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SOUTHERN CULTIVATOR. 
By request of a subscriber, ve give the following 
list of 
SOUTHERN AGRICUETURAE PAPERS. 
'■^American Farmer^' Baltimore, Md. Monthly. N. B. 
Worthington & Co., Editors and Proprietors. Si per 
year. 
Southern Plmiter,’’^ Richmond, Va. Monthly. J. E, 
Williams, Editor, August & Williams, Proprietors. 
S2 per year, in advance, 
^^Farmer (f* Planter,'' Columbia, S. C. Monthly. Wm. 
Summer, Horticultural Editor. R. M. Stokes, Publish- 
er. Si per year. 
^'■Southern Cultivator," Augusta, Ga. Monthly. Dr. 
D. Lee and D. Redmond, Editors. Wm. S. Jones, Pub- 
lisher. Si per year. 
“ The South Countryman," Marietta, Ga. Monthly, C. 
W. Howard, Editor. W. H. Hunt, Publisher. SI per 
year. 
‘^American Cotton Planter and Soil of the South f Mont- 
gomery, Ala. Monthly. Dr. N. B. Cloud, Editor, 
Robt. Nelson, Horticultural Editor. N. B, Cloud, 
Publisher, Si per year. 
Southern Homestead, Nashville, Tenn. Weekly. L. P. 
Williams & Co., Editors and Proprietors. S2 per 
year. 
Planter tp Mechanic^ Jackson, Miss. Monthly. Jno. 
J. Williams, Editor and Proprietor, Si per year. 
^^Southern Rural Gentleman," Grenada, Miss. Weekly. 
J. L. Davis, Editor and Proprietor, S2. 50 per year. 
^^Valley ’’Louisville, Ky. Monthly. N. G, Col- 
man and H. P. Byram Editors. A, Gunter, Publish- 
er. Si per year. 
It is pos.sible that we may not have enumerated in^he 
above list aZZ the Agricultural journals of the South; but 
we believe there are few, if any, omissions. We will 
take pleasure in announcing the titles, terms, &c., of any 
others that may be added to our list of exchanges. 
BEECH ISEAND (S. C.) FARMER’S CEUB. 
We had the pleasure of attending the April meeting Of 
this Association, and were, as usual, much interested in 
the proceedings. The question for discussion was upon 
the comparative economy of soiling or pasturing cattle 
and other domestic animals — and incidentally the making 
and application of manure, &c., &c. It seemed to be the 
general sentiment of the members, that soiling was, in 
most cases, far more profitable than pasturing, and that 
well-saved and properly-applied stable or barn-yard 
manure is cheaper and better than any of the commercial 
fertilizers of the day. Much valuable information was 
elicited during the progress of the discussion, and many 
suggestive remarks thrown out; and the good influence 
of the Club is becoming every day more and more appar- 
ent. Since its formation, a new spirit of inquiry and 
enterprise has sprung up and spread itself over a large 
district of country; and the desire for progress and im- 
provement is perceptibly increasing. 
We have long regarded the Beech Island Club as a 
model organization of its kind, and upon revisiting it 
after an absence of some months, we were rejoiced to find 
no abatement of the zeal or spirit which has ever charac- 
terized Its members. May it live and flourish, until there 
is not a gullied hill-side, barren old field or undrained 
swamp within a hundred miles of the Club House; and 
may Planters and Farmers everywhere throughout the 
South speedily form and sustain hosts of similar associ- 
ations. 
- CONDENSED CORRESPONDENCE. 
The Grape in Florida. — A gentleman of Gainesville, 
Fla., writes: 
“I am about to try the open cultivation of the choice 
Foreign varieties, and should be pleased, at any time to 
reciprocate favors in the way of exchange of kinds. I 
shall use mostly scions, grafting them into the native 
stocks, 
“I have discovered a new native variety, which, if it 
prove valuable, I shall report to you. 
Very respectfully, 0,” 
Texas Ants. — A subscriber in Uvalde County, Texas, 
says : 
“I am trying to make a Peach orchard in stiff land, and 
am pestered with a small black ant, which works, I think, 
mostly upon the roots or tree under the ground, retarding 
the progress of some and causing others to die. Can you 
refer me to any treatise that will instruct me how to get 
rid of them I” 
fWe cannot; and must appeal to our readers, who may 
have had experience with these insects. — Eds.] 
Wild Grapes in Texas. — A gentleman, of Victoria, 
Texas, in remitting his subscription, says : 
“Please find enclosed SL for which send me the Culti- 
vator one year, I am so well pleased with your paper 
that I would not do without it for SlO a year. 
“Please give us the best mode of grafting Grape Vines. 
This part of Texas exceeds any other, I think, in produc- 
ing the ‘Mustang Grape.’ I have seen some trees in 
the woods that were covered with vines literally black 
with grapes. I got from one vine grapes enough to make 
fifteen gallons of wine. I wish to propagate many varie- 
ties of the grape by grafting in our native vines; for I 
think Texas will be a grape growing State. 
Yours respectfully, B. S, 
[For the method of grafting the grape, see March num- 
ber, of present year, page 80, We shall be glad to re- 
ceive cuttings of your best wild varieties, next fall. — Eds.] 
Prairie Pea— Grapes, &c. — An esteemed correspon- 
dent, at Pine Bluff, Ark., encloses i s a few singular look- 
ing Peas, with the following remarks : 
“Enclosed please find the ‘Wild Pea of Arkansas. 
These peas grow wild upon the prairies, and sometimes 
cover acres in extent with a thick mat of vines. Horses 
and cattle are so fond of the vines and peas that they fre- 
quently run off to a distance (often miles) to get to where 
they grow. All kinds of stock fatten very fast when feed- 
ing upon these pea vines. I am not aware that they have 
ever been cultivated, I send a few to you for that pur- 
pose. 
“Nearly two years ago I wrote to you, describing four 
varieties of Grapes, growing wild in this neighborhood. I 
have since that time seen the Arkansas grape growing 
side by side with the Catawba and Isabella, and consider 
the Arkansas Grape larger, better adapted to the climate, 
and superior in flavor to either of the others.” 
African Slave Trade. — “I thank Dr. Lee for answer- 
ing my questions on re-opening the African Slave Trade. 
My queries were not propounded in a spirit of contention 
or to advocate my own opinions, but to elicit discussion, 
and to gairf information. I was not wedded to my own 
