The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1896-09-09
WEATHER AND CROPS.
ConI!tic..I For Cotton Picking Generally
Good

ing are extracts from the weekly crop
bulletin OF the weather bureau:
Virgiuia-Gentle rains in tidewater
and valley counties have improved
the prospects for late corn, pastures,
tobacco and truck and have put the
ground in condition for blowing; the
general condition of corn shows above
the average; in middle counties crops
are falling off tobacco curing begun.
North Carolina--No material change
in crop conditions this week; rainfall
poorly distributed and drouth still pre-
vailing in middle counties; nearly
half Of the cotton crop open and bulk
of crop cannot now be improved by
rain; making pea vine hay, ground
too hard for fall plowing.
South Carolina-Cooler weather
and numerous showers helped sweet
potatoes, cane. peas and root crops
materially. but not corn, which is full
ly ripe. nor cotton, except to check
premature opening; half Of cotton
crop open and no blooms to indicate
late ortcn crop; ;unfavorable rice harV.
est weather.
Georgia-With the exception of 10
cal showers during the first OF the
week, dry weather with warm days
and cool nights continue; cotton is
shedding and opening rapidly; pick
ing is being pushed as rapidly as pos,
sible and most of the crop will be gath
cred by the middle of this month;
yield Of cotton will be but little more
than half the average; late corn and
all inferior crops inferior; gardens
complete failure; some late gardens
being planted.
Florids-Week generally favora-
BILE for farm work and crop growth,
although frequent showers over por-
tions of northern district interfered
with cotton picking; cotton opening
rapidly and condition beyond materi-
al Improvement; corn thought TO be
below average; cane, potatoes, rice
and peas doing well; turnip and cab
bage seed being generally sown.
Alabama - Heavy but scattered
showers during the first part of week
and good rains in southern portion,
though drought unbroken iu many
central and northern counties; about
two-thirds of cotton crop is open and
picking progressing rapidly with no
improvement in prospective yield;
corn yielding light and minor crops
only. fair; sorghum syrup being made.
Mississippi Showers beneficial to
all crops, except cotton and corn;
weather favorable for cotton picking,
corn gathering, fodder pulling and
fall gardening; cotton picking prog
resssing rapidly and some few have
gathered all the crop and finished
picking, owing to the light yield
which required but one picking.
Louisiana = Unequally distributed
showers benefited vegetation in iocali-
ties in north and west portions, but
uplands continue dry; week favora-
BILE to cotton picking, gathering corn,
hay and rye cutting and threshing;
corn yielding well in southern por-
ton; rice below anticipations; cane
good, but needs rain; cotton short
crop.
Texas--Generally fair, pleasant
weather during the week was favora.
BILE for cotton picking, which is max
ing rapid progress; the greater portion
of the crop will be picked by the mid
die of October; the outlook for tcp
crop is very poor, except over south,
west portions of the cotton district,
where, in some sections, the plant is
still growing and blooming: Corn is
gathering well advanced and the yield
is light; rice is poor crop and has
been slightly damaged by brisk winds.
ADMINISTRATION of cotton re-
mains unchanged; it is opening and
being picked rapidly and with favora-
BILE weather will all be gathered by
Oct. IS; some complaint of damage
where rains were heavy and slight i'm
provement in top crop in other locali-
ties; all minor crops much improved,
but more rain needed for fall blowing
and gardens.
Tennessee-Local showers early IN
week slightly improved conditions
where they fell, but drought still Sc
we're in most sections: cotton opening
rapidly and picking in full progress;
to bacco mostly housed, and good ex-
cept where worm eaten; quantities of
fodder, pea and millet hay saved !;
| plowing greatly delayed.
An Appeal for Funds.
WASHINGTON, Sept. assistant
Treasurer James L. Norris, of the
Democratic national committee, to-
night issued call for funds, in which
he says in part:
The Republican party can boast Of
ovetfowing Golfers; Golfers constantly
replenished by the colossal fortunes
of Europe, fortunes gathered in large
degree OF American industry, to de-
feat the will OF the people. The Demo
cracy must depend upon the voluntary
contributions OF patriotic citizens for
funds to defray the legitimate expenses
of the campaign. It has no such re-
sources of combined capital to draw
from; tits undoubtedly conducting the
peoples fight and must look to them
for the means to derfay the indispensi-
bic expenses incident to campaign
of educating, printing and distributing
literature, and the securing Of
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