The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-05-01
THE BAD WEATHER.
lis Effect Upon ths Gr wiz G
Grips cf ths Stal'.
RAIN PREVENTED FROST.
The W., XIV Bulletin Issued Last
Meek by Seciy in Orc.
tor Bauer, # ths
Weather Bureau.


Below is the rel ular weekly bulletin
Of the COL dition Of the weather and
crops Of the State issued last week by
Dire ctor Bauer Of the Ssu!h Carolina
SECTION Of the climate and crop service
Of the Uaited States weather bureau:
The Wetk ending Monday, April %
had nearly normal temperature until
the last two days wh;cl were between
20 AID 25 degrees colder than usual,
and had minimum temperatures low
enough for severe iIosts that were
a7erted by the rainy and cloudy
weather that prevailed.
There was much sunshine and dry
weather until Thursday light, when
warm rain set in that continued
throughout Friday and Saturday, but
on the latter Day the falling ,enp,r-
ature made tie rain chilling, and ever
the westt1n counties the lrt Clip tation
was at times in the form of hail, snow
or sleet. Snow fu.ries were observed
as far eastward as the central counties.
The precipitation was heavy over a
large portion Of the State, amounting to
between three and four inches in many
Realities, and did much damage by
packing p'oxed lands and washing gul.
lies in terraces, while freshets occurred
in many streams, flooding botte m lands
Over the Southeastern counties the rain
was needed ard proved beneficial.
Farm wcrk rapid lros.ess tv + ths
eastern por ions Of the State, where
upland corn AID cotton planting is
practically fnished, and tobacco was
largely transplanted under favorable
conditions, although the plants are
small; rice planting also n.ds rapid
progress, except in the Georgetown
district, whsre freshets aud high tides
broke the river banks and flooded the
fields, preventing planting, In these
sections, c:rn ard Gotten are coming
up, but termination is slow and stands
generally poor, ecessisstipg much re-
planting, but with exceptions where
stands are good. Corn is receiving its
first cultivation in the southeastern
counties, and oats are heading. There,
too, truck and gardens, and minor
ops generally, are doing well, and
farm work is as far advanced as usual
at this season.
In the central and western counties,
and particularly in The North Carolina
border counties, the conditions were
less favorable, and although much up
land corn'sni some cotton has been
planted, very little is up, as the ground
has been too vet and cold for favora-
lie termination, and stands Of such
clops that are up are po;r.
The ground vas fl TO ploW, over the
western half of the Stale, on from two
to four days only, and the recent rains
will still further delay farm work on
uplands, while bottom lands will be
| too wet for long time. Some ploged
lands have bten so packed By the
heavy rains thst they will have to be
plowed again to fit them for planting.
The heavy rains have seemingly i'm
| proved wheat, but oats we're damaged
in places by tco much rain, although
the crop as a whole remains very
promising. Colorado beetles are widely
prevalent Oh white potatoes. Peaches
premise less than full crop in Lex
| ingto sud Edge fsld counties, and in
localities elsewhere, otherwise ,hey
ar, very promising Apple and cherry
trees are in full bloom. Sunshine and
| warmer weather srs needed for all
crops.
CROPS IN OTHER STATES.
The national weather bureaus week
II summary Of crop conditions says IN
der date Ct April 20:
This is the fourth consecutive week
Of abnormsliy cold weather over nearlg
the whole country, with the most
marked tempers; uee deficiency of the
sesson in the central valleys and
southern States, the heavy precipita
ton throughout the Ohio valley and
over the greater portion Of the Atlantic
coast and Gulf districts. These con.
ditiens have been very unfavcrable for
farming 6 operations.
Very slow progress has been made
with corn planting; none yet has been
planted north Of the Ohio river, and
extensive replanting will be necessary
over large part Of the southern States,
where the growth Of the crop has been
decidedly checked.
The week has been very uufavorab!e
for cotton planting over a large part
Of the c,tton belt, more particularly
in tie central districts, where much re
planting will be necessary. The eaEly
planted is comirg up to poor stand,
generally, and il Texas and Georgia
some damage has bsen done BY frost.
In Tennessee about one third Of the
crop has been planted.
Although freezing temperatures oc-
CURED as far south as eastern Ten
nessee and western North Carolina, the
reports indicate that fruit has very
largely escaped injury. In portions Of
the central valleys and southern States
fruit has sustained Injury, but it is
probable that the damsge was not
serious.