The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-09-21
CIl0i' CON DIJl0NS.
The Regular Weekly Weather and
Crop Bulletin.
WHATTHEcROPS AREDOING.
What the Observers All Over the
State Report to Headquart-
ers. The information
Consolidated.

SfS. Tic IIItO! IlIdtiOIl
Consolidated.
The following is the weekly bulletin
of the condition Of the weather and
crops of the State issued last week by
Section Director Bauer Of the South
Carolina bereau of the United States
weather and crop service.
The opening Of the week was very
warm. and the last Of the week unsea-
sonably cool The mean temperature
for the week was - degrees. and the
normal is approximately IS degrees.
Over the central counties heavy To-
cal showers occurred, but over the re-
mainder of the State the rainfall was
generally light, with, however, a con-
tinuation during the greater portion of
the week. of the cloudy weather hereto
fore prevailing.
Thd average rainfall for the week
was LII inches, and the normal about
1.21 inch.
The latter portion of the week was
dry, generally clear. and with cool
northeast transformations favorable
for seasonable farm work, such as hay
ing, picking cotton, and stripping fod-
der
\ slight improvement was noted in
portions Of the State in crop conditions
owing to better weather, but there is
still lack of sunshine and dryness.
Farm work, while still backward, ad-
yanced rapidly in some localities.
Late corn doing well, fairly we'll now.
Ripe corn not yet housed, and some
rotting and sprouting in the husk Fod-
de1 pulling practically finished, and
but little saved in good condition.
Cotton picking was hindered and de-
layed over large portion Of the State
and much open cotton was weather
stained, beaten to the ground, or dis
colored by mildew, while reports of
seeds sprouting in the bolls, and ripe
bolls rotting, continue to come from all
sections. There is much open cotton
in the fields, and good weather for pick
ing prevailed at the close Of the week.
No improvement in the condition of
the plant itself is noted, it being nearly
dead in many places from rust. Sea
island cotton is opening and picking is
under way, but the general condition of
this crop is not promising, especially
for top crop.
Early rice harvest has at last begun,
but some is sprouting in the shock; up
land rice is fine, and ripening. There
is promise of large crop Of peavine
and other hay. Sugarcanc, peanuts,
and sweet potatoes are doing finely.
CORRESPONDENTS REPORTS.
Aiken-Seivern: Rain about half the
week, cool the latter portion; fodder
all gathered, and fully half ruined;
scarcely any cotton picked, cane and
potatoes doing we'll; turnips bad
stand; rice fne.-J. +. Lyles.
Anderson.-Iva: No change to re-
port; still'having frequent showers, and
all crops daily suffering further dam,
age.-T. C. Jackson.
Bamberg.-Govan: Cotton shedding
of all top crop, and doing badlyin every
way: picking getting on slowly on ac.
count of rain; peas, cane, rice and po,
tatoes are fne.-Geo. Mather.
Barnwell.-Blackville:: Continued
rains and lack Of sunshine still further
injured the cotton; hay and pea
vines are getting over ripe, very little
harvested; peanuts and peas very prom,
ising; remarkable growth Of sugar cane.
G. D. G. Lange.
Beaufort.-Hardeeville: All crop:
ruined, except sugar cane, by recent
storm: estimates cannot be gotten al
until water recedes, as yet it is impos
sible to get around even on horseback
to make an approximate estimate Of
damage: corn is rotting in the fields
cotton badly stained weather wont
permit gathe,ing.-J. S. Coburn, Sr.
Berkeley.-Pinopolis: Frequent show
ers and cloudy weather have caused
confined shedding Of cotton; cottor
opening rapidly, but picking hindereo
by rain and cloudiness; same cause also
injured peas and potatoes.-Thos. P
Ravenel.
Charleston. Charleston: Had few
days of sunshine this week; many far
mers are busy putting in, or getting
ready to put in, fall beans; all farm
work backward.-L. Sahlman.
Chesterfeld.-Cheraw The past q
days of excessive rain have done much
damage to all crops, more particularly
to cotton, causing it to rot, sprout ano
shed badly, young corn in lowlands
turning yellow, otherwise not seriously
damaged by recent freshet; more sun
shine this week, and all crops much
improved. e. NJ. Wells.
Colleton. Hall: Weather fav'
orable for repairing damage by freshet
last week; river banks repaired, and or
lower river the handling Of damaged
rice is under way but up river freshet
has not gone off cntirely.-W. L. Has
kcll.
Darlington Hill: Cottor
rotting and sprouting in the bolls from
continued rains: corn made, and Is
satisfactory yield: sugar cane very prom
ising; rice ripening; crab grass hay
never finer: pea vines injured by ex
cessive moisture; sweet potatocsa soot
CROP. J. Lucas.
Dorchester. Georges: If th'
coming week turns out fair, one-half o:
the cotton will be picked; over half O.
the crop is open and damaged by thu
recent bad weather-L. \. Harper.
dgeield.-Poverty Hill: The weeE
has been very damp and disagreeable
with some rain and very little sunshine
cotton rotting badly, even after it ha;
been picked; corn that was blown dowl
is rotting and sproutins.-H. l.
Bunch.
Florence. -.Jeffrics: The past weel
has been unfayorable to harvest cotton
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