The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-05-24
OVER MUCH Of RAIN
Farmers Need a Week
That is Dry.
Crops Foul With Grass But the Gen.
eral Outlook is Good For
Crops in the
State.

The Weekly Crop Bulletin. for the
week ending Monday. May %, 1906,
says of conditions in North Carolina
Heavy rains continued during the
early portion of the past week. gen
orally ceasing in the west on the 10th,
and in the east on the 18th; the aver
age precipitation, about 100 inch for
the State at large, was slightly above
normal. The rainfall was unfavorable
for growth and kept the soil so wet
that work could not be resumed until
quite late in the week. The tempera-
ture continued hi"h at first but fell
to below normal during the latter por-
ton, checking growth, and positively
injuring some tender crops especially
corn. The mean for the week how
ever averaged nearly degrees daily
above normal. On Thursday. under
the favorable influence of dry. clear
and cool weather. farmers resumed the
necessary work of cultivation with Wig
or; crops were very foul in nearly all
sections, but the work of killing grass
and the weeds made good progress,
though another week of dry weather
| is necessary to enable farmers to
thoroughly clean all crops Growth
has been rather slow during the week,
but crops continue to look fairly we'll.
Planting cotton is now very nearly
completed; some reDlanting is neces-
Sary where grass made so much head
way that field cannot be cleaned with
out injuring the cotton: these will be
| ploWed over and replanted: chopping
cotton is we'll advanced but not vet
| finished good stands are generally re-
ported; the low temperatures during
| the latter portion of the week caused
some cotton to turn yellow and die.
| Corn planting is not finished lowlands
having hardly been touched on ac-
count of their wet condition; cultivat-
ing corn is proceeding, good stands
having been secured. but most fields
are still very foul; there are many
complaints of damage to corn by cut
and bud worms, to the extent even of
running the stands in places A large
portion of the tobacco crop has been
| transplanted but the work has not
| been completed in the most important
| central-northern section of the State.
and here on account of inability TO
| transplant. due to the wet. unpreparod
| lands. many plant beds are overgroWn
and nearly ruined; early set tobacco is
| being cultivated and appears to be do
| ing we'll. Reports on the condition of
wheat. oats and rye continue to be IA
vorable, with comparative little dam
age by rust or hessian fly. Glover and
meadows are fine. Peanuts are COM
were transplanted during the week;
| irish potatoes look healthy. but the
damage by the potato beetle seems
considerable. Gardens and truck
! crops are in fair condition. Reports
on the condition of fruits are rather
diversified; in the west. a fair. even
large crop of both apples and peaches
is indicated. while in the east consid-
cradle dropping of fruit is reported,
though probably not more than usual
at this season; cherries are ripening
and wild blackerries have set fruit
nicely. The strawberry season is prae-
ticall yover. eXcent in the west.
"Rains reported: GoldsbOro 1.26.
Lumberton. 1872. New Bern. go. We'll
don. LA; Wilmington, 0.40: Hatteras,
1 so: Nashville. 0.9S: Greensboro. 200:
Raleigh 1.24; Foster 1.50: Lexington.
1.24; Wadesboro 1.75: Angler. 0.87:
Moncure. O.29: Ramseur. oil: Char
lotte. 100; Asheville 140 Marion
1853, and Settle. 2.40."