The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-05-19
WEEKLY CROP BULLETIN.
Farm Work Made Rapid Progress
During the Past Week.

Farm Work Made Rapid Progress
During the Past Week.
The Crop Bulletin, as issued by ).
". Bauer, Section Director, Is IN part
as follows:
The first portion of the week with its
high temperature, light winds ana
bright sunshine, was extremely favor
a5le to crop growth and made notice,
able Improvement IN the appearance OF
field crops generally.
During this time farm work made
rapid progress. The latter portion OF
the week, however, was below the &C
tive growing temperature for some OF
the principal crops cultivated IN TINS
State. for instance cotton which Will not
grow or thrive under So degrees.
Corn has improved generally, although
lis coudltlon is extremely varied ana III
but few places entirely satisfactory.
Stards i'll many places are very TreSu-
lar owing 10 replaatlng, and cut worms
have destroyed stands II many places.
Early corn on sandy lands is doing
fairly we'll In the western counties u
considerable area remains to be plant,
edf while il York county fields planted
u cotton and which failed to come up
to satisfactory stands have been pioWed
over and planted to corn. Corn that
is up has received its first ard second
cultivation The cool weather recently
has given IL q yellow cast.
Cotton did fairly we'll during the hrst
of the week. especially on sandy SOILS,
where it is up to fine stands and IN the
more easterly counties is being cultl-
waited aud chopped out. On stiff lands
the surface is so crusted and baked that
cotton cannot come up readily. The
recent cool weather gave cotton severe
set back and number of correspon-
dents reported the plants dying. :;
Transplanting 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 setback, although
in some places cut worms and grass
hoppers damaged it more or less.
sweet potato sets are being trans
rlanted, but not as yetto any great eX
tent. Draws are not very plentiful.
Irish potatoes apS bear to be doing finely,
except in Charleston and Beaufort
counties, where they will not yleld
more than one-f fourth Of crop.
Melons have not shown much, II any,
improvement and have not made salts
factory growth, exceptin Williamsburg
county, where the vines are growing
nicely.
Fruit prospects vary greatly through
out the State, being exceedingly prom
lsing in places, while in other places
there will be none. Pears appear to be
dropping badly and doing poorly.
Peaches give promise of fair average
crop generally, and in Greenwood
county the trees are overloaded. The
winds of the week shook much fruit on
the trees, although it is thought to the
advantage of the fruit remaining on the
trees. The crop of wild berries prom
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 Charl leston,
Williamsburg and Florence truck rails
ing districts.
Chinch bugs have made their appear
ance on all grains in Chester and York
counties in those sections where they
did so much damage during 1897.
First shade-WhAt ais :nat hump
shouidered fellow that just arrived last
week? l rarely see him al his seat late
". Second shade-Hc claims 70 have
been a bicycle crank while or earth;
but wha: that may have been know
cot. At any rate. ne has constructed
avery peculiar machine with couple
Of old haloS.-Puck.