The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1898-05-20
WEEKLY CROP BULLETIN.
Farm Work Made Rapid Progress
During the Past Week.

tarm Work Made Rapid Progress
During the Past Week.
The Crop Bulletin, as issued by j.
W. Bauer, Section Director, is in part
as follows:
The first portion of the week with its
hiGh temperature, light winds and
bright sunshine, was extremely favor
able TO crop growth aud made n notice
able improvement in tie appearance of
field crops generally.
During This time farm work made
rapid progress. The latter portion of
The week, however, was below the nc
tive growing temperature for some OF
the principal crops cultivated in this
State, for instance cotton which will not
grow or thrive under SIS degrees.
Corn has improved generally, although
its condition is extremely varied and in
but few places entirely satisfactory.
Star ds in many places are very irregu-
lar owing to replanting. and cut worms
have destroyed stands in many places.
Early corn on sandy lands is doing
fairly we'll In the western counties q
considerable area remains to be plant
edf while in York COUNTY fields planted
to cotton and which failed to come up
to satisfactory stands have been plowed
over and planted to corn. Corn that
IL up has received its first and second
cultivation. The cool weather recently
has given it n yellow cast.
Cotton did fairly we'll during the first
of the week. especially on sandy soils,
where IT Is up to fine stands and i'll tho
more caSterly counties is being cult
Nuicd uMd chopped ont. On stiff lands
the surface Is 50 crusted and baked that
cotton cannot come up readily. The
rprppt cnpI wan thar poye cctt0n Sayprp
set back and a number of correspon-
dents reported the plants dying.
Trans splanting tobacco is being rushed
to completion. The weather has, on
the whole. been too cool for young
plants to grow well, but this crop has
received no serious back, although
in some places cut worms and grass
hoppers damaged it more or less.
sweet potato sets are being trans
planted, but not as yetto any great ex
tent. Draws are not very plentiful
Irish potatoes appear to be doing finely,
except in Charleston and Beaufort
more than one fourth of n crop.
Melons have not shown much, if any,
Improvement and have not made salts
factory growth, exceptin Williams sburg
county, where the vines are growing
nicely.
Fruit prospects vary greatly through
ont the State, being exceedingly prom
lsing in places, while i'll other places
there will be none. Pears appear to be
dropping badly and doing poorly.
Peaches give promise of n fair average
crop generally, and in Greenwood
county the trees are overloaded. The
winds of the week shook much fruit of
the trees, although it is thought to the
advantage of the fruit remaining on TIE
trees. The crop of wild berries prolO
ises to be quite plentiful.
Gardens are backward but are look.
ing we'll and yielding seasonable vege-
tables in abundance.
Large shipments of garden truck and
berries continue from the Charleston,
Williamsburg and Florence truck ra!s
ing districts.
Chinch bugs have made their appear
ance on all grains in Chester and York
counties i'll those sections where they
did SO much damage during 1897.