Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-08-03
THE RECENT DROUGHT.
How the TurpenSIne Business. Has
Been Affected.

The recent drought has not only seriously
injured the corn, rice and general crops,
but has seriously affected the flow Of tur-
pentine, an article which enters largely into
our increasing naval stores business.
Messrs. Peacock, Hunt & Co., Of this city,
being informed that the flow Of turpentine
had been seriously affected, addressed in
qulries to the manufacturers throughout
the State, and have received
replies, which are condensed for general in
formation as follows. Many of these manu-
facturers are known to the trade as large
operators and men Of character, hence
Messrs. Peacock, Hunt Il Co. add nothing
to their reports except to remark that It Ia
generally conceded eight clippings Is about
an average years work. The replies con-
densed are as annexed:
X L. Farrell, LOwndes cOuuty-The
| drought has cut off at least one dipping,
also full dipping lost by cold weather in
March and April.
Hon. C. &. Grace, Wayne county
Drought more severe than has been known
for years. Probably dipping lost.
J. VI. Boston, Clinch cOunty-Am salts
fed / have lost two full clippings from late
spring and drought in summer.
Richard Jordan 81 Co, Liberty county
Have lost at least one full dipping by
drought.
county-Trees almost dry. Unless rain
comes soon. turpentiEe will be cut off 30
per cent. Cannot begin to describe the ter
rible effects that drought is having on pro-
duction Of turpentine.
PaxtOH q Mclean, Thomas county
Trees failed badly, as our shipments will
show. Lose quite one full dipping. Tim
or
during this season.
Beatty & Venters, Almeda, S. C.-Very
serious drought. Lose two clippings. Have
lost eight or ten barrels spirits in two
weeks.
J. L Hand, Mitchell county-We will
lose one dipping in consequence Of late
spring and drought.
d. H. Moody. Appling cOunty-Have lost
at least one dipping from the drought.
Norfaet & Peacock, Telfair county-We
have lost, we suppose, about one dipping
from the drought.
Woodland, Peacock q Co, Dodge county
Think we are damaged to the extent Of
half dipping by the drought.
Coleman 81 Bishop, Worth codntY-We
lost one dipping by the late spring, and one
by the drought in June and July.
g. Jones, Beaufort county, s. Cost
two clippings; one by late spring, one by
drought.
D. c. Newton, Chatham county-Think
turpentine will be cut short one fourth by
the late spring and the drought. Excessive
heat has caused the scrape to melt down in
to the boxes, and It has been dipped out.
Scrape will fall short one-haf.
George Hayman, Bryan county-Lost
one half dipping by drought and one dip
ping by the late spring.
j. w. Ball 81 Co., B"rrien county
Drought has not yet cut off a whole dipping,
but IL It does not soon rain we will lose a
full dipping We think, however, we are
short two clippings up to this time.
B. e. Hutchinson, Berrien couury-All Of
one dipping lost by the drought.
w. E. Burbage. Pierce county-Am salts
fed the dry weather has caused me to lose
at least two clippings
w. II McPhaul & Bro, Worth county
We are working the same number of boxes
| this year as last, and have had them worked
| successfully, and are now short seventy five
| casks Of spirits as compared with last year
| this date. We lay the cause 20 the cold spring
and severe drought in the main running
| season.
Powell, Peacock IL Co., Dodge county
| An actual loss OF one dipping by the drought
OF one-eighth Of the years yield Of tuTpen-
tine. By the lateness Of spring one dipping
was lost, so we think that one-fOurth of the
crop that we could reasonably have expect
| ed to make has already been lost.
w. c. Yates 81 Co., Appling county
| Timber dying out in large bodies. VIII fall
| short twenty barrels to the crop Our boxes
have been filling up, but 1t is melting from
the face. Have not the scrape now that
| there was some time back.
E r. Carr, Dodge countY-Last year |
worked twenty-five crops. This year / work
| twenty eight crops, and | have not made as
much spirits by thirty-four barrels, and
/ am four car loads rOsin short.
NJ. NJ. Bush 81 Bro, Dodge cOunty-We
are short eighty barrels rosin anc Tenty-
one barrels spirits up to da'e, fr "a same
| date last year. Am working aboul he same
| amount we worked last year.
| II. & II. MattoX * Co., Clinch county
| From the backwardness Of the spriHg, and
| drought, we are certain we will lose dip
| ping.
W. S. Bussey & Co., Berrien couuty-We
/ are having the severest drouth ever known
in this section. We are confident that we
| have lost at least one dipping, and perhaps
one and a half. No prospect whatever Of
rain at this writing July 30Jh).
K. A. Smith, Wayne county, can safely
say that the dry and hot weather has les
sened the amount OF tuTpenttne on all my
crops at least one dipping, or one thousand
| barrels crude turpentine.
J. A. POppell, Wayne county, have lost
by the drought one full dipping, and by the
late spring another. / estimate my total
loss up to this time at 20 to % per cent.