The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1910-07-22
COunty's Crop Conditions
Following Recent Rains.

ton, that Mr.. Smith has on several
occasions been up to see Mr.. Hudson's
farm, this farm being worked this
year under government supervision,
and that Mr.. Hudson has one Of the
finest farms in the South according to
the government experts.
At Pomaria, in the lower section Of
OF the county, Mr.. Jno. G.. Aull re-
ports that the rain of Monday night
was not as damaging to crops in that
community as the rains for two weeks
preceding, the rain o: McLday night
not being as heavy in that section as
in the city and othe; sections Of the
county. Mr.. Aull said he thought tbs
crop 2onultions were 3vout the sa~s
as last year, but that the per cent. Of
the usual general average for the past
several years was Only about seventy.
At Little Mountain Monday nights
rain, according to Mr.. Claude F. La
than's estimate, did no: seriously af-
feet conditions, the rain Of Monday
night amounting in that section to
only nice shower. He, however, re-
ported damage from the rain on
Thursday night Of last week, and ne
estimated that the crops in his Sec
tion were from twenty-five to thirty
per cent off, as compared with the
general average for the county in
years gone by. While the crop was
late, he felt that there was a good
chance to make fair crop in his Sec
ton.
Mr. G. W. Buford reported an ex-
ceedingly heavy rain, with much dam
age to crops, in the community of
the "Shack," near the Laurens line,
to the right of Kinards, on Monday
night.
Monday nights rains at Jalapa and
Kinards were a benefit rather than a
damage to the crops. Mr.. S. NJ. Dun
can, who is in charge of the govern
ment demonstration work for this
county, said that the heavy rain felt
by Newberry had gone about six miles
up the Jalapa road, but that the ia
lapa section, seven miles above New
berry, had been benefited rather than
damaged.
He said that Kinards had also been
benefited rather than damaged by
the rain of Monday night.
= At Mr.. B. B. Leitzsey's place, about
five miles northeast Of Newberry,
there was a very heavy rain on Mon
day night, which did much damage to
crops, but the report from that Sec
tion is that the exceedingly heavy
rain did not extend. as far as the
Caldwell place, but that out in that
section there was only an ordinary
down-pour, doing little damage to
crops. .x-~,--<s
Mr.. J. ". Henderson, who lives
about three miles from NeWberry,
near the O'Neall bridge, said that the
rain was not heavy at his place-in
fact, no more than was needed-and
that up at the Lewie place, couple
miles beyond, that there e.. was not
enough rain to stop plowing next day.
Mr.. W. B. Graham, who lives two
miles from Walton, and about four
miles to the right Of Mt. Pleasant, in
the eastern portion OF the county,
says that In his section the rain Of
Monday night was light. He estimat-
es the crop conditions in this county
as at about Is per cent of.
Mr.. H. M. Wicker, who lives on the
Ashford Ferry road, about ten miles
and half from Newberry suffered
very little from the heavy rain OF
Monday night, though he estimates
crop conditions in the county as off
about thirty per cent
Mr.. Monroe Harris, who lives near
New Hope church, some five miles
from Pomaria, and between Mount
Pleasant and Pomaria estimates crop
conditions as only between ten and
twelve per cent off.
This, of course, does not cover the
county entirely, but it gives fair iu-
dication Of crop conditions at Z, this
time.
Mr.. J. ". Scott, of the aWhitmire
section, says that the rain in his Sec
ton of the county was not as hard
as in Newberry, but he estimates that
crop conditions are badly off, placing
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