The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1896-08-19
Condition of the Crops.
A General Drought Attended
by Heat Works Injury.

WASHINGTON, Aug IL TIE week
ly crop bulletin issued by the weather
bureau this afternoon contains the toll
lowing
Virgioia-Coo,ioued Dot dry weather
has done some damage to late corn ard
tobacco; fall piowing delayed pastur-
age DO ding 90 ihreshiug about flush
ed hay mostly secured /; fodder pull
ing becoming general ; soaking rains
would De of great benefit in all sections.
North Carolioa-Iutense neat and
drought causing cootiuous decline in
condition of all crops cotton shedding,
plants willing. aod forming very little
top crop first uew bale this week, ear.
hest ever kpowu +; late corn will be a
failure with out rain soon stripping
fodder uow in progress tobacco cures
light aud thin peas, potatoes and pea
nuts still good.
South Carolina-Crops materially in.
jured BY excessive heat; rain over lin
tied a.eas oaly, generally dry ; eatly
corn safe. drying up; cotton turning
yellow, shedding balf grown bOls and
squares, aud opening prematurely,
picking active rice excellent. be:in-
ming TO ripeu !: tobacco curing nicely
but quality inferior: minor crops IN
fair condition
Geo.s;a-Aboormaly high temper
ature, lack of rain and excess of sun-
shine have injured al! growing creps
cotton dropping and turning yellow;
picking in progress late cofn, excsp,
Gu low lands, needs rain pastures aud
gardens falling rapidly
8 ,Florida-Not SO hot as last week !;
good showers 10 some sec,ious, bat un-
evenly distributed !; corn suffering !;
cotton doing we'll and picking has be-
gua 10 western aod will 5000 begin in
eeatra! districts blowing fac. Fall
planting bas begun by a few; citrus
;tr.es doing well.
Alabama-Pfoloaged hot aud gen
.era'iy dry weather continues to injure
cotton, which is shedding badly aud in
some places dsopping halt grown bolls !;
cotton picking progressing slowly aPd
prospective yield far below average );
late corn scorcbing badly and cane and
sorghum showing effects Of drought.
bat peanuts aod sweet potatoes still
promisieg.
Mi.sissippi-C ops as rule are still
suffering for moisture ; local showers
benefit fall gardens 10 scattered sec
tiocs cotton picking general, but
staple short and 10 yield decreasing by
the drought; coro, garden truck, foo
der pulling progressing favorable re-
ports received from few localities.
Louisiana showers in north
norton, but drought remains onbrosen
over Large area ADD cotton continues
failiog more generous raios over po7
sions Of sugar belt aud caoe growing
fast 5u. DEEDS more rain 10 localities
sics fair some cutting; coro being
harvested, good south, poor tor;a : got
ton ricsiug general
Texss-Hot wiods aad dry weather
during another week have seriously 10
iared cotton ever csnsral and portb
Tszas, a.d a general rain is much
needed for she crop III all p"'''ans Of
the State picking Is general nucn
cotton is opeuirg prema'urely7; the
plan, is shedding squares aud yoaog
bolis IN mary sections, aud at oes' 'be
Weld viii b. o=los the average ocru
gathering ass comm4nced ; gar'iet-
aud forage crops need ra:o.
.arkansas-Droug5t sod very ho:
weather cootioues throughout the week
20 the serious ds,eiueos Of all growing
crops cottoa continues 20 she'd
squares, AID young bo!s are opeaiog
prec,uturely aud the plant is dying. 90
the apIauds early corn is light yield
aaa late is ALMOST failure
Tenoesse-Drougbt ~i;;' i'.'ense heat
causes serious falling j: crops, especial
" 10 western portion, where !. assumes
disastrous features ; cotton shedding
fruit, opening asnormally, a:d dry" g
uo: worrns and firing" inja'i g to-
bacco. necessi,iog early cutting early
CORP 6ue. late greatly shortened ; much
more seed clover saved plowiog pTac-
t;cally suspended