The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1886-07-14
Monthly Report of the Crops
of the State.
JAS. \. L1pscoarB,
Secretary Of State.

Of the State.
From 1SS reports from its cores
pondents, in relation to the condition
of the crops of the State, the Depart
ment of Agriculture furnishes the fol
lowing summary of their returns fo,
publication:
The June l reports to the depart
ment of agriculture showed that the
spring opened late and heavy ain:
followed planting. The nights were
cool and the ground damp, preventing
the early termination of seed. The
rains during the past month have
been almost unprecedented, produc
ing vigorous growth of grass, which
retarded the development of the cot
ton plant. The stands were injured
in removing the grass. On account
Of the excessive rains the crop coulc
not be properly worked. A large par
OF the crop on bottom lands has beer
washed away by the floods. In some
sections small patches planted by ten.
ants have been abandoned.
Damage to the crop by rust, shed.
ding and lice is reported by severa
correspondents. In localities the
plant is said to be turning yellow and
dying from the effect of excessive rains
and supposed exhaustion OF fertilizers
Some of the correspondents report
that where the crop has been vel
worked it is looking well, with pros
poets Of a fair average crop, but the
great majority OF the reports are un.
favorable.
The condition is reported in Upper
Carolina at 73, Middle Carolina 7f
and Lower Carolina SIS. Average TO,
the state 78, against Sc at the same
time last year. That is lower thar
any report made by the national de.
partmcnt of agriculture on the condi,
ton of the crop at the same time ir
the past seventeen years
CORN.
The correspondents estimate thai
80 per cent. of the entire corn crop o:
the State is planted on bottom lands
and fully three-fourths Of this part O.
the crop was destroyed by floods in
May; replanted over again and des.
troyed in June. In some sections
corn has been planted and destroyed
four times on these lands The up,
land corn is reported in fine condition
with prospect of full average yield
The condition of the entire crop, in
Guiding that portion not destroy,
ed on bottoms and that replanted, is
reported at II in Upper Carolina, S.
in Middle Carolina and 81 in Lower
Carolina, an average for the State Of
50.
The Counties of Beaufort, Berkely,
Charleston, Colleton, Georgetown,
Hampton, Horny, Marion, Orangeburs
and Williamsburg produce IS per
cent. of the rice crop of the State.
The average condition of the crop in
those counties is reported at 81. A
Berkeley correspondent says that the
freshet in May destroyed all of the
old rice on the upper and middle
plantations, and seriously injured that
on the lower ones. The June freshet
is now falling, and the damage it has
done cannot now be estimated Be-
tween the June freshets planters got
in most of their June rice, but the
crop cannot be an average one either
in quantity or quality. Upland rice
is in fine condition.
A Colleton correspondent says:
"1Iuch of the inland rice has been
covered by water at least ten days,
and the general opinion is that 25 per
cent. loss has already been sustained" !"
In Williamsburg the crop is said to
be in fine condition. The average
condition of the crop, including that
planted in the upper and middle
counties, is reported at 50.
OTHER CROPS.
The condition of the smaller crops
is reported as follows: Sugar 81; su-
garcane, 81; sweet potatoes, 96; Irish
potatoes, 81; and garden products,
50.