The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-07-13
THE BEST OF THE YEAR.
Weekly Bulletin Of the Condition Of
the Crops Quite Encouraging.


The following weekly bulletin of the
condition of the weather and crops in
South Carolina, which is more en-
couraging than any heretofore issued
this season, was issued by State Wealth
er Observer Bauer:
TIE greater number of reports, and
including nearly every county, are of a
favorable tone, and indicate that all
crops have made satisfactory growth,
are in excellent condition generally,
and with few exceptions are clean
and we'll worked.
There are reports from Pickens,
GFeenville, Laurens, Union, York and
Chesterfield counties of serious injury
to the cotton plant by lice. These in
sects have appeared in localities where
they were never before known. Whole
fields are said to have been ruined in
a short time, as the lice spread with
marvellous rapidity. Lice have about
disappeared from other portions of the
State. Worms are still injuriDg corn
in the northern and western counties.
No destructive wind or hail storms
were reported during the past week.
There was scarcely an average
amount of sunshine, although includ-
ing the whole State, nearly so. There
was least cloudiness in the central and
northeastern counties, and most in the
Georgia border and extreme western
counties, and in Berkeley where there
was but 25 per cent of the possible,
while in Horny there was 80 per cent.
There is but little change to note in
the condition of crops, but what
change rhere is, is towards betterment
generally, except over comparatively
small area where insects and want of
timely rain caused positive injury or
retarded growth.
OF cotton, it is universally said that
it is very small but healthy, and where
we'll fertilized looking promising. 1t
is putting on squares freely, but is
slow to bloom in the up-country; bios
soming is general in the eastern por-
tions of the State. The crop is gener-
ally we'll worked and free from grass.
Aside from it's being undersized, its
condition IS all that could be desired.
Corn is doing we'll generally. Early
planting is being laid by in excellent
condition. In few localities it was
too dry, but this is exceptional. Later
corn looks fine. Some corn planted
in stubble land just coming up and
some still being planted. In the
eastern counties the crop is almost
made.
Small grains nearly all harvested
and tbrashed, with a yield below an
average crop for wheat and oats, con-
sidering the State as whole.
Watermelons are ripening and will
be ready to market, from the southern
portions of the State, this week. The
crop is not uniform, being large in To-
calities and only fair in others.
The indications are tSthat there
will be large acreage devoted to
peas this year, both as forage crop
and for fertilizing purposes.
Sugar cane and sorghum as we'll as
rice are growing we'll and look promis-
ing. The acreage devoted to rice is
larger than last year.
The tobacco crop is fine one, and
is being harvested and cured.
It will be very remunerative crop.
where properly handled since planting.
Some fields were partially ruined by
injudicious cultivation. Experience
and observation will indicate the pro-
per treatment for this crop.
Fruit continues quite plentiful with
the single exception of Horny county,
where it is scarce.
Vegetables continue in abundant
supply. Truck shipments to the north.
ern markets from the coast regions
have about ended for the season.
In comparison with other portions
of the country, this State has been ex-
ceptionally favored by good growing
weather, and immunity from destruc
tive agencies, whether winds, excessive
rains, floods, or insects, since the grow
ing season began, and rs result there
is possibly no State where the crops
are uniformalIy more promising ntthls
time.