The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1897-10-06
WEATHER AND Crops

WEATHER AN0 cRoPS-
Weekly Bulletin ol1he TeA'Eer Bureau
I3sued Last week.
The following is tie weekly bulletin
OF the condition OF the weather and
crcrs issued BY the South Carolina
section CT the United States climate
and crop service for last week:
Daring lie greater part q the past
week the we&rnlr was al; Ormaiiy
cooi. with departures from to II dc
grees below tie rCrr a aEt the last
Of the week much wsrmer with near
" the n rormai len peYature The nights
Of the 90 23d was unusually cod with
minimum teUperaiure under 80 over
sll the S.a:e except near the coaSt,
whs,e il was between so aDd 55 The
lowest reported was 10 on the 24h ST
kinestree, and the highest 95 ou the
II hst Flcrence The weekly near
was IS ard the Iormal for the sane
period is spprcNima'ely y 13.
The lopg txisiing and severe drought
was broken by showers early N TIE
week. ard general heavy rsin CO TIE
2lst srd 22rd. The rain was scccm
panied By high winds over the eastern
portion Of the State. TIE rainfall
measurements were ger orally hesVy,
only ) places having amounts Of less
than the irch. 10 had frarl one 10 two
inches and % had over two inches.
with maximum measurement OF + 70
~ oakland TIE avera2e Of al MEAS
uren ents was 9 SO and the normal for
the week is aoout oIe Itch.
GENERAL STATEMENT.
The severe drought vas broken by
the rains of the week, srG tee enti.e
State is now we'll watered, and the
Ground in fine condition for plowipg
aud sowing fsll oalS, rye ard barley,
which work has scnvely begun. Peas.
turnipS, late potatoes ard pastures
were greatly benefited by the rain,
s,d also fall vegetables, gartens aud
trutk. but it cane tco late to material
" benefit corn or cotton, except very
| ate fields of tie former and young
| immature bolls OF the latter OF whlco
there are comparatively few
Cotton reports are ieatureless Tor
the week. excep, that much open cot
ion was blown 10 the ground on the
21st and G2ad, and beat into the dirt
| and stained by the heavy rains. Cot
ton picking was delayed from one to
three days by the uniavoraole weatb,
| er and the heretofore rapid opening OF
immature bolIs was largely checked
| Otherwise the rain was OF no oene a'
10 cotton, which is now so far ad
vanced SIS to be beyord liability OF in
iary by frost. there being practically
no top crop" Cotton IL many places
| is nearly all open ard over half OF the
crop has bsen gathered The yield IS
reported to be smaller than expected
and generally Disappointing. .
There are many sections which vii
no doubt make 8 full crop but such re
por,s are cutnum bered. two to one, by
| reports of yields falling below an av
! araee. Sea Islard cotton was not IN
i3red By the storm, on the contrary
The rain will materially help tie top
crop" of which there is a fair promise
Corn is being gathered and the cror
is generally reported to be a full ore
aud in places an extra fac one. ln
ne extreme northwestern counties
where corn was planted late, fodder IS
still being pulled bu: even there the
ears are matured ard 10 longer sub
iect to weather conditions.
Rice harvest was soG1eWha! delay ed
early in the week bat was lesnmec
during the latter portion and is now
practically completed. There are ie"
reports indicating poor yields of rice
but generally the crop is full aver
age one, and has been secured IN ex
cellent condition, it having been no'
at all damaged by the storm. Thresh
| lng is we'll underway.
/ Peas were helred by the rain and
are generally fruitiDg we'll, with ex
ceptiors over little areas where peas
are complete failures.
Sweet potatoes show Improvement
since the rains and look more prcmls
ing.
In the truck raising districts, plow
| ing and planting winter vegetables Is
now under way, with the ground II
excallep. condition fer this 1ork:
Pastures which were pa!ched auc
brown have started a new growth
Stock water is again plentiful.
Crops baviDg comp pleted their growth
except few comparatively uoimpor
taut ones, the issue Of these bulletins
will end, for the season Of 1897, with
this number. Correspondents will,
therefore, please discontinue then
weekly reports