The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1901-08-15
WEATHER AND CROPS.
General Review of Conditions at the
Close of the Week.

ne average temperlure during lHe
week ending s a. m. Monday, August
5th. was about normal, with a maxi
mum Of 102 degrees at Tillers Ferry,
and a minimum of GA degrees at Che
raw and Spartanburg. There was nearly
the normal amount of sunshine.
Beneficial. and quite general rains
occurred over portions of the central
and lower Savannah valley, and ad.
jacent counties, and there were widely
scattered showers over the remainde!
of the State, some OF which were heavy
and were accompanied by damaging
hail in narrow paths in Fairfield, Rich
land, Sumter, Orangeburg, Florence,
Kershaw and Marion counties. There
were also damaging high winds at
few points. general rain is needed,
especially for young corn that in pa
ces is suffering from lack OF moisture.
Cotton continued to improve and
looks healthy. bat generally remains
small, late. and has very few grown
bolls. A few localities report the plants
growing too much to weed and not
fruiting well, although generally cot
ton is moderately we'll fruited. a little
shedding is reported, and some fields
are infested with lice and rust. Cn
light sandy soils growth has stopped
and the plants are blooming to the
top. Sea-Island is doing we'll, but is
dwarfed and late.
Corn barely held its previous weeks
condition. except that in places young
corn made some Improvement, and IN
others has deteriorated Cor want OF
moisture. 4 worm known as the corn
stalk-borer is doing much damage over
the southeastern and central counties.
Fodder is being stripped from old corn.
Tobacco cutting and curing still pro-
crossing favorably. and is nearing
completion in localities. The early crop
is poor, but late tobacco is doing we'll,
except that worms are numerous.
Rice looks promising. and is heading.
Sweet potatoes are the most promising
CT all the minor crops; the earliest are
about ready to market. Some white pc
tatoes are being planted. Some peas
have been cut for forage; peas are poor
in places and fine in others. Iurnlps
being sown. Peaches are worthless in
many places. and generally rotting ex-
:ensively. Apples continue to drop.
Much hay being gathered along the
coast and from river bottoms. Tea and
coffee plants are very promising.
From Washington.
Washington. D. c., Special.-The
monthly report of the Statistician OF
the Department of Agriculture shows
the average condition Of cotton on
July % to have been 77.2, as compared
with S1.1 on the 25th Of the preceding
month: rs on August l, 1900, "a on
August l. 1899. and ten-year average
of 81. There was an Improvement OF
conditions during July amounting to
points in Georgia. points in Soutn
Carolina . in Alabama and Mlssls-
sippi and in Virginia. On the other
hand. there was decline OF l9 points
in Missouri, Is in Arkansas and Ten
nessee, 13 in Oklahoma and Indian
Territory. II in Texas, 7 in Florida
4 in North Carolina, and 2 In Louisl-
ana. The impairment in condition ia
largely due to drought. but in por'
ton of the eastern section of the cot
ton belt it is attributable to the pre-
valence of excessive rain during
large part Of the month. While the
condition in Mississippi is points
above the States ten-year average, eV-
ery other State reports a condition
below such average, Virginia being l.
Louisiana 2, Alabama 3, Texas l.
Georgia 8. South Carolina and Florida
9, North Carolina u, Arkansas, len
nessee and Missouri 16 points below
their respective ten-year averages.
The averages of condition in the diff
ferent States are reported as fol-
lows: Virginia Sc, North Carolina 13,
South Carolina Is Georgia 78, Florida
70, Alabama 80, Mississippi SO. Louisi'
ana 81, Texas "a. Arkansas SO. Ten
nessee 70, Missouri II, Oklahoma rs,
Indian Territory Is.