The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1895-07-03
STATUS OF THE CROPS.
THE WEEKLY BULLETIN OF THE
STATE OBSERVER.
1t shows the Condition of the Crops All
Over the State to be 'Fairly Gtood."--
The Weather Conditions.

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The Weather Conditions.
COLUMBIA, S. c., June 26.-The
following weekly bulletin of the con-
dition of the weather and the crops
was issued by State Weather Observer
Bauer yesterday. It is a little more
encouraging than the report for the
preceding week:
Crops generally made satisfactory
growth during the week, although the
weather conditions were notaltogether
favorable, as in many places it was
altogether too dry for plant growth,
and some kinds, notably gardens,
were practically ruined where the
showers of the latter portion OF the
week were insufficient.
OF the staple crops nothing can be
said but that they made a general
but slow improvement more marked
in cotton than in any other crop, but
corn, tobacco, rice, melons and amber
cane all show gains.
As to sections, crops are the best in
Greenyille, Pickens, Union, Laurens,
Fairfield and portions Of Spartanburg
and York counties, where they are up
to high average condition, especially
cotton; Williamsburg county has ap-
parently the poorest crops, and the
prospects there are characterized as
gloomy.
Grasshoppers, in large numbers,
have appeared in the upper part of
Newberry county, and have been most
destructive to corn fields; the tobacco
worm is troublesome in portions of
Florence county; corn on low lands
has been damaged some by worms IN
Chesterfield county; injury to cotton
by lice is reported from Orangeburg
county.
The temperature was from 5 to s
degrees below the normal on the first
OF the week QSth), with exceptionally
low minimum temperatures, for this
season, over the western portions Of
the State on the 18th and 18th; the
days were generally quite hot. Dur
ing the greater portion Of the week
the temperature ranged slightly above
the normal, making the average for
the week approximately seasonable.
The highest temperature reported
during the week was SO on the 22nd
at Blackville; the lowest reported was
50 on the 18th at Liberty, Greenville
and Cheraw; on the 18th at May6eld
and Greenville. The mean tempera-
ture of the week for the State was
about 75.5, and the normal for the
same period is approximately 79.
The weather was inju,iously dry
over large portion of the State until
the 22nd Saturday, when showers
were quite general over the western
and central portions; by the 23rd
Sunday the showery conditions
reached the coast, and on the 24th
Monday) there We're heavy showers
in the central countless, but it is not
known at the central Office how gen.
eral or extended they were.
On the whole, the rainfall of the
week not well distributed, many
places had enough while others had
barely sufficient to moisten thesurface,
where soaking rain was needed The
showers were not, however, confined
to any portion of the State. In places
gardens are greatly impaired Tor want
Of rain, and grass for hay in the upper
Savannah valley is also needing rain
badly; corn was showing a tendency
to wilt The rains that have fallen
since the reports were rendered may
have changed these conditions entire
y,
The heaviest rainfall was reported
from Statesburg, where 2.35 inches
fell on the 22d; on the 23d 2.19 fell at
Camden. The average of thirty eight
reports of rainfall for the week is 072
in this the rains of Sunday are only
partially represented, and the rains of
Monday not at alD; the normal for
the same period is approximately 1.25,
being 1.5C in the eastern portion and
100 in the central and western por-
tions.
There were local high winds accom-
panying thunderstorms that were
more or less destructive to the crops,
but !.hey were Of limited extent.
The sunshine was generally exces-
sive, ranging SO per cent of the posi-
bic at Reid, Greenville county, to 100
at Conway, Horny county. The aver
age for the State was about 7S per cent.
Cotton has steadily improved in con-
dition, and is quite satisfactory gener-
ally, though it continues small, with
some exceptions in the central and
eastern counties, where its condition is
reported very poor and deteriorating.
The plant has started to make fast
growth, has a good color and fair
Stand. Early planting blossoming.
Lice have almost generally disappear
ed. Crop generally clean.
During the middle of the week the
ground being too hard and dry to
plant stubble lands to corn, but this
work will be resumed now that rains
have fallen. Grasshoppers destroying
corn in Newberry county and worms
in Chesterfield
Corn looks very promising over the
entire State, having good color, but
the talk is generally reported to be
low, vet thick, early planting being
laid by. The crop clean and well cul-
tivated.
Peas have improved greatly, al
though fields that have been sown
within the past three weeks have been
slow to germinate.
Melons are doing well lately and
promise large crop.
Tobacco is very fine crop general
ly, but reports from Darlington coun-
ty indicate that the dry weather in
jured the crop somewhat; worms
numerous in portions Of Florence
county.
Rice is doing exceedingly well and is
in satisfactory condition wherever
its cultivation has been attempted in
the State.
Peaches that are ripening now are
generally small and Disappointing.
It is said the reason is that the trees
are overloaded. This can be remedied
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