The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1886-08-18
ALL ABOUT THE CROPS.
The Crops I'm the state, the Cotton Crop, and
the Crops In the United States.

mas received Z0l special reports, cover
ing every county in the State, on the
condition of the crops, and furnishes
the following summary Of these reports:
COTTON.
The rmfavorablc seasons in June and
July retarded the growth Of cotton. The
excessive rains caused vigorous growth
of grass, and the crop was greatly in
jurcd in removing it. The reports of
August 1st show that the plant is small
and poorly fruited. A slight improve
mont is noticed on some Of the red clay
lands over condition on July 1st, but on
light, gray sandy soils the condition is
reported lower than for the previous
month. In some localities the crop has
suffered for rain. The reports, with few
exceptions, are unfavorablc.
The correspondents generally concur
III the opinion that n larger yield than is
now anticipated will be realized if the
fall is late
The condition on the 1st of August is
In upper Carolina, 81; middle Carolina,
G6; lower Carolina, 73. Average for the
State, G7.
Upland corn, where it has been well
worked and fcrtilized, is reported in fine
condition, but in some sections the crop
on sandy lands has been injured by cx-
cessive rains.
In many places the crop on bottoms
was totally destroyed by the spring
floods, and only part Of these lands
was rcplanted.
The condition is reported in upper
Carolina at G5; middle Carolina, "a;
lower Carolina, S3. Average for the
Statc, n.
The reports on the condition Of rice
are generally favorable, except where
it Ia y been injured by the freshets. In
GeorA 'etown county, ono of the CORE
spondo nts estimates that one half of the
crop has been destroyed. The condition
is report, u at 81.
OTHER CROPS.
The cond ition of the other crops is
reported as follows: Sorghum, So; SUI
gar cane, 80; peas, so; Irish potatoes,
81, and sweet potatoes, 81.
tott, III In the South.
The following is the New Orleans Ma
tional Cotton Tx, change crop report for
the month of July
Returns have beer complete from all
parts in the belt and our revision of the
acreage, based ON cou nty reports, is com
plctc. Much field wo rk has been accom-
plishcd during the mo nth of July, re-
sultlng, however, i'll tho abandonment of
some lands, which w ere beyond re-
demption, and the thinn ing out in vari-
GUS Localities of stands fr, I'M cleaning up,
but from present Indications this abnn-
donmcnt is not calculated to alter our
acreage basis. Bcrhaps no season has
shown to greater extent than this
the advantages of thorough cultivation,
for where this has been the case the
difference III the outlook of the crop is
very marked.
CHANGING over the belt, we find that
the two Carolinas have continued on the
downward scale. Alabama has made
considerable improvement. Georgia,
MISSISSIPPI, Louisiana and Tennessee
show some advance, while Arkansas has
added greatly to her former good condi-
ton. Texas, however, has Just about
hcld her own and fears are expressed in
this latter State of threatened drought.
In some localities worms are mentioned.
The bulk of the crop east of the Mis-
sissippi is, however, backward. and
therefore dependent upon favorable con-
ditions from now on for the maintenance
of present prospects.
The condition of the crop by States is
as follows: Virginia, 80 per cent. North
Carolina, 76; South Carolina, II; Geor-
gia, 80; florida, 81; Alabama, 80; Ten
ncsscc, 81; Arkansas, 81; Mississippi,
81; Louisiana, 50; Texas, 9S. The aver
age for the belt is S5.4, against 1915 last
month and 81 last year
Crop Reports from WashIngtom
Spring wheat returns at the Depart
mcnt of Agriculture for August ] show
an Improvement in the condition in
Iowa. small decline in Wisconsin and
Nebraska, and n heavy reduction in
Dakota. The causes of deterioration are
drought and chinch bugs Heat has been
excessive in many districts that have
produced fair yield Notwithstanding.
The harvest is two weeks earlier than
usual, and tho quality usually good ex-
ccpt In sections where heavy loss from
blight has occurred.
The general average of condition is
reduced from 1872 to 801. At the time
of harvest last year thc average was Sc
Fart OF the loss last season occurred after
August /. AS the present harvest is al
ready nearly over, with improving
meteorological conditions tho final esti-
mate cannot be much further reduced.
The present average is ninety seven for
Iowa, instead of ninety last month. No
less than twenty-five counties, each pro-
ducing from two hundred thousand to
one million bushels, report the condi-
ton at one hundred or over. In Min
nesota there is an increase from seventy
eight to eighty. The reduction in Wis
eonsin is from sevcnty-fve to seventy
two; in Nebraska from eighty-threo to
cclghty-two, and in Dakota from eighty.
five to slxty-two. Winter wheat previ-
ously harvested not reported this month.
COTTON.
The cotton crop has suffered from wet
weather in all the States east Of the Mis-
sissippi and in Louisiana. The average
condition has been reduced from eighty
six to eighty-onc.
The average for Virginia is seventy
five, North Carolina seventy -four, South
Carolina sixty-seyen, Georgia eighty.