Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1888-09-26
CONDITION OF THE CROPS.

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CONDITION OF THE CROPS.
The South Carolina weather service fur
nishes the following concerning the effect
of the weather upon the various crops In
the State for the week ending last Satur-
day "The rainfall for the past week has
been above the average. The tempera-
ture for the same period has been about
an average. Sunshine very little amount.
The rainfall has been we'll distributed, al
though u%nfavorable to crops. Tempera-
ture although about an average with the
the smallamount of sunshine, has resulted
unfavorably to crops" .rr.
.I..E. 30. OTHER REPORTS.
Newspaper reports from various sections
of the State give a gloomy account OF the
condition of the crops, the result of the re-
cent excessive rains. From correspondence
of the Charleston World we c0ndense the
following: One farmer on Reedy river in
Laurens county, lost 1000 bushels OF corn
by the freshet. In the neighborhood OF
Peak, Lexington county, the damage to
the crops by high water and the protracted
saUet spell, is incalculable. The cotton pick
ed out since the rain is selling for 5 cents
per pound. Besides all the bottom corn
on the river being destroyed, much OF the
upland corn has sprouted on the ear from
the long spell of raining. In the neigh
borhood of Feasterville, Fairfield county,
the crops have been greatly damaged 6y
the late continuous rains. Cotton on the
uplands is rotting. On the bottoms, espe-
pecially those of Broad river, the cotton
and corn have both been swept away.
The damage has not been to crops only.
Shelton Island, embracing about 100 acres,
on which there were eighty-tWo head OF
cattle and horses, was covered to the depth
of several feet. The stock stood on the
highest point until the water rose so high
that they were carried down stream.
Some swan out and many have not been
heard of. The damage in Darlington by
the second rain added considerably to that
inflicted by the first. In addition to cotton
%sprouting in the seed and rotting on the
stalk, it was beat out upon the ground by
the rains and is so stained that it sells at a
terrible sacrifice. Many farmers are press
ed on all sides to get cotton out as rapidly
as possible. A large part of the cotton is
too green now to gather and too damp to
pack. Most of this storm cotton is selling
at a price so low that it scares one to think
about it. At the rate of four to fv cents
a pound for this character of cotton, there
will be no money in circulation, and one
half of the people will not be able to meet
their obligations. In Edgefield the corn
is all lost on the creeks and river. Inc
oldest inhabitants say that Big Stevens
creek was eighteen feet higher than they
have ever known it before. Upland corn
not average a half crop in the Modoc Sec
ton and is rotting in the boil. In Barn
we'll county the planters are making slow
progress gathering, IN account of the wet
weather. Cotton is too damp to pick, and
the caterpillar or army worm is rapidly
spreading from farm to farm. The cores
pendent at Hamilton, Anderson county,
says: The rains in this section have re-
duced the prospective yield of cotton one
fourth, if nOmore. During the wet wealth
err the top crop has been mainly lost, and
the bottom bolls that have opened during
the rainy spell are badly damaged. In.
this section, situated as we are directly un-
der the Blue Ridge, We will not lose so
heavily as some other sections, but we are
more likely to be stranded on the charac-
t~eristics of an early frost. The rainy
weather has retarded the opening of our
crop.
The Spartanburg correspondent OF the
News and Courier estimates that on all the
low lands of that county the loss in corn
will he about 33 per cent. OF the cotton
crop he says: "There is no rotting of bolls,
except in very rank cotton, but the early
bolls, being about ready to open, absorbed
moisture enough to turn the lint blue.
The first picking will be inferior. It is
more difficult to estimate the loss Of cot
ton. A warm, dry, late fall will help out
matters very much. There is still much
healthy, well-grown fruit on the cot
TONI The Abbeville correspondent says:
"About this date last year more than two
thirds of the cotton crop had been harvest
ed; now probably not more than one
thirtieth has been gathered. The first
picking is badly injured, the late heavy
rains making it blue and dirty" In the
neighborhood of Florence the caterpillar
has appeared in considerable numbers.
There was a good deal of late cotton
which would have continued in growth
and development until frost. The worm
will make short work of this. With flood,
rot, boil worm, rust and lastly caterpillar,
the prospect of a cotton crop in this Sec
tion is a gloomy n e
THE GOVERNMENT REPORT.
The weather crop bulletin issued by the
signal office at Washington last Sunday
says: During the week the weather has
been generally favorable for all growing
crops in the States of the Mississippi val
ley. The report from the corn belt indi-
Gates an unusually large corn crop, safe
from frost. In portions Of Kentucky
heavy rains have injured the tobacco
and corn crops probably to the extent
of Is per cent. but the fruit crop has
improved and is in fine condition. The
weather conditions have also been favora-
BILE for wheat seeding throughout the win
ter wheat States and as far South as Ten
nessee. In the cotton region, from Ala
bama westward to Texas, the weather has
been generally favorable for all growing
crops. Recent rains in Texas have i'm
proved the late crop of cotton, while some
damage is reported to cotton in Tennessee,
due to heavy rains. In Louisiana the
weather improved the condition of cane,
and was favorable for rice harvesting and
cotton picking. In Alabama and Missis-
sippi the condition is reported as more
favorable for the cotton crop. In North
and South Carolina the conditions are un-
favorable, and crops are thought to be
seriously damaged. Heavy rains have af-
fected injuriously growing crops in New
ENGLAND and the Middle Atlantic States.
YoRKvILLE, Too.-Col. Averill happi-
ly suggested at the celebration in York
Vile on Tuesday, that there was room for
pleasure resorts other than those which
have been projected in Charleston and
Summerville, and elsewhere, and that, If
Yorkville would build q modern hotel for