The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1896-07-22
THE CROP OUTLOOK
TOR T1E WEEK EMD!NG LATT
SATURDAY

Cotton in Nerd al Sunshine >imc- t.,- Wet
Weather. Eat the Pr"-p.cC- Good other
Crops Pro>p"ring.
The following Bulletin covers The
weather ana crop conditions for the
week ending Saturday, July II, as re
ported by Observer Bauer, which were
prepared from reports from one or
more correspondents in each county
Of The Slate.
Ordinarily, the week just passed in
cludes the daLes of highest tempera-
lures for the year IN South Carolina
and about stationary temperature may
be expected for the remainder of The
month and into August, after wlica a
slow decrease al first, then more "a pid
will ordinarily y occnr'
The mean temperature for the past
week averaged 5 degrees cooler than
normal highest Temperature 81 on the
5th At BlackVille, and on the 9Th at
Spartanburg;; lowest 80 on the 9Th al
LooperS. Mean Temperature Of 10
stations, II, and the approximate nor
nal for the same period is SO.
At many places there was rain on
seven days Of the week. Out OF j re-
ports tue smallest amount reported
vas lS2 At IemasSee. The dislrlbu
ton of the rainfall is shown by the
following reports Augusta, Ga, GA !;
Allendale 1.S8, Batesburg i TO, Black
vile : 81, Greenw ood 9.Tl, Greenville
S.5l, Spartanburg G.C3, Cheraw GOj,
Florence 3.6l, Kingstree 320, st.
George's3. II, st. Matthew's. So, Pine
polls 2333, Darlington 3.S5, TiIler's
Ferry TAI, Shaw's Fork 600, ST.
Georges (2J 4.50. Charleston 6.3l, Lib
erty 5,75, McCoIl Gao, Beaufort 600
Winnsboro 5.l5, Anderson i 80, San
tue Gas, Reid 5.75, Trial :}.Gl, Colum-
bin 6.S5, Camden 7.27, Chesterfield
6.l3, Mont Clare Ga, EIloree 2.%%77,
Longshore e 80, Looper's O5, 1ren-
ton 6.5l, Little Mountain SCI Walhalla
$50, Clemson College 3.4S, Poverty
Hill S35, Gillisonville l. .95, Statesburs
7.57, Hagood 4.2O, Society Hill 5.2l.
The average of these Al reports is
5.45 and the normal for the same per
iod is approximately 1.29 inches. The
rain fell so that much OF it san into the
ground and the subsoil is now
thoroughly saturated and no appre-
hension of drought need be felt for the
remainder Of this crop season.
There was less than half the usual
duration of possible sunshine, the per-
centage for the State having been 81,
ranging from Is at Trio to 53 per cent.
at Winnsboro. The effect of so much
cloudiness was in the main beneficial
by preventing scalding, which would
have occurred had the sun shone hot
before the ground had become partial
ly dry.
Too much rain. That and high
winds on Wednesday, Sth, caused a
general falling off in the condition of
corn and cotton. but with less effect on
other crops, in fact, minor crops were
decidedly improved except on over
flowed land. The wind is reported to
have blown a gale in the western coun-
ties, breaking down and tangling corn
and large cotton, and owing to the
changing direction of the high wind.
it worked holes around the roots Of
cotton, breaking off the upper roots
and retarding its growth materially.
Much Of the green fruit remaining on
the trees was blown Off, thus further
shortening an already small crop.
TIE rivers, and many of the smaller
streams, overtlowed their banks and
ruined a large portion of bottom land
crops. In estimating the damage from
this source, the fact should be taken
into consideration that bottom LANDS
yield nearly, or quite, twice as much
as the same acreage OF ordinary up
lands.
The Great Pee Dee rose to within Z
inches of the great freshet Of March
1865. The Broad, Congaree, Wateree,
Lynches, Savannah and other rivers
were over their banks more or less,
but the damage can as yet not be &C,
curately estimated.
Farm work was delayed by the rains
and wet soil and crops are fast becom-
ing grassy, but as fields were previous
ly well cultivated, except in few
counties, the grass can be brought un
der control before much injury will
result from that source. Hillside lands
were badly washed in six counties.
The general condition Of corn is not
as good as it was week ago, with the
exception OF upland in Laurens, ant
Chesterfield where it is very hne:. Th
greatest injury to corn was done b
the wind. The rains prevented II
spread OF porlen. Dry weather a.
the wet soil will improve late corn
that arapid improvement ia the COD
ton OF corn Is expected. !.
Cotton was also injured by the ef
weather but to what exteut capoii
now be definitely stated. Sheddi1. OF
squares is reported from four coGles
and the lack of sufficient sunshirhas
caused rust to appear at plsceano
the plant to turn yellow. It islppy !
and growing largely 10 weed, eYer,
theless it continues to fruit heav ana
the general condition is good. :
Tobacco curing was retardeey Inc
rains but the condition OF tocco III
gelc-al is very promising nov
Rice s in excellent condln Dut :
planters on lower Santee are 2fehen- :
siYe of oVerhows when the Sh "at- :
ers Of the Wateree and Congee reach p
the first named river. Y
Peas are still being sown Somee& +
tent. Peas as well as all GER minor \
crops are in excellent condon:: =
Sweet potatoes doing ve.WeH, also +
sorghum cane, late gardf ana pas y
lures. Truck along the CO. Is rottlng F
from too much rain.
Wedding Follow que
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