The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1897-09-15
TEMPERATURE.

TEMPERATURE.
Tee temperature conditions during
the past week were slightly above The
normal, bat the departures were small
on any day. The normal mean tenn
parature for the State will decline
during the prsseat month al the rate
OF 3 degrees q week, caused, caltfy,
by cooler nights. The mean tempera
ture for The week was 70, and the nor.
nal is about 76. The highest reported
was 100 on the 29:h OF August AZ
Beaufort, aud the Lowest 50 on the
Both of Ansust IT Cher2g. :: = faT
stations the maximum TEN peratur5s
reached to or above 80 or several days
aud tie minimum temperatures rang
ed generally bAtTeen sixty and seven,
".
The rainfall fer the week was gen
orally light and confined to scattered
sao 1ers over various portions Of the
S:ate during the first part OF the week,
the latter portion beicg without ran,
except light shower on the coast.
r liu is needed over the greater por-
ion OF the State.
Twenty-oae places reported meas
urements OF less than l inch, ten Of
from l to 2 inches, and one more than
two inches. the latter being Kingstree
with IS. The approximate norma!
for the week is 80. sud tie ean OF
all measurements 0 80 The greater
portion If tie State received no rain
or merely light and insufficient
amounts.
Hail accompanied the rains OF tie
%. h over much OF Berkeley, Colleton,
Charleston, Hampton and BEAUFORT
counties, doing considerable injary to
cotton and rice. On August 3Oth hail
fell a. Blackville, Greenville, Hope
Station and Liberty; on the 3lst al
Camden.
There occurred few high winds. but
they did 20 material or widespread
injury.
The sunshine was geEe ally in ex-
CESS OF normal and a7eraged 81 per
cent Of the possible, but cloudiness
increased over the eastern portions o.
the State during the later ,,ortiop Of
the week.
CROPS
1t is the unanimous opinion OF all
correspondents that the cotton crop
will be much smaller than the col2i
ton of the plant curing July ard the
fcst two weeks Of August promised.
The loss In condition is greatest over
lbe Central acd eastcl couatiss wnere
the Angus squares and young boIIS
nearly all dropped of, and where the
plant is, for the most part, apparently
dying, with 10 appeararce OF top
crop, and where rust was most pTeva-
lent. There is, ho"ever, less saed
ding and rust this week than last.
Over the western counties, the III Try
TO tae crop was rot so marked and
many fields continue to bloom and
put on fruit TO limited extent, eSpec
ial!y on late cotton. Cotton is open
ing rapidly and picking is general,
with labor enough av2llaele, general
! ly, % keep cptlon picked Gu! as II
opens, except IN PAGES where Iaborers
are scarce, and the lint is liable to
damage from storms slould any oc.
Cur. 4 heavy rain IN Union counsy
! damaged open cotton materially. TEe
Sep:emb Der picking will be large and
j.. places irc,ule aocus half the crop
on the stalks. Sea Island cotton con
| !iruas TO look very promising with
com paratively little shedding drclag
| the last week.
! Corn is maturing rapidly ard late
corn is farming ou: better than au!-cl
pated As ye! no c2rn has been housed
| Fodder pulling IS about ioished eX
cept from very late corn. Ire wea:h
er favored curing and housing the
fodder in the very best condition.
Cutting psa vine Ray made fav0ra
Die progress and the crop IS q heavy
one generally, although n places the
leaves are falling of excessively.
f! Cutting grass for hay is also well un
der way and large yields are reported
OF good quality and nicely c4r5d.
| The rice harvest IS b-icg pushed
land much of the early cop is Gu:
| end stacked. Some repcc: rice ripen-
lnr irregula-lg with many uG5!lod
Eheads, but ca the whole the rice crop
isppcoximates 3 full average. Frsi
Enew milled rice received at Charleston
on September 81 from the Georgetown
district.
Much rye is being so"n in Chester
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