The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1896-04-15


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THE WEATHER AND CROPS.
Crop Season and Vegetation In General Il
Backward.
This bulletin covers the weather anc
crop conditions for the week ending
with Saturday. April 4, and 10 it,
preparation were used reports from
one or more correspondents IN each
county of the State.
The general weather conditions du,
ring the past week favored the farmers
in the preparation of lands for plan.
ing, but during the latter portion Of
the week were generally unfavorable
for termination of seeds and growth
of vegetation.
The mean temperature for the State
was about 81, the normal for the same
period is approximately SO. The first
four days were extremely warm,
which condition ended in general
thunder showers during the evening
and night of the first "wednesday,
and was followed by falling tempera'
ture, to the freezing point over the
western portion OF the State on Friday
(3d). Light frost was general on the
morning of the Sd and 4th Friday
and Saturday., but fruit and vegeta'
bles were apparently uninjured by 1t:
The highest temperature reported
was 90 degrees at Shaw's Forks, Aiken
county, on March 31st. The lowest sc
degrees, at Reid, Greenville county,
on the morning OF April Sd. Minima
temperature of 80 degrees were report
ed as far eastward as Orangeburg
county on the morning OF April 3.
The ground is very dry, for with the
exception of February, when there
was decided and general excess, there
has been deficiency in rainfall during
each month since last September. The
amount that fell during March, 1896,
was about one-third the usual amount.
This condition was favorable for
blowing and preparation Of lands for
pianting, so that now lands are pract,
cally all prepared for the usual spring
crops.
The rainfall during the past week
came in one series of thunder sho 1ers
during the evening and night of April
1st, and was quite general over the
State. The rainfall was for the most
part light, but at Greenville and Lit.
tie Mountain the measurements were
1.39 and 1.3S inches respectively. The
average amount OF all places reported
rainfall was 0 .66 inches. In q few To-
calities the rainfall was heavy enough
to wash lands badly.
The sunshine averaged about 60 Per
ceut. of the possible, with the highest
percentages in the northwestern por'
tions of the State and the lowest in the
central portion. There was a high
wind, of short duration during the az
ternoon of April 1st, but with the ex-
ception OF uprooting a few trees and
blowing down some fences, it did very
little damage.
The crop season aud vegetation in
general is backward, owing to the pre-
vailing cold weather during the month
of March. The termination of early
planted seed was slow and such corn,
potatoes, etc., that were up were nip
ped ~ tie frost of Friday but not en-
tilely destroyed. The dryness of the
ground has also been against rapid
termination or growth, nor were the
rains Of the week sufficient to remedy
this adverse condition.
Corn planting has been pushed in
the eastern half of the State and gen
orally begun elsewhere. The ground
is dry enough to permit the planting
of bc:tom lands as well as uplands.
Ground is quite generally prepared
for cotton, but as yet little has actual
ly been planted except in the south.
eastern counties where considerable
has been planted, part Of which is OF
the sea island variety.
Wheat il looking well generally and
free from insects. except in Orange
burg county where Reesiaa flies have
appeared.
The general condition of fall oats is
good, snd but two correspondents,
both from tae same county, report
poor stands. Like all other vegetation
oats are making slow growth.
The truck farmers along the cost re.
port early vegetables ready for ship.
ment, but that generally the sosscn is
late; eighteen days late one CORES
pondent states.
1t appears to be the concensus OF
opinion among correspondents that
peaches are only partially injured, if
at all, and that apples, pears and other
fruits generally were entirely min
jured by the late and previous frecz.
Ing weather.
Gardens are for the most part very
backward.
The opening of the crop season can,
at this time be briefly summarized in
this way. Farmers are well up with
their work; fall sown crops look
promising; but it is generally too cool
and dry, the latter being the more Sc
rious awback.
A Kansas newspaper wound up a
compliment to a young schoolma'a am
with a good word about the reputa
ton for teaching she bears" The
next day the schcolma'am met the ed.
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