The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1897-09-08
WEATHER AND CROPS.
TEE CONDITIONS OF THE STATES
FARMING INTERESTS.

| FARMING ! IN EHES ,.
Tho Genera, Outlook Weekly Bulletin
Ethe yFearher Eu-eau Issued Last Week
| By Direcsor Ssue-.
The following weekly statement Of
the crop and weather conditions ior
this section has been served By Direct
or Bauer:
TEMPERATURE.
The first OF the week Wss below the
normal temperature 21d the latter
psrt decidedly in excess. Day tem-
perstures were high with maximum
of 10l on the 2S:h at Liberty. Daring
the eacly portion OF the we4 k .he
nights were cool with minimum
temperature OF 81 on the 233, 24!h and
25:h at Walhalla.
The weekly mean temperature OF
IS reporting stations was Is, while the
normal Tor the same period isabout II.
There was but little rain during the
week and was continued 10 light local
showers over the extreme western,
Northwestern, northern and southeast
ern counties on the 23d, 2=!h and 25th.
| Toe central counties were without
rain he entire week. With the ex-
cap.;o1 OF the little rainfall Just no.ed,
tie measurements reported this week
refer 10 the rain Of the Dist, which
fell 100 late to be included in last
weeks reports and should be credited
to tie previous weeks rainfall.
Twenty oce measurements Of less than
sn inch were received, 10 OF from to
2 inches, aHd four Of over 2 inches,
with maximum fall of ( 50 al Waite
Hall. The normal for the week IS
approximately Las, and the average
| OF all measurements is LEO.
Light hail accompanied a rain storm
! in EdeefeId over Tolbert ard adjoin-
ing townships on the %, doing consid.
erable injury TO crops. a severe hail
storm occurred about seven miles
from Charleston on the evening OF
the 29.h, with hail-stoaes ranging IN
size from peas to chesnuts, and dam
agin corn seriously over a limited
area.
There were few local high
winds. which, however, did no injury.
The sunshine was largely IN excess
Of the normal and ranged from 50 to
1C0 per cent. OF the possible, with an
average per cent. of 50 for the State.
GENERAL REMARKS
/ TIE weeks weather w..-s very favor-
able for harvesting rice, making hay,
pulliog fodder, digging potatoes,
picking cotton and also favorable for
growing crops generally. Worms
ard caterpillsrS have almost entirely
disappeared and are confined to limit
ed areas in q few counties only. Ses-
sonable farm work advanced rapidly
during the week.
The reports on cotton are with few
exceptions unfavorabie to the crop
and note deterioration ia condition II
every county except YORK, Spartan
burg. Oconee and portions OF Marlon.
Chester, Sumter, LsUIels, Anderson,
Abbeville and Greenwood, where on
heavy soils the plant continues TO
grow and mold ihe fruit it puts on.
Over the remainder of the State gen.
orally. there IS excessive shedding CT
squares and young bols. and oa light
sandy soils The plant is apparently
dying rapidly and IS done fruiting.
Black rust is prevalent, and IN places
entire fields are affected. Worms also
did sone damage, especially II Aer-
shaw.
The prospects for top crop are
poor, although over considerable
aress, as already noted, tcp crop IS
making.
Cotton opened rapidly during the
week and central counties picking,
ginning and marketing the crop has
fairly begun and will become general
over the State during the week. :
lew correspondents stated that the
lint is OF a high grade and few re
ported some damage 10 open cotton by
the raiDs CT the previous week.
Sea island cotton is not materially
injured and seemingly does not share
in the general deterioration OF upland
cotton. The first bale of ses island
cotton for the season OF 1897 was re.
cai7ed il Charleston on the 25.h OF
August.
Corr is materializing rapidly and is
all about made. lis conditions and
probable yield varies greatly, both SIS
F.: to early and late corn, but generally
late corn is very fine and early corn
by no means a peer crop. Worms
are damaging corn in Beaufort.
Fodder pulling was general during
the week and was favored by the
weather. This work is about COM
pleted IN the most easterly counties
and well a6vanced elsewhere.
Much compIsiGti;s n226eci peas she'd
ding their Ieavss, but peas are OF the
! whole Doing well. \ heavy crop Of
paavire nay IS oei0g cut.
Rice is maturing sId ripening zap
| idly ard harvesting is well under
| way. Rec on the whole is tine
crop, excelt that It was damaged IN
Colieton by c3tepillars and that up
land rice is generally nct up &c al
average.
Tobacco cu-ing IS finished.
Tucnlp sowing still continues, and
IN pisces COED stands have been had,
while IN Others, notably PlckenS,
some fields will have 70 be resoTn.
A heavy crop OF MEADOW EaE IS ce-
ing cut aLd c4Ii0g IS ;ayored oy the
weather.
Cane and sorghum grinding coD:in-
ues and s gc0d quality ct Ho!a<ses IS
bsing made.
S7eet potatoes seem 10 be d2i2g
| well, and n places early varieties are
| beng aug wIth unsatisfactory yields,
while ether fields are yielding exceed
iHglT well.
Scuppernong grapes are 7;pa1iDg.
We usually believe in Immortality
SO far as 10 avoid preparation for
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