The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-09-07
CROP CONDITIONS.
The Regular Weekly Weather and
Crop Bulletin.
WHAT THEcRoPS DOING.

! Wl!dl LnS observers All OsSI LIE
State Report to Headquari-
ers. The information
Consolidated.
The following is the weekly bulletin
of the condition of the weather and
crops Of the State issued by State OBJ
server D2ur Wednesday.
The first few days of the week just
passed were hot, with maximum tenn
reratures generally above 80 degrees.
reaching 100 at Beaufort on the 24th;
the latter portion of the week was
much cooler, with a minimum tempera
ture of 66 degrees at Spartanburg on
the 18th. The average temperature for
! the week was 10 degrees, which is two
degrees above the normal.
Over the western counties, and in
few scattered localities elsewhere, the
rainfall for the week was generally less
than an inch, but over the remainder
Of the State from two to four inches
fell, the heaviest rains having occurred
in Richland, Orangeburg, Clarendon,
Charleston, Hampton and over limited
areas in the Pee Dee counties, where
lands were washed, and streams over
flowed, damaging much bottom land
corn and cotton. The weeks average
rainfall, for the State, was 2. 10 inches,
which is OIL of an inch above the nor
NAL.
There was less cloudincss than dur
ing the previous week, especially over
the upper counties, with an average Of
IS per cent of bright sunshine, al
though over the eastern counties it
amounted to less than so per cent.
Sunshine is needed for maturing and
gathering growing crops. The weather
conditions were quite favorable during
the first of the week, causing moder-
ate improvement in crop conditions,
but the last of the week was again
cloudy and rainy.
Considerable fodder was saved in
fairly good condition, but much was
damaged by rain. Old corn is fully
made, but it is too wet to gather and
house it. Stubble land corn is not do
ing well generally.
Cotton is opening freely and picking
has commenced over the State general
ly. Rust is widely prevalent, while
shedding and rotting Of bolls continue
to reduce the yield prospects. 1t is
stated that the large weed" has caus-
ed the crop to be overestimated. Sea
Island cotton looks yellow, is shedding
and blooming to the top.
Some pea vines have been cut, but
they do not cure well A heavy crop
of grass for hay awaits forvorable wea-
ther for cutting. Sweet potatoes, chu-
fas, pinders and cane are doing nicely.
Rice harvest has begun, but the wea-
ther was unfavorable, and much rice
awaits favorable weather for cutting.
The rice crop has been somewhat dam
aged recently. Pastures continue ex-
cellent.
CORRESPONDENTS REPORTS.
Aiken-Seivern: Up to Thursday the
weather was fine for pulling fodder and
picking cotton, since which time it has
rained almost incessantly; cotton has
done all it will do; corn will be a light
CROP. T. Lyles.
Bamberg-Olar: Weather conditions
unfavorable for cotton, causing plant
to shed leaves, forms and squares; some
cotton rotting for want Of sunshine;
corn on stubblo lands badly injured by
rain; sunshine needed to save hay crop.
w. L. Rice.
Barnwell-Blackville: Cotton still
shedding, no prospects for top-crop,
opening rapidly, picking retarded; late
corn and all other crops very promls-
ing; fodder all harvested, about one
third lost.-G. D. Lange.
Beaufort-Hardeville: Cotton shed
nearly half Of its fruit; much fodder
lost on account of rain; very little hay
being harvested; rice and coru very
good. s. Coburn. Sr.
Bcrk elcy-Ridgeville: Rice failure;
cane and potatoes doing we'll; too much
rain has caused cotton to shed and rust
and die out, bolls rotting; sunshine
very much needed.-J. D. Smith.
Chesterfeld-Cheraw: Recent rains
have injured cotton, making it rust and
lost small fruit; cotton picking has be-
gun, although but little open as yet;
large crop of fodder is being gathered.
S. J. McFaddin.
Colleton-White Hall: Weather for
the greater part of the week was fine
and drying; rice harvest was generally
started under favorable conditions, but
the rain of Friday was damaging; corn
improved under bright days.-E. W.
Haskell
Darlington-Cotton opening rapidly,
and shedding on light soils from rust;
freshet in Great Pee Dee river de-
stroyed some corn which was very fine:
pea forage, sweet potatoes, sugar cane,
millct and rice very p-omising.-J. j..
Lucas.
Dorchester George; Cannot tell
what the damage to cotton is; it ralned
most of the night (2S-29th); hay fields
and pastures fne.-L. \. Harper,
Edgefeld- d-Edgefeld: Cotton is rust
Ing badly, caused BY rain picking De-
gan the first Of the week, but for the
past three days it has rained every day;
late corn and peas are doing we'll. almost
all of the corn fodder has been damag-
eds. B. Mays.
Fairfeld-First portion of the week
unusually hot-days and nights; too
much rain for cotton, some picking has
been done, close examination Of crop
makes probable yield below previous
estimates; the fodder crop is short and
very poorly cured: pea vines very fine.