The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-09-02
THE WEATHER 4ED THE CROPS.
Barnwel.
The following extracts from letters to our
factors have been furnished us:

| barnWelI.
The following extracts from letters to ouI
factors have been furnished us:
| BLAcKvILLE, August 20.
Cotton is getting seriously injured IN this
section by the continued wet weather. hard.
" think more than one-half of what was made
| last year will be made this, In this neighbor
hood. And it has been almost Impossible tc
pick out what has opened, In consequence o
the rains which have been falling daily fol
over month past.
BAMBERG, August 20.
am not uneasy about the price of cotton,
| unless factors force sales. The crop is Ger.
tainly very, light. Rust never has been sc
fatal In this county before; four-ffths OF the
entire crop ls dead every leaf now being of.
Orangeburg.
BRANCHvILLE, August 30.
We have had the wettest time for August
have ever seen. The cotton has not been dry
enough to pick more than one day in ten.
am afraid 1t will sprout In the field, unless We
have fair weather soon, which, from all ap-
pearances this morning, is not likely to be.
The cotton Is dead, dead from the rust.
York.
The Enquirer says: "Eyery day for the
past week this section has been visited by gen.
ial showers, which have been very refreshing
to the animal as we'll as the vegetable king
dom. Although too late to be of much bene-
it to corn and cotton, other growing crops
will be greatly improved, and the farmers will
be enabled to prepare their land for wheat and
oats"
Oconee.
The Walhaila Courier says: "On Saturday
night last, this immediate section was visited
by terrific wind and rain.storm. Corn was
blown in every direction. The streams were
nearly up to higb-Water mark. Corn has been
seriously injured. Several bridges have also
been washed away"
GreenvIlle.
The Mountaineer Of Wednesday says: "Du-
ring the past week heavy rains have fallen In
this section, and W: hear of serious injury to
some OF the bottou corn. For awhile there
were apprehenslons that the bridges on Saluda
would suffer. At present, the appearances in
dicate favorable weather.
The Enterprise says 1--WE understand that
nearly every section Of the county has been re-
freshed with cop:ous rains, 80 much needed
Although late, it Is still in time for turnips,
peas, potatoes and late corn. We trust q
large area of land will be sOwn In turnips.
Who ever raised more of this latter crop than
they needed ~
AbbeviIIe.
The Press says: "During the past week we
have been visited with severe storms of wind
anu ram, WHICH nave TalSeQ lu6 SlLoduS duu
done some damage to the crops. On Sat'lr-
day last the wind amounted at times to hur-
ricane, blowing down trees and unroofng
houses In some sections. At Rogers's Mills
we learn that the force of the wind was such
as to remove the tin root OF the mill-house."
A correspondent Of the Press estimates the
cotton crop of Nlnety-six at one-half, the
corn suf1ciency, the wheat a failure, being
not more than one-third; the oats very fine In.
deed. He speaks highly of the red eats.
Chester.
The Reporter says: "The cotton crop Is
shorter than 1t has been any year since the
war, except 1866; and In many localities 1t is
no better than 1t was in that year. The fact,
however, that the farmers, In q great meas
ure, have been enabled this year to make the
crop within themselves, Without mortgagng
their. crops In advance for supplies. leaves the
country In. much better condition than 1t
otherwise would have been in. The rains,
though they may have very little effect towards
increasing the yield Of our fields, have put
everybody in good spirits and good humor,
and much of the croaking OF q few weeks
ago has been dried up, or rather drowned
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