Camden Journal

From the Lancaster Ledger.
Prolific Grain.

MR. EDITOR: In my crop of Wheat in 1850, my Overseer, of my plantation in York District discovered, as he thought, a new kind of Wheat. On being shown a head of it. I told him it was Barley: how it came there we are at a loss to say. He takes this bunch, yielding about 400 grains, and drills in my wheat ground which he manured with Cotton seed. About one third of it did not yield in proportion to the balance, being planted in rather wet ground—this crop was a little short of three pecks, last fall the same was sowed in thin fresh land. some in the drill, the balance broad cast, which has yielded thirty bushels and a half well cleaned Barley.

This crop exceeds your fine beets, turnips, or corn.

T. K. CURETON.

P. S. I have no desire that the Committee who are inspecting the Crops of the neighborhood should look at mine. I will make my own Bread and Meat. I have no objection to giving them and yourself, dinners of fine Ham, Mutton of the fine Bakewell stock, and of fowl of the large Shanghai breed.

T. K. C.

Waxhaw Creek, August 2, 1852.