The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1890-10-23
Condition Of the Cotton Crop for Octo.

tistical returns Of the department Of agri-
culture for October showsia material de-
cline in cotton prospects. South Carroll
mas average is 83. The condition of the
cotton crop in the various counties is
stated to be as folloWs:>
Laurens-Will average tolerably well,
unless early frosts cut off the late crop.
Orangeburg Too much rain for pick
ing; is now sprouting and rottipg in the
fields,
Sumter-Have had great deal Of rain
which has injured cotton somewhat; drops
out and sprouts in the field. +,
@ Beaufort 1T has raiaed, mostly showers,
every twenty-four hours since September
1, and the crop is considerably damaged.
Berkeley-Hard to estimate the loss on
cotton yet, as the rains have not stopped /;
the crop in light sandy places is nearly
all open, exposed and falling out, and will
be Of bad quality unless saved p; on sitter
land is rotting badly SO, believe the es--
Inmates of the condition $50 per cent
more likely to be above than below the
real condition.
Edgefeld-The whole month OF; Sep
tember has been wet, with scarcely any
good. days for picking :. the crop is nearly
allopen, and there has consequently been
serious damage to quality and loss of at
least ten per cent. in quantity. Cotton is
sproutipg in bolls, and when picked the
hulls are so rotten that they come with
the lint.
.Abbeville--Rain began on September
3, and 1t has rained nineteen of the
twenty:seven days since. Cotton on good
land has put on such q growth of weed the
sun, fwhen it shines) cannot penetrate to
the first crop of bolls, and sgreat deal of
it is now rotten.
Fairfield d-The crop has been injured
considerably BY rain and cloudy weather
and q great deal; is rotting in the field ).
quality of staple injured. a
Spartanburg-.Has been raining
throughout the month; picking retarded
and cotton rotting in the fields; seeds full
:of sap, causing tito heatin bulk; a light
turnout of lint.
Anderso Gather very unfavorable
during the month; cotton damaged by the
rust has fallen off,
& Chesterfield Are having very disa-..
:greeable spell of Gather, cloudy and
rainy; cotton is rotting in boil in. some
instances and sample being materially
injured! !; q scarcity of hands for picking.
Colleton-The bad weather Is very
much against cotton picking; it has rain.
ed q part of every day for fifteen days,
and work ia progressing slowly, some far.
smers not yet through the first picking I;
everything at this date is at a standstill,
and no prospect of clearing cotton partly
openSis decaying in the boil for want of
warm sun to: cause it to open.
Richland There were only FIVE fair
days 1.-THE month:o of September, and the
damage to- the crop must be 90 to 25 per
cent; has sprouted in the boil very con-
sidersbly :;
+ Greenyille- much rain:wit cool
weather; /; cotton rotting in the fields.
s w illiamsburg Rains have interfered
very seriously with the harvesting of cot.
|zton. There is great deal open in the
fields, and the quality Of the staple and
color will be off considerably. The crop
lis early and had the weather been favor.
able for picking fully half the yield would
by this time have been secured.
|ss8 Georgetown Zoo vet for cotton !;
picking. interrupted BY rains, and yield as
1Ewell as: quality not yet to be determined !;
.one. practical planter estimates his loss at
90 per cent. from boil worms and wet
weather; !; another 60 per cent. from all
causes, chiefly excessive moisture !; not
one: day. of sunshine for eighteen days. Z.
Falling below an average; !;
Iscontinued rains prevent picking and rot
the bolls in the field. * -t.5
Ocene nee-Is seriously injured owing to
unusual rainfall of the last few weeks, and
that picked is heating in bulk before
:ginnings large quantities Of seed are
rotting at the gins still raining at this
date. q s13 s..s, s.
IS BarnWell-The recent vet spell last
week was unfayorable for cotton; a large
portion Of the crop is as bare of young
leaves and fruit as after killing frost. {.
sssD Darlington Continued rainy weather
has injured the yield and grade of the
crop; the seed is beginning to sprout in
the bolls4 and i where the locks have
dropped ION the ground the seed have
come upsa and the young plants are grow
I ing nicely The cotton on the ground is
not:worth gathering. - 60 s.s3s:
Lancaster-September has been too wet
for cotton; cotton sprouting in the boil to
/ sorne extent .f. a..s. s;ss,z5st ~