The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1897-07-14

By Dire ctor Bauer.
Tee following weekly bulletin of
the Condition of the weather and crops
OF the State Issued last week by State
/ OoServer Bauer Of the weather bu-
real, Will be read with special interest
! in view OF the severe hot spell OF the
| past week.
/ The wesk wa3 very hot one with
maximum temperature of 100, or
isbo7e, reported from every portion of
! the State except the northwestern and
! on tae immediate coast. The highest
was 104 reported at Beaufort and
! Hodges on July 3cd, the lowest 81 at
GreeQ7ille on June 20. The average
OF 81 places reporting weekly mean
temperature is SIS while the normal
! is approximately so, the excess averag-
ingg 5.5 degrees per day. Twenty
nine places reported temperatures OF
100 or above.
The rainfall came in scattered
showers, though quite general, during
the frat of the week, but its bene6-
cia! effects were largely negative by
! the extreme heat wnicn followed.
Twenty-six measurements of less than
! inca were received, Is OF from to
% and 6 OF over 3 with a maximum
| fall Of 25 a. Govan. The mean of
all measurements was 0.95 while the
! normal is about 80.
The sunshine averagef 80 per cent.
| of the possible, the estimates ranging
from 55 to 100.
Destructive wind storms occurred in
/ York near Leslie, Sumter, Berkeley
| and Zen counties. Hail damaged
tobacco in Florence, and injurlng
cora and cotton in Clarendon, Dor
chester, Pickens and Aiken. Wash
] ing rains in Greenwood and Laurens.
!; Although the week was exceedingly
! hot and N places dry, yet or the
| whole correspondents pronounce it
! favorable one for the farmer, with
! many exceptions, principally on &C.
count Of lack Of rain, and extreme
heat.
The greatest need of rain exists IN
! tbs upper Savannah valley, the e1-
! trame northwestern and northeastern
counties, and IN scattered sections
elsewhere, but since reports closed
quite heavy rains have fallen over
portions CT the Ssate, but whether
! the rains covered those portions most
! in need OF it, is not known.
! Cotton is blooming over the entire
State and although the stalk and weed
!coptinue small, is fruiting heavily.
Gogto2 was damaged by hail in Clar
endon, Dorchester and Aiken coun-
| ties, while from Berkely there are re-
ports OF too much rain. Complaints
; OF shedding, and that the plant has
stopped gro wing, were received from
/ Clarendon, Ocaageborg and Edge6eld,
and of grassy condition of fields from
Barn we'll, Fairfield. Berkeley, York.
Bamberg, Hampton, Florence, New
F. DERRY, Chester and Clarendon. How
ever, favorable reports preponderate
! EreatIy those to the contrary. Sea
..z!.zud cotton continues in splendid
condition, growing and fruiting well.
EGariy tobacco is being cut and cur
! CO but It's quality is not good as the
! aser planning promises to be. Hail
damaged tnis crop slightly in Flor
:e:-ce.
Rice IS growing well generally al
though tna ields are quite grassy, and
c4:erpil!ars continue troublesome in
/ PLACES, bur the fields are being flooded.
! Sweet potato slips are still baing set
out and .ae crop is doing well gener-
ally.
Melons are ripening and being
Shipped bII the crop is small one IN
acreage, yield and generally in size OF
the melz.2 Oaly few report this
crop u IL &n average.
Peas re doing well with generally
good &1aJds. Are still being soWn for
forage,
] CsGa is t2sseling. Army worms in
grass 10 Charleston county. Gardens
! falling.
Special reports on tbs present con-
dilioo anc probable yield of early
corn were received, and indicate
/ more promising outlook than hereto.
fore, BAT t2e inal results are as yet
dependent on the weather for the next
few weeks. The stalks are smaller than
usual, and are t2sselIing low but have
q healthy color generally. The stands
are irregular due to poor termination
! CT some seed and to toe ravages OF
VOTES, the wet spring and poor prepa-
ration OF land.
Germ IS caring heavily and in ex.
!ceqtional cases the crop is made. Con
dlGon Of corn rot uniform, even IN
some neignoorhoods. Uplands more
even than bottom lands. Taking
present condition as the basis Of prob
abe yield, and with good corn
weather uatil the crop begins to ma
lure which will Be within the next six
weeks, correspondents reports may be
gro4p ped into three divisions the first,
and amounting to - per cent. OF the
irepor;s estimate condition up to full
average, ) per cent, g fair crop, but
net up II the average condition and 20
! per cen. s. poor crop. In York, Ches-
| Ter anI Lancaster, chinch bugs on
"biacGj.ck" lands destroyed whole
fields an& damaged others materially.
Cora planned late in May and during
June looks very promising but is not
! far enough advanced to estimate It's
probable. ield, which will depend on
: wssLner from now on especially on
!lae rainfall. This late crop forms 3
cons deraoIe proportion Of the total
! tor the s ate.
Mr.. n r..B. L:ttlej ohn CT Boiling
Springs Lf=rs the toll0wing sUZges.
.-ioa: = woaid suggest tina. when
Craps pc 12!lag, e.. OF Lne foliage
a1G te- ! tL@ Sun, + viii generally
sep ros..2S
EAten by Sharks.
Dat2tls which have jost been receiv-