Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1885-08-13
The Condition of Crops in seu!h
CarOlf1a.

w Car0llna.
COLUMBIA, s. c., August 4.-Tbe
State Department Of Agriculture fur
nishes the following Information re-
gsrding the growing crops, derived
from the reports Of its county and
township correspondents.
Cotton.
The favorable condition of the cot.
ton crop during June has been fully
maintained IL. July. Throughout the
State generally the plant shows rep
id and healthy growth, and the re,
ports indicate one of the finest crops
grown in the State for many years.
In some sections the rains have been
excessive, and in others there has
been insufficient rainfall, but theee
conditions exist only in few locali-
ties, and are not general enough to
appreciably affect the crop.
The correspondents with; scarcely
an exception; report that where the
crop has been we'll worked. and this
has heen done very generally, the
prospects for 9 full yield: are very
promising. CaterpllIars have ap-
peared in. Aiken, Darlington. Orange
burg, SUMTER Beaufort, Berkeley,
Charleston, Colleton and Hampton,
but SO far have done 10 serious harm
but farmers are apprehensi'e OF
damage that may be done by second
brood.
The planters have begun the use
of Paris green in ,some Of the lower
counties. and this will be resorted to
iu other sections if necessary. Slighl
shedding lie noticed in localities, but
the crop has sustained no injury from
sdfu' eauss.- ooms correspondents Ray |
that the plant is growing too much to
weed and is not fruiting WE'LL,
In few townships labor has not
been sufficient to work the crop, al d
that lie still grassy. and small ar, a
has been abandoned from this cause.
The condition. August lst, is re.
ported: In upper Carolina at lOl,
middle Carolina at SO and lower Caro-.
lima at SO, average for the State, 99.
The following was the condition en-
the fret Of August in the years meu-
toned: 1881, 70; 1882. "a; 1888,
79 and in 1884, "a. The condition ls
higher than any reported by the Ma
tional Department of Agriculture
since 1870. In that year it was re-
ported at l0l. The next highest re
ports made by that department we're
in 1872. 1880 and 1882. when it was
estimated at 9S.
The corn crop is unusually good,
and many Of the correspondents ez'
press the opinion that it will be the
largest yield ever obtained 10 the
State. The early corn is safe for
full crop beyond all contingencies,
and the late planting premises equal
ly as we'll. The condition is reported
in upper Carolina los. middle and
lower Carolina 1of; average for the
State 1o2, against 81 for the same
period last year. :
The condition of rice is reported
90 in the upper counties, and in lower
Carolina at 81. A correspondent in
Berkeley says: - II has bsen almoat
iinpeasihle+ owing to the frequent
rains, to destroy the grass iu|lbe nee /
crops, put tie prospects now s.e very
fine" - -,
Other Crops.
The smaller crops have been neees
sarily, neglected on account Of the la,
Dor needed to keep the more import
ant crops we'll worked, and the condi- {
tion ia ! consequently lower than it I
would otherwise have been.
Sorghum is reported at SO. augar
cane 95. peas SO, Irish potatoes 81
and sWeet POTATOES go. = .-1-- i