The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1897-06-23
WEATHER AND CROPS.
TIE CONDITION OF SOUTH CARROLL
MAS FARMING INTERESTS.

Weather Buresu Issued Monday by DI-
rector Bauo7-The General Outlook.
The following is the weekly bulletin
of the condition OF the weather and
crops Of the State issued last week by
Observer Bauer of the South Carolina
section Of the United States climate
and crop bureau:
TEMPERATURE.
| The temperature was about normal,
: the mean for the week having been rs
while the normal is ppro1imately II.
The fore part of the week wss below
normal while the last three days were
very warm. The highest temperature
reported was 100 on the 18th at Beau
| fort, the lowest 81 on the 9Th at Col
umbia.
PRECIPITATION.
The weather was showery on the
7th, Sth and 9th, and showerY condi-
ditions prevailed in places on the 18th.
Heavy washing rains occurred during
the first of the week. with considers
bic flooding of lowlands, and material
injury to crops in Spartanburg, Green
vile, Fairfield. Clarendon, Newbsrry,
EdGe6eld, Crangeburg, Barnwell. Lau-
reos, Greenwood, Anderson, York,
Kersh&w, Lancaster and Bamberg.
At the close of the week it was still
too wet to plow bottoms and in places
iUplands in Chester, Chesterfield,
Berkeley, Spartanburg, Bamberg and
Horny.
The average of so measurements for
the week was 3 OF, and the normal IS
approximately 1.04 Seven places re-
ported less than 60 OF rain, ~ places
from 1 to inches, 19 places over 9
inches, among them were the follow
ing heavy rains: Blackville, 8 50;
Mount Clare, IS; Loopers, SO; JET
fer;es Creek 8 10; Pinapolis, A;
Barksdaie. 10; Santuc, 3.11. The
>rrespondents at Inman.S .Spartanburg
county, raports nearly Is inches Of
rain in six hours on the 7sh. It is de-
iscrioed as having been in the nature
of cloudou Streams in the 7icin-
i+y were higher than ever known and
a great de2l OF injury to crops, ETC.,
resulted
; Hail, doing material injury to corn,
cotton, fruit and tobacco, occurred in
Edge6sld, Fairfield, Anderson, Mar
len, Sumter, Chester, Pickens, Clsr-
endon, Florence, Hampton and Or.
aogecurg Hail also fell. but without
dong any material injury. IN Spar
! tanburg. Newberry, Barnwell, Lex
,in eIon, Richland, Chesterfield, Dar-
J iicgton &"t salads.
Sunshl1e varied greatly in different
portions or me State, but was aver
aged about normal with 63 pei cent.
Of the p93siH:e-
/ CROPS
The adverse conditions Of the past
week were altogether physical and
! therefore local. and consisted mainly
! of high ~ater flooding ootton lands.
neagy rains washing slopes and hail
oeaiing down corn. cotton and tooac-
co ComQarit;'Te4y speaking the dam
age w2s con6 aed tn limised areas in
. the counties already named. From
Ab5eyillc and lover Barnwell reports
sr:re received ri crnps Suffering for
:ain, 2L-i ron Sperisn.0rg, Chester,
Lancaster and Chesterfield OF too much
rzin for plo~ing and that crops are
s3tG;ae 70 be foul.
. CaincA bugs continue to destroy
corn aod otGer vegetation over Ches-
ter an3 York; cut worms in Dorcnes.
So, Collector, Ham pton and Williams
oucg. but corn has generally made
rapid growth, aoG in many places Is
being i2iG by. The corn crop does not
coma up to an average condition N
sither size or stand, owing principally
to broken stands on bottom lands
caused by worms. Replandng still
going Ga.
Cotton made fair and altogether sat
jsfactocy progress during the week.
Grass threatens the crop in some local
tiles, bat tas plant is of sufficient slza,
and the prevailing not, sunny weath.
er Will enable facnsrs to kill grass
readily, and is also the weather best
suited ;of the development OF cotton.
Sc ;&res are reported plentiful where
tie plant is large enough, but cotton
is uuseaSougbly small everywhere.
Blooms nave oeen noted in BarnWell,
out are as yet scarce. Lice infest some
fields, but are not general.
Tobacco has developed rapidly Late.
" aQd IS nov in excellent condition,
except that worms are numerous IN
Florence. wlile in Florence and Clar-
eadon, and 10 q lesser extent IN some
nti,er counties in the tobacco district,
hail has done material injury to the
plant.
Rec IS growing nicely, bat in Col
lcgon YoQr2 rice has been attacked oy
:caterpillzrs " tn, however, out slight
i isrC as vt. q the Gouryetown add
dDrry ci>scicts zee IS doing we'll.
Peas are 5eirs 50 En ou S!uocle land
AID IN with cor. Sead scarce IN
Chester AID G eorzeto8n. but reported
oient,f1! in N7Roerry couury.
Tnsa; harvest has made fair pro-
g~ess, aad the yield is generally re-
par:sd Up 10 sn average and very sat-
i aeIorg
O,6s harvest nearly completed for
y ainlec s0wn. TIE yield ABOUT up to
"a average. Sori2g sown mas impro7-
ed, oQ1 vii be & poor crop neVerthe.
less. 5 ;cle oats shocked on the fields
were damaged slightly by the rains
gar ' m t4e seek.
M4ocS are doing better since the
ralns, but nave q poor staad and N
p,4a=s are .tJsc&ed by bugs. viii DO
zee
.craas J .ntioe sTee! potato draws
Gao;icu-s. 0 los :rT reports draws
g ,rc2. .GcI .:el>rti!y ny are pienu'
fl:!
i he tackj5p Gstricts the condi-
ens aave imp o7sd very much, and
~ vegetables ale doing well.
Pas:a, = have revived, ano now at
5.5 z ID graz.cg Gardens in excel
''.E.r c2o3I!ion. Ai2or croos. such as
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