The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-07-13
PROMISING HARVEST.
Beautiful Crops are Growing
and Ripening,
FAVORABLE CONDITIONS
ARE REPORTED FROM ALL OYER
THE STATE.
GOOD RAINS REPORTED EVERYWHERE
And all Crops are Said to be in Most Excellent
Condition Reports from all Sections
of the State.

Weekly crop bulletin for week ending
| Monday, July II, 1898.
During the week ending Monday,
| July II, 1898, the weather conditions
| have been very favorable for agriculture
| nj interests throughout the State, and
| the outlook ut present seems more prom
| Using than at any previous time this
! season. The drought was thoroughly
| broken everywhere by showers, which oc-
| Cured nearly every day and averaged
about 30 inches for tile State, or near
| ~ an inch above the normal. The rains
were heavy but washed lands badly only
in two or three Southern and Northern
| counties; generally it fell in gentle show
erS upon clean. well cultivated fields in
condition to receive the greatest benefit.
and crops have been wonderfully revived
The temperature was much, lower than
last week, but not below the normal eX-
cept slightly so on the 18th. 10th and
11th. Although the sky has been gen
orally cloudy. there were occasional pc
RODS Of sunshine. The reports of nearly
all correspondents this week are favor
able and crops seem to be in flourish
ing condition. Farm work was impeIled
TO some extent and some fields have be
come grassy.
Corn is now fresh. green and thrifty
Though still reported as tasseling low,
the stalk is good and it is earring well.
The rains this week have practically
made early corn and wonderfully bene-
fitted the young crop. Laying by is now
proceeding in extreme western and
northern counties, and will soon be com
peted everywhere. though delayed some
what by wet weather. Cotton has made
excellent growth and is looking well.
Blooms have appeared as far north as
Pasquotank and Hartford in the east,
and Davidson county in west. The crop
is best on sandy loan where it was well
worked, but is still small as compared
with last year on clayey, heavy soil. 1t
seems to lie fruting well in the South
where some fields have already been
plowed the last time. The crop is green
and growing rapidly; lice have almost
disappeared. Tobacco has improved ma
terally and is looking fine: cropping has
become general. Cutting has commenced
in six eastern counties and Il few barns
of fine tobacco have been cured. 1t is
late and irregular in Il few central ana
western counties. Threshing continues
actively and reports Of excellent yields
of small grains are more numerous each
week The cutting of the Oat crop will
be commenced shortly. Rice is one of
the best crops in northeast coast coun-
ties. Peanuts and sweet potatoes are
doing we'll now. Melons have improved
but none are ripe; the watermelon crop
will probably be inferior. Gardens have
recovered to some extent and promise
n fair yield of fall vegetables. The fruit
crop is generally poor.
Rains for the Week: Pantego, BOB
inches: Shannan. 30; Arcola. 30;
Trenton. 200: Richards. 3.75; Mt.
Olive. 3.75 Wilmington. 3.2S; Rosedale.
400; Weldon. $40: Newbern. 80; l.um-
bert0n. 2.25: Soapstone Mount, 236;
Germanton, 30; Auburn, 3.02; Raleigh,
2.G6: Hex. 100: Selma, 6.3O; Charlotte,
%: Marion. lis; Mt. Pleasant. 49,;
Settle. 0.37; Ilendersonville, 100; Pat
terson, Dol.
REMARKS BY CORRESPONDENTS
EASTERN DISTRICT.
CHM Branch Plenty of rain and crops
doing well.-E. w. Murrill.
Rich Square-Dfought broken Tues
dav: all crops doing well: fine weather
now: corn nearly all hilled.-Albert
Nann.
Pantego-W Warm. sultry and rainy;
farm work getting behind. Walter
Clark
Okisko.-Heavy rains did much good
especially to corn; crops very poor rice
better than any other crop; some COTTON
blooms.-D. c. Perry.
Rchardson.-Fine seasons; corn ahd
cotton growing rapidly; potatoes hhe'
gardens improving; crops generally clean.
Jos. Hester
Shallotte.-On 9th showers set IL.
greatly improving crops and gardens;
crops clean-E. l.. Stanley.
Teachey.-Weather favorable to all
crops: several showers during the week.
Jas ID. Teachey.
Moyock. interrupted potato dig
ging and other work first of week; wealth
err cleared Thursday; crops doing fairly
well; through shipping potatoes and cab
bages.-R. O. Bagley.
CENTRAL DISTRICT.
Germanton-We favorable; corn
looks well: tobacco fairly good. but lit
tle late; threshing shows fairly good yield
of grain.-W. b. Harris.
Letha.-Heavy rain Tuesday. which
was needed crops doing fairly well, bur
grass also.--R. +. Gill.
Iblflliln.-E lilc IilllS anu N''I w
weather; growing crops could not do bet
ter; some complaint of grape rot, partly
due to rains.-A. ii. Stokes.
Warrenton.-Pro the finest week
vet for growing crops. but crops are
rather grassy-H. A. Foote
Albemarle.--Crops well worked and
look fine: good rains; wheat being thresh-
ed and turning out well.-G. Nj. Dry.
Auburn. Heavy rain 9th and showers
9th and 9TH: crops now doing well, but
some getting grassy: melons improving,
but not ripc.-1'roy Pool
HeX.-Good seasons, everything grow
ing nicely; corn about all laid by; cotton
bloom 4th.-Eli Yonnts.
Poplar lIill.-Old corn and gardens
somewhat damaged by heat and winds
last week: good rains this week; late
corn and side crops good; cotton small