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doubt; but there has been more said in the papers, in the way 

 of puffing, than was justifiable, it being to effect certain pur- 

 poses, and that of a selfish nature. At last, the very kind for 

 us Georgians has been accidently discovered by a Mr. Miller, 

 of Mississippi. He styles it his Accidental Poor-Land Cot- 

 ton. If this kind of cotton will do all Mr. Miller says it 

 will, it would be a great misfortune for us cotton planters to 

 have enough of the seed to plant full crops all over the cot- 

 ton-growing country. He says it will make 300 Ibs. per acre 

 more than any other kind of cotton he is acquainted with. This 

 kind of cotton, at this rate, would run a three million crop up 

 to more than four millions, and this would reduce the price 

 probably to four or five cents. Don't you see, Mr. Miller, 

 that we had better let you keep and plant your seed ? You 

 say tliat you had rather plant your crop with them than take 

 $1 a pint. My dear sir, $1 a pint for the seed is about $2,500 

 for the seed from one bale about fifty times as much as the 

 cotton sold for. Let us alone, friend, we are doing pretty 

 well we might do worse. 



Next comes a new kind of corn sprung up like Jonah's 

 gourd, and for which I predict a similar fate. I car; tell Mr. 

 Ware that no kind of corn will do on common corn land, that 

 bears from four to five stalks from one grain. But to the 

 price one and a-half gallons for $5, near $40 per bushel. 

 This looks like doing brother planters favors. Next comes 

 Mr. Young, with his superior kind of Yellow Corn ; a very 

 good kind, I admit, for strong land and good seasons. I have 

 tried, I can't say how may kinds of corn, but have experi- 

 mented enough to know that a medium-sized ear of either 

 white or yellow corn is the best to be depended on, if planted 

 in ordinary land and common seasons. I do not like this $2 

 a peck, when a good kind of corn can be had at thirty cents 

 a bushel. I have a mind to say something for our much- 



