The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1895-04-24
TGECROP OUTLOOK.
What is Being Done With Plow and Hoe
in the Fields.

COLUMBIA, S. c.. April 1.-THE
following second weekly bullitin of
the weather and crop conditions in the
State was issued by Director J. w
Bauer of the South Carolina weather
and crop service. The report makes
an excellent showing as to the crop
outlook.
The past week was reported an eX-
tremely favorable one for farm work
and advantage was taken of it by
farmers to push the planting of corn,
cotton, melons, sugar cane an tobac-
CO.
The week was cooler than usual in
the western portion of the State, where
the daily departures averaged nearly
three degrees. In the eastern portion
of the State, especially along the i'm
mediate coast, the temperature was
more nearly normal, the daily depart
ures beingabout one degree below.
The highest temperature reported
was 50 in Orangeburg county, the
lowest 33 in Greenville county, and
the weekly mean for the State was ab-
out co. There was light frost in the
extreme western portion Of the State
on the 14th; a heavy frost
quite general ever the north and west
portions on the 18th, that in places did
considerable injury to fruit and tender
vegetation.
The rain of the 7th and Sth varied
from $50 to over 800 inches, and was
evenly distributed over the entire State.
As result number of rivers over
flowed their banks crafty delaying
plowing on bottom lands. Newly
plowed and planted side-hills were
badly washed and as fields were
more general planted in corn than in
any other crop, it suffered most.
There was more sunshine than dur
ing the week previous, but there was
still more cloudiness than is
usual at this season.
Hail in Marlboro county on the 9th;
very windy over the State on the
9Th, 18th and 14th, with sand storm
in the south eastern part, were the
adverse conditions of the week, but
did no damage except to dry the
ground rapidly, leaving it hard and
baked, and putting it into more or
les unsatisfactory condition for cultiva-
ton.
Cotton planting was general over
the whole State, and is being pushed
owing to the lateness of the season.
Corn has been planted extensively
and upland corn about all in the
ground. The river bottoms are still
too wet to plow or plant.
More attention will be paid to tobac-
co culture, especially in Florence
county. The young plants are ready
for setting, although the weather has
been some what cool for the purpose.
A large crop of melons has already
been planted in the eastern portion
and will be cultivated westward.
The grain crops are improving very
much and made amarked growth dur
ing the past week. Wheat in particu
lar has made rapid improvement as has
spring sown oats. In regard to winter
oats the reports differ very widely, yet
all agree that it was greatly damaged
during the winter and will be far from
from a full crop where the fields have
not been planted to sme other crop.
Many fields of winter oats that pro
mise poorly be planted in cotton, as it
is said the ground is in the best condi-
ton for that crop, and if this is done
very extensively it may have an i'm
portant bearing on the acreage OF cot
ton.
Gardens are receiving more atten-
ton than in former years, and alth-
ough late are nevertheless Very pro,
missing Peas, beans, lettuce, radishes,
cabbages and strawberries are being
shipped to the northern market from
the coast truck farms.
The prospects of good fruit year
are still bright, except where injured
by the frost of Monday which will, 1t
is thought, not prove serious, for figs
in the interior. Many fig trees We're
killed by the severe winter.
The week closed with cool and
threatning weather