The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1895-05-01
ONLY HALF OF A CROP.
THE COTTON WHICH HAS BEEN
PLANTED in THIS STATE.
Interesting Weekly Bulletin of Director
Bauer on the Condition of the Weather
and the Crops--What He Says.

and the Crops--Wllat He Says.
COLUMBIA, S. c., April 24.-The fol-
lowing weekly bulletin Of the condl-
ton of the weather and the crops
throughout the State during the past
week will be read by all classes with
the greatest degree of interest. The re-
port which was issued by Director J
W. Bauer yesterday, shows that up to
date only half of a cotton crop has
been planted:
The week was not entirely favor
able one for growing crops, or farm
ing operations. 1t was too cool to be
good growing weather, the minimum
temperature having fallen below the
active growing temperature on four
niehts of the week over large por-
ton of the State. In the western,
northern and northeastern counties
field work was interrupted by rain for
several days, as the ground was toe
wet for cultivation, and some bottom
lands already planted were flooded.
The latter part of the week was more
favorable. Wind following the heavy
rains, baked and crusted the ground,
making it hard for sprouted seed to
come up.
The first portion of the week to, and
including Friday, was much colder
than normal, the daily departure av,
eraged degrees below for five days:
during the last two days the ter pera
ture was slightly in excess of the nor
NAL. Early in the week the nights
were quite cold with threatened frosts
but other conditions were not favora
BILE for frost formation until the 10Th
| by which time it had become some
what warmer, yet on that morning
many places reported a light frost anc
some a heavy one, with no apparen
damage resulting. The highest tenn
perature reported during the week
was 80 degrees recorded at Cheraw or
the 21st; the lowest "a at Greenvlllt
on the 10Th. The weekly y mean for the
State was about so degrees, while tht
normal for the same dates is approx
mately 64.2 degrees.
There was rain on the first two day
of the week which was quite genera
over the State, but varied largel y II
amount in different localities, being
heaviest in the northern. and centra
counties where the rainfall amounted
to from 1.25 to 2.75 inches; in tn
southern and southeastern counties tn
rainfall ranged from 0,50 to 1.3O IN
ches. In places the storm was accom-
panied by heavy hail and high winds
There was a severe tornado in New
berry that did considerable damage t
buildings and trees, but crops wer
not far enough advanced to be IN
iured. Where the rains were heavles
It did much damage by washing new
ly plowed hillsides bottom lands Wer
also rendered too wet for cultivation.
After the first two days, the sky wa
practically cloudless the rest OF tn
week, giving somewhat more than al
: average of sunshine.
:. Cotton planting has been activel
pushed over the entire State as tn
J weather permitted, but as yet scarcel
! more than half of the crop has beer
put in the ground, considering the er
tire State. In the eastern portion It
;. nearly completed, while just fairly be
} gun in the western portion. Germlna
S ton is slow owing to cool weather
Some planted in March not yet uE
The general opinion seems to be tina
there will be less planted this yea
!. than last.
: Corn planting is nearly complete
J: on the uplands and the stand OF tha
t that is up is good in places, falrl
a good generally, and not poor any
4 where. Some replanting necessar
n owing to washed lands, birds and po:
' sibly poor seed used. Birds yer
t troublesome in Orangeburg county
): The weather has been too coo! for TN
l crop, which is fully two weeks late
). termination has been slow.
e Grains are improving very much
/ Wheat is doing very we'll and prom
| ises to be better than thought at tn
f first of the season. Spring oats loo
/ very promising; their condition seem
S to be uniform throughout the STATE
:, Fall sown oats are a complete failure
u Sugar cane is being planted yer
e largely this year. In places it is beln
d planted to supplement the oats tc
d forage, and for that purpose 1t is sal
!, to be most excellent. Some sugs
IS cane damaged, owing, it is thought t
e the manner in which it was packe
!. last fall, allowing the cane to becon
Il heated and killing the 'eyes.
|, Tobacco plants, in beds, are lookln
5, very fine. But little, if any, has bee
It transplanted into fields yet. The acr
IS age Will this year be largely increased
n as many farmers Will cultivate exper
: mental fields of from three to nv
IS acres. This report comes from Da
le lington county, and is doubtless trr
IS of much of the Pee Dee section.
L Peanuts will also receive more after
ton than has been the case heret
t. fore. Truck matured rapidly and heay
h shipments continue to the NortheI
IS markets from the coast region. II
rs interior truck farms are vcry,, lat
Irish potatoes have not attained a sa'
iSfactory stand, but Will improve u
, der the influence OF warm weathe
i Sweet potatoes for seed contln'
scarce.
l. Gardens, although late, are in goo
r r condition. Fruit and berries Will
Il abundant crops. 1t is rarely the ca
II that a frost occurs in this State ait
a. a. the goth of April, except possibly,
the extreme western portion, so tn
i, danger from that source has passe
. leaving the crops practically assure
T Cherry and apple trees are IN III
= bloom in Oconee. Pickens and Gree
r. vile counties.
= Suicides.
SANFORD, Fla, April 22.-Cari
7 S. Wilcox, who lived near here al
owned a fine orange grove before II
,ln u