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[No. 4. 



two feet to three feei, doubtless to prevent the sun 

 from drying up the sap of the truncheon. Vines, 

 in some, places, are trained with single stems to 

 the height of two feet or three feet, and then al- 

 lowed to branch out like gooseberry bushes; they 

 are manured with recent stable dung when it can 

 be got, and the fruit is never found to be injured by 

 it." — Busby's Journal. 



Colonel Pinckney's house in Pendleton, is at 

 the top of a hill, of about 70 feet elevation, and is 

 at 800 feet, measured superficially, from a spring, 

 which gushes out at the foot of the hill. The ri- 

 vulet, or as we call it, springbrancb, falls over one 

 or two rocks at a little distance, but as the quanti- 

 ty of water is small, it is kept back by a little dam 

 furnished with a floodgate sell-acting, by means of a 

 float, which lifts the gate as soon as a sufficient 

 head of water is accumulated to act advantageous- 

 ly. The water falls upon a small wheel which 

 sets in operation Hubbard's patent forcing pump; 

 and the spring water is carried through leaden 

 pipes, 18 inches under ground to the top of the 

 hill, and is discharged in the kitchen; from which 

 the surplus is conducted, by proper channels, 

 from level to level, through the garden, on the hill 

 side. 



This example ought to be contageous, the only 

 doubt of its utility lies in the use of leaden pipes; 

 the proprietor considers the constant use of them 

 as a sufficient security against the poisonous influ- 

 ence of the lead, but we know that, lately objec- 

 tions have been made to the salubrity of the wa- 

 ter conducted into the town of Mobile, through 

 leaden pipes, notwithstanding their constant use; 

 and the Messrs. Fabers, with several workmen, 

 at their country seat, on Pon Pon river, have just 

 recovered from very formidable and repeated spas- 

 modic attacks, brought on by the use of water 

 forced by one of these ingenious contrivances, 

 through leaden pipes from their spring into their 

 buildings. The use of wooden pipes or small iron 

 castings would be free from any risk. 



The precautions taken to supply abundant mois- 

 ture to the cuttings of olive, show the cause of the 

 failure to propagate the olive by cuttings in this 

 country. In this city and at Mr. John Couper's, 

 on St. Simon's Island, cuttings have been made to 

 germinate, but after putting forth, the leaves pe- 

 rish and the cuttings become a dry stick under our 

 sun. It is far easier for us to propagate the olive 

 by seedlings, according to Mr. Mey's practice, de- 

 scribed in the 6th vol. page 308, and confirmed in 

 page 250, and in vol. 3, page 230 of the Southern 

 Agriculturist — Conductor of Southern Agricultu- 

 rist. 



From the Ohio Farmer. 

 PROTECTION TO SHEEP. 



Clarke Co., Ky. May 19, 1835. 



It is known to those who have tried the experi- 

 ment, that sheep put into the same enclosure with 

 cattle that are in good order or cows having with 

 them young calves, are completely protected by 

 them, from the attacks of dogs; anil I believe they 

 would also be protected from the, attacks of wolves, 

 though of this last I have no experience, the 

 wolves having been exterminated from this sec- 

 tion long since. 



These remarks are made in reference to the 



large breed of cattle we have in this county; but 

 it is believed that any cattle that are tolerably fat, 

 will show the same dislike to the dog. 



S. D. MARTIN. 



From the Petersburg [ntelligencer, 

 MATOACA MANUFACTURING COMPANY. 



We had the pleasure, a few days since, of vi- 

 siting the works of this company, situated on the 

 north bank of the Appomattox about four miles 

 from Petersburg, and were no less gratified by 

 the beauty and substantial appearance of the 

 buildings than surprised at the expedition with 

 which they have been erected. They consist of 

 two cotton mills, three stories high, a machine shop 

 and sizing house, built of granite of a superior 

 quality, obtained from a quarry on the company's 

 land. The principal mill is 118 feet, long by 4 t feet 

 wide; the other 90 feet long by 40 feet wide. They 

 will contain about 4000 spindles and 170 looms, 

 a large portion of which have been setup and rea- 

 dy for use. 



In addition to these, buildings, the company have 

 erected a granite hor.se for a store, and fifteen or 

 twenty frame tenements, as residences for the 

 workmen, each to contain two families: and pre- 

 parations have been made to erect as many more 

 as the establishment may require. When the 

 whole shall be completed, and the mills in full op- 

 eration, it is estimated that Matoaca will contain 

 between 400 and 500 inhabitants. It had already 

 assumed the appearance of a village, and will, in 

 a short time vie with any manufacturing establish 

 ment in the country for beauty of situation, the 

 substantial construction of its buildings, and the 

 care and attention bestowed on the comfortable ac- 

 commodation of the workmen. 



It is expected to put the works in operation ear- 

 ly in the next month, and we understand that it is 

 the intention of the company to manufacture all 

 the cotton spun in their mills into cloth. 



Matoaca furnishes another gratifying evidence 

 of the enterprise of our fellow citizens, and of the 

 increasing prosperity of Petersburg. We have 

 now (in addition to the several well known flour 

 mills) five cotton, and two cotton seed oil mills; 

 and there remains a large unemployed water pow- 

 er on the Appomattox. 



From the Farmer and Gardener. 



IMPORTANT EXPERIMENT IN POTATO CUT- 

 TINGS. 



Mr. Roberts — It. being desirable among cultiva- 

 tors to produce early vegetables, I lake the liberty 

 of noticing through your journal, an experiment on 

 the potato crop, which may possibly fie (bund use- 

 ful to your subscibers, and cause our markets to be 

 supplied with new potatoes about two weeks ear- 

 lier than is customary, besides enabling those who 

 plant them to prevent the ragged and uneven ap- 

 pearance, which potato crops too generally present 

 when coming up. In order to have a lull and sat- 

 isfactory trial, I caused a large square of ground 

 to be prepared in my garden, and laid it out, in four 

 long beds, all well manured. In one of these beds 

 I planted the top or crown of the potatoes, (mercer) 

 in the next, the sides, and in the two last, the 

 crowns and sides promiscuously. The crowns are 



