The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1897-09-22
WEATHER AND CROPS.
TIE CONDITIONS OF The STATES
FARMING INTERESTS.

re CONDj HONS OF ne . Al Ed
FARMING INTERESTS.
The General Oatlook -Teckly Bulletin
CT the Weather Bureau Issued Last Week
b5 Director Bauer.
TIE following weekly statement OF
| the crop and Weather conditions for
this section has beea served by Direct
Or Bauer;
TEMPERATURE.
Tee temperature conditions during
the past week were slightly above the
normal, due to comparatively high
day temperatures and seasonably cool
nights. The former ranged in the sos
and the latter in the 60s, with daily
range from 20 to 26 degrees. The
highest reported, 95 on the 10Th at
Hodges, and the lowest, 50 on the 5!h
at Liberty. The mean for the same
period is approximately Is.
RAINFALL.
O79r nearly the whole OF the State
tbs week was rainless one. Six
PLACES reported light showers on va
rious dates, with maximum meas
| urament of 0.l5 at Allendale. The
! showers were confined to portions of
Berkeley, Colleton, Hampton, Charles
ton, B4autor: and Marion counties.
/ Over The remainder OF the State the
ground is very dry with severe
jdroughty conditions in places. Cor
respondents all note the need Of rain
for the growing crops. The normal
| FOR the week is about 1.27. The week
OF corresponding dates in 1895 was
| also without rain.
The winds were generally light,
easterl y. The sunshine was in excess
with al es.im ated percentage OF IS OF
the possible for the State, ranging
from 81 to 100.
GENERAL REMARKS
Favorable weather prevailed for har.
vesting and gathering the ripened
crops, such as haying, rice harvest,
picking cotton, making syrup and
housing corn and fodder, buE pastures,
gardens, late corn, turnips aad gen
orally all crops not fully matured
stand IN urgent need OF rain, over the
State.
CROPS.
The reports on cotton would indi-
cate further decline in condition
due to the dry weather which caused
young bol!s to shed freely over the
western counties, where, until recent
! ~, tie plant had continued to fruit,
/ ard wnsrs it is yet IN places putting
on fruit sparingly, but not generally.
There are reports OF small top crop"
over the extreme northwestern coun-
ties, bu: over the larger portion Of the
State those bolls and squares that usu-
ally form the top crop" al shed of
during and following the August
rai2s.
Over the eastern counties generally
and over large portion OF the west.
err counties cotton is opening rapidly,
Il PLACES prematurely, and IN Bsrks.
ley, Marion, Orangeburg, Bamberg
and CONTINUOUS counties from half to
three fourths, or more, OF the DOLLS
are open.
! Incne locality in Berkeley 70 per
cent. is already gathered.
In the eastern counties the plant Is
apparently dead, caused by rust, which
developed over large areas during the
latter part OF August many fields look
as Il s.aIed BY frost.
Under the prevailing favorable
weather conditions, picking made
rapid progress.
Sea Island cotton has not shared 10
the deterioration, on the contrary, I'M
proved ia condition during the week.
The dry weather injured late corn to
some extent, but permitted fodder to be
saved in good condition. Some corn
has been gathered.
Sweet potatoes look and yield well
generally, bat rain is needed for late
paintings.
Rice harvesting has made great
strides in ColIeton and else where IN
il the rice districts and threshing has
begun generally. Upland rice in
Plckens would be benefited by rain.
IL places 5urnips seem to stand the
dry weather, but generally the young
plants were kllle1 by the hot sun and
ieids viii have to be resown.
1t was az extremely favorable week
fer curing pea vine and other hay and
muci was saved.
Sorghum aud sugar cane maintain
their excellent condition and syrup
making continues.
Pastures and gardens are parched.
Peanu:s yielding well. Tobacco be-
Jag freely marketed. Late apples
plentiful and Of good quality in Salu-
da. Scuppernong grapes plentiful.
Fail plowing continues N the truck
raising districts.
From the national bulletin OF Sept.
6: ''Tne general condition Of cotton
lis less favorable than in the previous
week ard over portions OF the middle
sections Of the cotton belt there has
been marked deterioration. Absence.of
rain has csuseGit to open rapidly, to
some extent prematurelY. In portions
Of south and southwest Texas showers
improved late cotton and the top crop,
over the northern part ofthe State and
over The central and eastern portions
Of the belt the conditions have been
u1fav0ra Die.
Fla-l-g icom Yellow Eevsr.
: jiypz:ca from Atlanta says like
frightened birds of passage, storm.