The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-05-20

| WASHINGTON, May l9.-W eather
and crop statement of the agricultural
department:
VIRGINIA.
Absence of rain and
high, dry winds have caused deterlo-
ration of wheat, oats and grasses from
previous condition; chinch bugs still
on wheat, but not spreading much
peanuts, cotton and tobocco being
| planted; berries rirening.
NORTH CAROLINA.
Raleigh-Excessively warm, dry
week, injurious to all crops; drought
damaging to wheat and oats, and has
killed some young corn and cotton
and delayed tobacco transplanting till
plants have become overgrown; bulk
of corn and cotton crops Standing
drought we'll; gardens much injured !;
| fruit dropping more than usual.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
Columbia-Urgent need of rain !:
drought has ruined spring oats and
garden truck generally; also retards
and prevents completion of planting
corn and cotton; excessive tempera-
ture and drying winds prevails; crops
that have attained stands doing fairly
we'll crop conditions best in western
and northeastern counties.
GEORGIA.
Atlanta-Week extremely hot and
dry; except in a few favored localities,
all crops and vegetation suffering for
rain; gardens and pastures drying up;
some complaint of cotton lice and
and bud worms injuring bottom land
corn.
FLORIDA.
Jacksonville-Week unfavorable ex-
cept in some gulf counties and limit.
ed sections, where local showers fell
on the 14th and 18th; drouth severe
over large section of west and north
districts in cotton, oats, rice and vege
tables, with orange trees showing III
effects.
ALABAMA.
Montgomery-Warm, sunny week,
except scattered showers Thursday !;
cotton making good growth and chop
ping nearly completed: early corn
beginging to tassel, and late corn and
cane healthy, but need rain; early oats
being cut and minor crops doing well !;
early peaches ripening, but fruit bad
ly damaged by insects.
MISSISSIPPI.
Vicksburg-Continues generally ia.
vorable weather; timely rains were OF
inestimable value to all crops; cotton
growing and some we'll cultivated
corn in silk and tassell and being laid
by; more rain needed in few sections
and local complaints OF worms and
potato bugs.
LOUISIANA.
New Orleans-General improvement
in crops since showers of the 18th,
18th and 18th, but rains badly distrib.
uted and more needed; week warm and
sunshiny; corn being laid by; cotton
chopping continues; cane doing well,
too dry for rice; oats ripening.
TEXAS.
Galveston-Seve local storms
damaged crop, some sections over
northeast portion, but rain over east
ern portion of State materially i'm.
prove crop conditions; rain is needed
over western portions for cotton and
corn; wheat and oats harvest in pro-
gress.
ARKANSAS.
Lite Rock-Weather favorable for
cultivation and growth of all crops;
cotton and corn grow nicely and we'll
cultivated: Irish potatoes much i'm
proved; sweet potatoes set out and
doing well; fruit falling bdaly; con-
ditions not so good as previously re-
ported; wheat and oats only fair.
TENNESSEE.
Nashville-Drought continues Sc
we're in eastern and central portions,
| and crops generally rapidly lowering
| in condition; good rains in western
| portion and crops growing well; corn
and cotton fairly good and being
| worked clean; some tobacco set; rain
much needed.