Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1860-07-19
THE WEATHER AND CROPS.

During the past week we have made inquiries
as to the condition ofthe crops in various sections
of the District In some quarters there have
been occasional showers. and corn looks promis
ing; but as a general thing, drouth prevails.
The heat for several days has been intense, the
thermometer rising from 950 to go in the shade.
From our exchanges we take the following par
agraphs:
DrouqM Our crops are being almost entire
" cut of from dry and hot weather. Without
rain in few days. our corn crop will be almost
a total failure Upon many farms, corn would
not Weld one fourth of crop even with the best
of seasons from this on, it being too far spent to
recover from the effects Of the drought. .-.Abhe
cHe Banner
The Cr0ps.-We are indebted to the courtesy
Of prominent factor for the following extract
from planters letter: Edisto JsIand J"ly g.
We have had lately some fine showers. which have
caused improvement in our crops. The cotton,
too begins to look well.-CharI"ston .Vercury.
.lnother Hail Sform-Another of these des-
tructve storms swept over n portion Of our Dis
srict on Friday last. According to the report
which we have had. it commenced about four
miles 10 the South West of this place, travelling
in North East direction, striking the village and
extending several miles beyond. Tha crops
where it fell heaviest have been materially. if
not fatally injured. 1t was accompanied with a
great deal of wind aud comparatively little rain.
lancaster L"1ger.
. This District has sustained great loss in crops,
which all the rains cfNoah's food could not now
repair. There has been no rains here to do the
crops any service in four or five weeks, and dur
ing this time il has been intensely hot In many
places in the District, we learn that the cora ap
pears To he dead from the root to tassal--Ldu-
! renSriUe W'rald
| In this immediate neighborhood light showers
have fallen and the corn crop is respectable. but
! in the upper and lower ends of the district no
rain has fallen for five or six weeks and the corn
crop will be failure.
The oat crop is harvested and has turned out
pretty well.
! Cotton is doing pretty well now, but the storms
/ of May which required thousands Of acres to be
replantcd-ihen the very heavy rains about the
! first Of June and the difficulty Of working this
most important crop to advantage-have all con,
spired to render i; certain that the cotton crop
will be short one in this part of the country
Son Of Temperance.
> Destructive NaH .Sorm.-During last week
several portions of Edgefeld have been visited
bv very destructive hail storms. In the neigh
borhood of Mr.. James C. Brooks, Captain Eugene
Burt and Daniel Holland, Esq, the effects were
disastrous. We have before us samples of corn
and cotton from Mr.. Brooks plantation, as they
appeared after the storm. The corn is rddled
: and the cotton literally stripped from the stalk.
Mr. g. has lost large part of his crop. Capt.
Burt has also suffered seriously; and Squire
Hollands loss is estimated at some $1,000.
In the neighborhrod of Cheve's creek SINH
lar storm did great injury. Mr.. Samuel Gard
uer, quite large planter is said to have lost
nearly his entire crop of corn and cotton.
These are severe losses; our sympathics are
with the sufferers ELyG"M -1dc~'jscr.
| The Veathcr.-Aftcr another day Of intense
heat. the mercury having risen TO "a degrees,
we were refreshed and invigorated yesterday
afternoon by fine cooling shower, which fully
drenched the parchei earth and apparently ex-
tended for many miles in every direction The
past four days, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday
and Thursday, have been almost as warm as the
same tlavs of last week, and fully MS oppressive,
while The nights have been su!try and "ncom
Portable beyond parallel.-4ugusta Chronicle