The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-05-15
FARMERS WELL Up
WITH THEIR WORK
Hail Does Much Damage in
Sections.
FRUIT OUTLOOK BRIGHT
Late Cotton Coming Up Well. Poor
Stand of Corn.
MUCH TRANSFORMING OF TOBACCO
MUCH TRANSATLANTIC OF TOBACCO
Planting Peanuts and Sowing Of Rice Under
way. Outside the State Especially Along
the Cult, Rain is Beginning to be
Badly Needed.

The Weekly Crop Bulletin for North
Carolina issued on Monday by the Wealth
err Bureau, say that the reports of cor
respondents for the past week indicate
further general improvement in crop con-
ditions and in the growth of vegetation.
The temperature averaged nearly normal
and although several mornings were quite
cool, there were no extremes. Showers
were frequent, occurring at some station
or other on almost every day of the week.
In spite of some very heavy local rains,
the average rainfall was about normal
and was extremely beneficial The soil
was placed in excellent condition for ploW-
ing, the termination of seeds was hast
ened, and vegetation refreshed. reward
the latter part of the week farm work
was interrupted in some sections and
weeds and grass became troublesome, put
generally farmers are fairly well up with
their work The unfortunate feature or
the weather this week was the unusually
large number of severe local thunder
storms with heavy hail, chiefly from the
7th to 10th. At. many points the nall
stones were quite large and covered the
ground to the depth of several inches. The
greatest damage occurred in the straw
berry region of southeastern North Caro-
lima. Truck crops and garden vegetables
were injured: corn, cotton, and TOBACCO
somewhat cut, wheat fields lodged, and
fruit beaten from the trees The coun-
ties over which the greatest damage oc-
Cured were, in the Eastern district:
Wayne, Nash, Wilson, Fender, Sampson,
and Greene; in the Central district:
Wake. Johnston, Franklin, Moore, Rich
mond, Forsyth, Guilford; and in the Wes-
tern: Rutherford, Caldwell, Catawba,
Polk, Davie, and Iredell.
The bulk of the cotton crop has now
been sown. Late planted cotton is COM
ing up well, and fair stands seem as
sured by the beneficial rains this week;
some fields are grassy and working the
crop has begun; in southern counties some
ehopping has been done. There is still
much corn to be replanted on account OF
bad stands; the condition of corn that
is up is much improved. Fine seasons
enabled farmers to transplant many to-
bacco plants especially in eastern and
southern portions; elsewhere the plants
are still too small for the purpose. Plant
ing peanuts is underway, and planting rice
mas made good progress Gardens nave
materially improved. Outside the region
of greatest damage by hail truck crops
are doing we'll; shipments of early vege-
tables of all kinds are very heavy. Fruit
trees are APPARENTLY loaded with fruit, and
peaches and apples will be very abundant.
Strawberries are ripening in central and
west portions.
Rainfall at selected station Tin inches) ::
Greensboro 2.01 Lumberton 1.72, Newbern
2.20, Weldon LOG, Southport 050, Whining
ton 140, Charlotte 1.20, Raleigh 2.19,
Soapstone Mount 1.09, Monroe LOO,
Mocksvflle 22O, Statesville loo, Patter-
son 119, Marion 073.