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"An Agriculturist," says the Richmond Dispatch, 

 " who has tried the experiment satisfactorily, says 

 that a few seeds of tomato dropped into the hill 

 with cucumbers, or a tomato set out, which he says 

 is the best, will keep off the black fleas and the 

 striped bugs, as they dislike the flavor of that ve- 

 getable." 



For the Southern Planter. 

 WATER FENCE. 



Mr. Editor, — The following is a description of 

 a good and substantial plan for a water fence, of 

 which, if you think proper, you can give your 

 readers the benefit. In the first place, cut a ditch 

 across the stream of sufficient size to receive a log ; 

 after which commence to build on the log thus : in 

 the ditch, at each end of and upon the log, pens to 

 be filled with rock extending down the stream, say 

 eight feet ; upon those pens, at a distance from the 

 log in the ditch, of say six feet, and about two or 

 two and a half feet from and above the level of the 

 log in the ditch, put across the stream a substantial 

 log, which can be well secured by the pens and 

 rock by the time the pens are high enough to join 

 your fence to. After having thus well secured your 

 two logs, take of white oak rails of the right length 

 to reach from one log to about one foot over the 

 upper log, (which will incline at about forty-five 

 degrees,) place them at such distance apart as to 

 prevent hogs from passing between, and secure 

 them at bottom with a pin, and at top with a pin 

 or spike, so as to keep them in place. The best 

 height for the water fence is the lowest that will 

 prevent hogs getting over, which will not require 

 it to be high. Horses nor cattle will not attempt 

 to jump it, as it will require a leap of some eight 

 or ten feet to pass over it, which they would not 

 do, if it was not in the water. 



The advantages of this fence are, that it is very 

 substantial, and as soon as the water commences 

 to rise, it will pass over every thing that comes 

 down the stream without hanging or breaking down, 

 and when the water falls there is a good fence, 

 which may require the grass and trash to be cleaned 

 off, which can soon be done. 



This description is much longer than I intended 

 it, but I think it will give the plan. 



Wm. E. G 



Weaversville, April 18, 183-1. 



TO GROW A BEAUTIFUL ARBOR. 



Prepare a box of rich, mellow earth, and place 

 it in the sunshine. Plant therein the seed of the 

 " morning glory," which, of course, must be wa- 

 tered and cultivated in the ordinary way. When 

 the vines commence to run, a lattice-work must 

 be erected for its accommodation, in the following 

 manner: Plant two small posts or poles as high 

 as the arbor is desirable, parallel, and inclining to- 

 wards the house or whatever you wish to shield 

 from the sun, and from the direction that the sun 

 comes, at an angle of about forty-five degrees. 

 From one of these posts to the other, tie twines, 

 or nail very small strips, at the distance of three 

 inches apart, all the way up the posts, commencing 

 some three feet from the ground. When the vine 



commences running, its growth is very rapid, and 

 it must not be neglected then, on pain of spoiling 

 the beauty of the arbor. As soon as it is tall 

 enough to reach the first twine or strip, attach it 

 to it, and train it to follow across. When it has 

 reached the opposite side, start it back on the next 

 twine above, and so on, until it reaches the top. 

 The leaves — being of that sort that follow the sun — 

 will, at the heat of noon — the time when a shade 

 is most required — all point in one direction, and, 

 in consequence of the leaning position of the lat- 

 tice-work, form a single roof that entirely excludes 

 the rays of the sun. This arbor shingles so na- 

 turally and neatly, and the joints are so well closed, 

 that it will even turn rain. On a bright summer 

 morning, the front of this arbor presents the ap- 

 pearance of a broad platform of green leaves laid 

 flat, with flowers sprinkled all over it. One can 

 hardly form a conception of its beauty until he 

 sees it. The flowering bean will form an arbor 

 almost as pretty as the morning glory; and to 

 either one of these arbors a matchless splendor 

 may be added by planting "cypress vine," and 

 training it so that it will freely intermingle with 

 the branches of the other vines. — Exchange. 



Lima Beans. — Observing, for several years, that 

 those hills of Lima beans which were shaded by 

 the .others produced fewer and inferior crops than 

 the vines exposed on the outer rows, I have adopted 

 with advantage, the plan of planting in bordersj 

 wherever I could put them without casting the 

 shade on other crops. New hands pick their Lima 

 beans, for winter use, in a young, unripened state; 

 nothing could be more erroneous. Let them get 

 nearly dry on their own vines, and soak them for 

 use two nights before boiling, putting the water 

 on them hot. It is a good plan to sprout the beans 

 under a pane or two of glass before planting them 

 round the poles. — Horticulturist. 



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