The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-06-22
CONDITION Of CROPS,
REGULAR WEEKLY WEATHER IND
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TIE folIowine weekly bulletin OF
tae coudltion Of the weather and crops
OF the State was issued by Section
Director Bauer Of tie United States
Gur2aU last wsek:
Ghe temperature during the week
col tiaued ABOVE the ncrmal with max
inums early in the week ranging ba.
tween IS arc IS degrees; there was q
steady rise in temperature during the
week with m2ximUD1s CT 100 to 1C2
degrees quite general over the western
and Central counties on The 10th and
the 11,h. There were few compare,
lively cool nights for the season early
! in tne week with a minimum o. 55 d9
grees al Santuc on the Tn ard st
Spencer On the Sh. Tie mesn fer
| tie week was 81 degrees and the Or
nal Tor the same period is about II.
There was an entire absence Of r&in
during the week over the greater por-
ton Of the State. On the 18Th aud
18th thurderstorms occurred over the
central AID western counties, but at
few places only was the rainfall copi-
Gus enough 10 be of material relief
from the prevailing severe and dis
trsssing drought.
Some additional measurements were
seceived of the rainfall Of June / on
which date Walhalla had 100 inch,
Barksdale 25, Longshoce 26, and q
number OF other places had amounts
either too small to measure or less
than cne tenth of an inch. The nor.
nal rainfall for the current week is
1.04 inch, the State sverage is about
.0i.
TIE deficiency in rainfall since jan
uary 1st amounts to somewhat ever
so GER cent. of the normal for the
State. Iu Charleston the actual def.
ciency for the above period is IS. Sc
inches. In the former locality the
drought has about reached the stage
of water famine; cattle are dying
for want OF water, IS springs, brooks
and streams are dry while the tides
nave saited the rivers for miles in
land.
Streams ell over the Stste are either
dry or their water gathered in stag
nant pools. Few ponds in the lower
counties but what have dried up and
fish are dying by thousands.
The drought IS, however, not con
fined to the lower counties, but in
clu6es the entire State, and is espec.
tally severe in Anderson, Abbeville
and portions OF contiguous Or nearby
counties where correspondents report
either no rain or less than beneficial
amounts for periods OF from 30 to 50
days, while during this time the tenn.
perature has Eeen abnormally high,
with but little cloudness. While most
of the staple crops have as yet suffer,
ed no irreparsble injury, continua-
ton Of the dry weather for week Or
( two longer would irhict severe dam
sge 10 all crops and especially on cora.
, The sunshine VAS practically unin-
terrupted during the week at many
PLACES, with an average estimated per
centage Of 81 OF the possible, for the
State.
The winds were light easterly dur
ing the first OF the week, changing to
light and dry westerly and southerly
during the latter portion.
a severe wind storm on the 18th in
Spartanburg county damaged wheat,
oa:s, fruit trees and buildings severe.
y.
There remains considerable land,
intended for corn, yet to plant, esti
mated at 20 Fer cent. in SaIuda coun.
ty, and consisting generally of bottom
land that early became too dry and
nard to plow. Early corn is dying in
PLACES for want OF moisture. Corn
willis badly during the day time and is
firing. Corn is being slowly laid by.
Cotton has apparently nos been in
iured by the dry weather, except that
replanted cotton died for want of mois.
ture, and that late planted and re.
planted cotton was slow to germinate
and came up 10 Irregular STANDS. Cot
ton made very slow growth, but other
wise is in q vigorous, healthy condi,
ton. It is infested with lice in Orange
burg, Sumter, Clarendon, Bamberg,
BarnweIl, where, in spots, it IS dying,
Richland where lice are more number
Gus than ever before observed, and in
portions of several other COUNTIES. Cot
ton fields are generally well cultivated,
exce;t that clay soils sre too dry snd
hard TO work, and that Ia upper Ber-
kelley and portions OF Williamsburg
counties it Hss too vet during Aay,
but it is al right now.
Cotton is putting on squares rapidly
in Chesterfield and Darlington, but
slowly elsewhere. Gut worms still
damaging the stand in places. First
blooms hsve been noted in various
sections during the week. Sea island
cotton is not thriving.
Tobscco failed during the week sx
cep! in portions of Florence, where II
grew vigorously. Tobacco needs rain
urgently. Worms not unusally nu
merCuS and are easily KEPT from IL
ficting serious damage.
Wheat harvest is about completed
and threshing is well undel way.
Yields at threshing sre very satisfac
tory although, Oconee and Spartan
burg report yields below las! year.
Early oats are harvested ana housed.
In Horny the crop was rather light out
elsewhere from fair TO very good.
Spring soTn oats are failure IL most
places and st best poor crop.
It has been too dry to SOW peas and
where previously sown they have not
come up to stands.
Few potato slips were set during the
week and the draws are dying II the
beds.
Irish potatoes ale very poor, yield
ing less than third OF the usual re-
turns, while tae individual potatoes