The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-09-19
Weekly Crop Bulletin.
Columbia, S. C, Sept is, 1900

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tremely bot, with maximum sempera
sures Of leo at three points The
latter part was cooler bot the heat
continues abnormally high The
loves: temperature was 81 at Green.
vile.
The drought was broken BY gener.
al rains beginning on the 18th
and continuing to she 10th, with
amounts ranging from half to over
three inches. The rainfall has put
the soil into excellent condition for
blowing, aud for sowing oats and
turnips, and was beneficial to minor
crops. but came to late to benefit
corn and cotton. 1t replenished
creeks and streams where cattle
watered, the supply of stock water
having been scarce in places.
There is NO Improvement to be
noted in late corn, which in many
places failed to ear the corn crop
az whole is estimated a. less than
halfan average yield Some farmers
are gathering and housing their corn.
Cotton continues to open rapidly,
aud nearly all is now open but the
rain vii! tend to check premature
opening, and to increase the size OF
Immature bolls IN places the plants
are again blooming. and some report
small top crop, bet generally the
top crop is uupromislag The
weather favored rapid picking, and
about half the cotton is gathered.
The rains damaged open cotton
slightly. Correspondents estimate
the yield this year at about half an
average crop. Sea island shows
slight improvement, but is blooming
to the top and the plants are dwaf-
ed.
Peas, sweet potatoes, pastures, fall
gardens and late rice, which were
very poor. have begun to improve
Rice harvest is progressing and In
places is nearly finished, except
for June paintings which will ripen
in October. Beans, csbbages, white
potatoes and other truck are being
planted on the coast truck farms
under favorable conditions The hay
and other forage crops will be short
and are incapable of being much
improved. Some oats have been
eowp.
CORRESPONDENTS REPORTS.
Abbevil'e-Abbevil!e A good sea
500 yesterday (l4tb) the first sioce July
26.b cotton will not cake more thao
half crop; corn no good except
few fields Of very early planting
turnips viii! not be replaoted.-R
Soodley
Barnwsll -Fairfax Cotton all open
aud mostly picked oat a few patches
nave small promise Of top crep /:
30 ere will be but email feao!ion Of tue
usual top crop sweet potatoes and
suga. care Deed raiu peavloe bay
being gathered peas poor.
hesterfe!d-Cieste.6eld After
another scorchirg week, gertle ralo
is now falling /; it vii! benefit ali minor
crop. and pastures, but will iojurs opso
cotton aud reta,d picking; cotton
Deary all open sorghum and sugar
cane poor, as are all other crops Geo
W Spencer.
C.areodon-ClareodoD Fine rain
on l4,h, but too late to benefit crops
much the hay crop will be very short
in this section ; sugar caoe small
rice suffered severely and is almost
oonp'ste failure DO gardens planted.
R S DesCbamps.
Observation-Disclosures The loug
dry epell brokeo BY rain Thursday
evening. being .bs first good rain in
,hi, section since Juoe will favor
planting beans and white potatoes
berry aud cabbage plants burnt up
H NJ Simonds
Observation-Disclosures: Cotton pick