The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1897-08-25

The Genera: 0us!ook-getk!y 8ullei!n o!
The yyeasner 9uro2a Issced Tuesday By
Director ys&cer.
TIE foj3owingis tee needy buiiatin
Of Tie condition OF The weather and
crops Of the State issued last week 6y
S.&te Observer Beuer:
TEMPERATURE;
The Gsuoe.auIe Cu?icG The pas
week kept within comparatively U&c-
row range. tee n7&xiolun generally
ranged between s. and 8 with an eN.
irene maxir.uHl OF I02 ca jae 18Th -
Beaufort, The minimum r2rgod atoUt
10 a}tnou2h the lowest vas p on the
10;h a Liher.y. The average fer the
week WAS IS while the normal for The
sane pericd is. approximately 79. It
was decidedly c2ol5r oysH the extreme
western portion o. the Stete than II
the cantrs! and eastern poTlic1s.
RAINFALL.
The raiaf&I! for the week was gen.
riat!y IN The form OF Showers wbere
aEy fell, fc2' quite }ar2e areas - the
extreme Testerr. tue central and the
southern 3auati>s we're without r2in
nc entire week. or 6: lsast until late
Ss3urGag, the 1+.a.
\ few ponGents stated taat
rsia was needed While generally the
asnuaa h&d 2lccty o D:cist1se. il
ad3j'ioa - iha showers # Saturday,
arc Sunday afternoon (l4hh snd - }
3 general rain Se3 n @asi7 Monday
morning SO rat tne rainfall d~iicien-
cy. where i: existed, A4s teaa fully
supplied
A lev reports CT x,ess;ve rain we.e
racsi7ed Twe2tg lxo weekly meas,
urenents Of less thar one inch wera
received 8 from tc = iEclss, acd Z
Or ever 2 inches. G7ce average Of these
80 measurements is 0i9 while the
Gorn!al for the past week IS ahcI! 80.
A severe hail and wind storm cccur,
red il lower Hampton On the evening"
OF the 14!h, accompanied by heavy
rain aEd irjir;rg field crops seriously
ever 2 l;m'led area.
The winds Of the week we're 2c&er-
ally light.
The sunshine vacisd g-ealy over
different sections, the estimated per
centage of the possible ranged from %
20 80 with So average Of 60, which IS
somewhat bslow ncraloi amount Tor
this season. Tnis deficiency n sun.
shine Was apparently favorable cn
field crops.
CROPS
2hsre is great diversity in the tone
o. the reports for the week, The cores.
pon&ents bsing about equally divided
il calling the week & favorable CT an
EnfaVor&ble one. As 3 general rule
The best reports c,nIe from the wes:ern
portions Of the Sta,e, where IL places
the crops are magnificent" Worms
nave appeared ia many OF The eastern
counties in large numbers, and from
meagre descriptions furnished, it IS
to be The Army worm. They
have destroyed mncC grass fer hay II
Williamsburg, kershaw. Berkeley,
GJ-oitct5u z--1id Beaufort vv-,u:tJs1 SUC-
IL places have attacked corn, rice ana
Gotten. Their increase ii numbers
during the week was aiar.ning!y rap
ID. They have also raade their ap-
pearaace IL a number CT other coun-
ties, but as yet in 70 threatening force.
Cora varies in condition with local
;:y and sell and the culture it re ceived,
out that portion OF the crop already
made IS very nearly if not quite up TO
an average. Late cora IS still very
promising and will be greatly i'm
proved by the recent rains. Fodder
pulling is making rapid progress over
the eastern counties, where It is near
ing completion, and extending grad
ually westward, where the crc2 IS
much later this year than usual.
Chinch bugs continue to damage
corn IL Chester. Fodder was saved IN
good conoitior.
Cotton was not uniformly at, c:eS
By tie las: weeks weather; many re
ports indicate q reasonable Improve
menG, and fully IS many note deterlo-
ration, due, cnisly to excessSire shed.
aiag OF squares and some bolls, some
rot!ing of bolIs, while on sandy lands
the plant is rapidly dying a1c conse-
quently has q1i: putting ca fruit
Rus. 2iso has developed over large
are2s with greatest injury noted IN
Sumter, williamsburg, Clarendon anG
Chester, although 20: corhced TO
those counties. The crop IS bes: il the
western counties, and Marlboro, Mar
ion and the northeastern counties
generally.
Too nuch weed" with 100 little
fruit is common complaint, bat cot
tor generally is heavily fruitsa.
Picking is rs yet confined TO the
more essterly counties, although the
earIy varieties are opening il the cen
:ral AID western cou4ties. Picking
Viii 10: ba general for sorls tiLae tc
c2me. An Increase II s;Z9 OF bol!s
noted since rsjas of previous week:
An insect is 2p2c:1rinG {be Dolls ara
,uinirG them IN EiSeliei& Mere Or
less shedding is reported rom : loa-
jpHiGy c5 the counties.
SsS ISLAND c2tt2n improved 2Gd
shedding less tGan j2St week
Tcb1cco curing 1a&ki@g rapid PT0.
gress. Some 2t&Glors have tiaiSh-d,
Worms GaGsgicg late nlao:s
Peas aIe Doing @eli. CutliGg pea-
vine n&y bas begun IL Bscn.Tell.
Eice IS ripeniag rapidly, and where
70! II lre3 BY ca:er9i!lar2 Is II prem.
iSinG condition.
T1cDip sowing continues ard better
st&nds have been STAINED from tne
later seedlings. y large acreage vii!
he planted,
SorghUm grinding and boiling has
begun n some sections.
SHcet potatoes doing well geaerallJ.
eXcsp: IL portions of Spartan burg, and
ana viii BE s larss crop
Scupneracrg grSres r!Qcnipg. Figs
are plentiful. Melons aGundant aaG
Of go2d quality II .ha western coun
ties. LeCon;e pear .ress full Of hae
::ruit IL Chesteg f3id.
Pastures atfold excelien: grazing
In the garden truck distr;c.s 9roun&
&c Seirr rrerereC fnr, 10 yarafa blrS