

 caught, examined, led, and attended to, without 

 the delay of five minutes. We have had am- 

 ple experience of the feasibility and highly advan- 

 tageous nature of this method of keeping rabbits, 

 and therefore speak positively respecting its vast 

 superiority over that sliving unhealthy system of 

 hutching, at present considered the only alterna- 

 tive, with that of total wildness in the warren. 



During a residence of nearly three years in that 

 south-eastern portion of our island, the Isle of 

 Thanet m Kent, we had practical proof of all we 

 have asserted, and, therefore, fee! no hesitation in 

 prognosticating similar successful results to others 

 who may be inclined to put the scheme in prac- 

 tice. We should premise, that those districts in 

 which the subsoil is of chalk or other material, 

 equally' difficult of perforation, will be found most 

 available for a domestic warren ; a sandy soil, or 

 one of rich soft loam, would afford too ready facili- 

 ties for burrowing, and the animals would shortly 



