The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-07-24
THE COTTON CROP.
The Qener4l Outlook Not 50
Encouraging.
CONDITIONS MUGS VARIED.
In Some Sections 1t Was Too
DY; In Olhers Too Wss
for the Crop to
Flourish.

rast week are not Of an encouraging
nature, although they are more in
cIined, to anticipate than to chronicle
positive irjury. The extremely high
temperature that prevailed over the
central and western portions Of the
belt, in connection with contir ued
absence of rain where it is most needed
chesked the growth Of the plants and
Induced some shedding Of leaves and
fruit. Ia few sections excessive pre-
cipitation caused too much weed, while
in South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama
ard portions Of Mississippi slight but
general improvement in condition, both
IS to growth and fruitsge, is noted:
Picking hss begun in Texas but will
not be general for some time. General
rains over the belt would quickly
change the present gloomy outlook into
b7illisnt prospect for big crop.
In North Carolina, in many western
and northern counties, crops maze
favorable progress, but in the east AMI
south too much rain interfersd again
with farm work, but hss startsd grass
10 groaing rapidly in most all craps.
Bottom lands are IN very bad co0di-
ticn, and hardly any results are expect
ed from them. The weather has been
little cocl f,r cotton, snd :he
rainy, damp conditions since the l2,h
is causing i: to develop too much weed:
In South Carolina cotton improved
With cultivation, and although still
very small, looks hesl:hy ard is fruit
ing better than last week. Most Of the
fields have been cleaned Of grass, and
the plants are growing slowly. Ia
places cotton continues to hsVe q yei-
lev color, ard there sre reports cf
shedding leaves and squ'res. Sss-
island is thriving, but the plants are
dwarfed, and blight is present in sp, Dts.
In Georsis, except over limited
areas, the week passed with little or no
rainfall, attended by high temperature.
While such conditions favored cultiVa-
ton Of crops, they are detrimental to
corn and cotton, and the later crops are
badly in need Of moisture, A hot wind
on the 18th parched vegetst:on to 8
considerable extent.
In Florida the week has been favor
able over the greater portion of the
State, and genera! improvement Is
noticed in cotton over the western dis.
trict, where the staple mas been WeN
cult waited and is now fruiting more
freely. There is much grass to con-
tend with in northera and central cls-
tricts, and where some fields have been
abandoned.
In Alabams practically no rain was
received, except insufficient showers in
extreme eastern and southwestern
counties, and the drought is becoming
serious in its effects. Cotton is hold
ing up fairly we'll though it would be
benefited by rain; it is still small, but
clean, we'll formed and fluiting fairly
satisfactorily.
In Mississippi the week was intensely
hot with a high per cent. Of sunshine.
The mean temperature ranging from /
to 8 degrees above normal and the
maximum reached 100 degrees or more
in all parts Of the State. Except very
few light scattered showers in some
of the southern counties, no rain fell
during the week. Many correspondents
report no rainfall of any consequence
since June Oh. Cotton is being laid by
and on bottom lands contiLuss to do
| we'll, while on uplsnds the growth Of
the plant has been retarded by dry
weather and it is blooming to the top.
On the whole. the staple is withstand
irg the drsught remarkably we'll.
In Louisiana, over that portion Of the
State lying south Of line drawn
| through Avoye!ls, Rspides and Vernon
parishes, refreshing and beneficial
showers we're fre quent during the first
dsys Of the week, and lighter, locsl
showers occurred at scattered places
north Of that tier Of parishes.
Cotton is doing we'll wherever rain
has fallen and has stood the drought
Wsll wherever grown, but is very small
and in many places hss slipped grow
ing for the want Of moisture and is
f1uiting at the top at height Of II TO
IS inches, where ordinarily at this sea-
son Of the year its height is tEo to four
feet.
In Tennessee geneTslly hot, dry
weather, and high percentage Of sun
shine prevailed during the week with
damaging effect Oh growing crops. In
few sections were local rains fell
mostly in the northeastern portion Of
the eastern division and the eastern
portion of the middle di7ision-cr:ps
are, as 8 rule, in good condition, but
else ghrre, especially in the GENITAL
aud western portions of tie western
division, the drought is getting - be
very serious on all growing crops,
especially early upland cora. which is
rapidly failing. Cotroo has made far
progress toHar3 fraitins until tie .sst
few days, and il is roW beginning to
ShoT tie effect Of the extremely dcy
weather.
II Texas marked 0eholney IN rain
fall for the Stale is again noted. While
showers, ard II few instances heavy
rains, occurred on the 10Th llta snd
l2,h over the southwestern porc;on and
along the Gulf coast, there we're only
few localities wAere the d:oush5y con,
ditiors were relieved. Ger tie north
trn, central, western, s2d, notabiE,
over the northeastern sections, tie
drought is practically unbroSer: the
few scattered showers taas fell over
these districts did little noIe than
dampen the ground and were Of nc bene-
fit to vegetation. In some localities 1t
has been seven weeks since rain fell,
and in great ma1y sections the drought
has romained unbroken for over q
month. Stock water is failing fast
and the ranges ars dry and bare:
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