The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-09-19
COTTON NEARLY ALL OPEN
The Entire Crop Will be Gathered by
the End Of October.
THE TOBACCO CROP NOW ABoUT CURED
Rain Has Revived Peas, Brought Up Turnips
ard Put the Soil in Excellent Condition
For Flowing. Wells and Streams
Full of Water Again.

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The last crop Bulletin for this season
in North Carolina will be issued by the
Weather Bureau here next week.
The one issued yesterday for the week
ending on Monday, September 18th,
shows that during the first portion of the
week precisely the same conditions con-
tinued to prevail which have caused the
unfavorable outcome of the farmers Ia
bors this summer, for the weather re-
NAMED extremely warm and dry until
the general rains began in the south on
the 18th and in the eastern section on
the 18th. The mean temperature again
averaged degrees above the normal
daily. and the extremes almost reached
100 degrees at several points on the 10th
and 18th. Perfectly clear skies prevail
ed, and increasing winds caused very
dusty atmosphere, but these distressing
conditions were completely relieved by
the generous rains of the latter part of
the week.
The rainfall averaged 1.5 inches, and
is not thought to have caused any injury
picking is unimportant. The rain reviv-
ed peas, brought up turnips, placed the
soiI-in excellent condition for fall plow-
ing, which will be pushed during the
next few weeks, and largely restored wa
ter courses and wells to their normal
condition The staple crops are, how
ever, all made and beyond the influence
of weather conditions.
Mauu CORRESPONDENTS saw that cotton
is three-fourths open, some that all is
open, and as picking is progressing rap
idly everywhere, the outlook is that the
entire crop will be gathered by the end
df October, if not earlier
A good deal of corn is dry enough to
house, and some has been gathered very
early. Fodder pulling is practically over.
4 Tobacco is nearly all cured except in
Morth-central counties, where, in some
cases, nearly half the crop is still un-
cut no Improvement is reported in the
late curings.
harvesting. peanuts and sweet pota-
toes is under way, and both crops are in
ferior, as expected; peanuts will probably
turn out to very short.
Upland rice is not good, having suf-
fered extremely from blight. Many far
mers lost all their crimson clover seed
as it failed to come up during the
drought. The rains have brought up
some turnip seeds, but circumstances
were not favorable for seeding large
crop.
REMARKS BY CORRESPONDENTS. -.
EASTERN DISTRICT.
Natural Wells, Duplin:-Good rains
latter part of week; corn and cotton
crops short; gardens poor. c. Boone.
Castoria, Greene First part of week
dry. latter part favorable with fine rain;
peas, potatoes and other autumn crops
have improved; cotton nearly all OPEN
John R. Raspberry
Richardson, Bladen:-Light rains this
week; cotton opening rapidly, bolls very
small; highland rice will be failure.
heads were blighted by drought and
heat.-Jos. Hester.
Roxobel, BERTHE; Hot and dry; all the
cotton is open waiting for hands to pick;
labor scarce peanuts shorter than ex-
pected; sweet potatoes poor.-Roberta
Jenkins.
Scuppernong, Washington:-Good rains
latter part of week. no bloom on field
peas; stock peas produced very small
yield; no turnips sown; cotton about all
open and is going to market ropidly;
corn dry enough to house.-T. j. Bas-
night
South Washington, Pender:--Past week
hot and drip up to 14th, when we had
"a good rain which was badly needed;
cotton opening very FAST turnips fall
urc.-Isaah Carroll.
CENTRAL DISTRICT.
Ansonville, Arson Fine rains, now too
late to do crops any good; cotton nearly
all open and gathered some claim about
half crop, others less; poor stand of tur-
nips; corn short; no oats seeded yet
Y. II. Allen.
Adelaide Rockingham:-Hot and dry
until Friday, when a good shower oc-
Cured, making season enough for sowing
turnip seeds and benefitting potatoes and
late tobacco.-Thos. T. Totten
Bethel Hill, Person:-Up to 14th week
was extremely dry; pulling fodder about
over; curing tobacco in progress and
cures bad--T. d. Woody.
Waterloo, Union: Raining today C15th)
and seems to be general but comes too
late to benefit crops; cotton over two
thirds open and laborers to pick it
scarce; fodder about all saved.-Wm S.
Belk.
Saxon. Stokes: First three days of
this week worst of all the dry weather
a hot dry wind dried UP fodder and to-
bacco, and even leaves on forest trees,
more than any 10 days of the previous
drought; rain Friday and Saturday;
about half of the tobacco crop is uncut
Robt. McAnally.
Stoneville, Rockingham:-Fine showers
falling now. the first good rain since
July 26th; farmers cutting and curing
tobacco: quality common; fodder saved
and badly burned W. Tally.
WESTERN DISTRICT.
Rugby, Henderson We are now hav-
ing delightful rain, but too late for the
corn and cabbage crops.-W. d. Miller.
Elk Park, Mitchell:-Fine rain; pas