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Domestic News
June 24, 1896
Yorkville Enquirer
York, York County, South Carolina
What is this article about?
Correspondence from Smith's Turnout reports wet June weather hindering farming, with bugs damaging cotton (down 10%) and chintz bugs destroying oats and corn fields; political candidates delayed due to poor planting conditions.
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FROM SMITH'S TURNOUT.
Where Cotton Lice Came From—Not Yet Ready For the Candidates.
Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer.
SMITH'S TURNOUT, June 22.—The month of June has been too wet for we "blackjack" farmers. Although corn is looking splendid, cotton is off fully 10 per cent. during the past two weeks.
The bugs are playing havoc with the cotton. It is on account of so much rain. In saying bugs, I refer to what are commonly called lice. The so-called lice are the eggs of a bug. These eggs hatch on the cotton and feed there for 10 or 12 days, when they fly away. In hot weather, the eggs are generally destroyed by the red ants, and that is the reason they do not give any trouble except when the days are wet and the nights are cool.
The chintz bugs destroyed whole fields of oats in this section and in many instances the first planting of corn.
The candidates have not commenced circulating among us much yet and I am glad of it, for I have not had an opportunity to run my plows more than five days during the month. So let the candidates wait a little while, and if the bugs don't take about all we have, we will be glad to divide with them.
N. L. A.
Where Cotton Lice Came From—Not Yet Ready For the Candidates.
Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer.
SMITH'S TURNOUT, June 22.—The month of June has been too wet for we "blackjack" farmers. Although corn is looking splendid, cotton is off fully 10 per cent. during the past two weeks.
The bugs are playing havoc with the cotton. It is on account of so much rain. In saying bugs, I refer to what are commonly called lice. The so-called lice are the eggs of a bug. These eggs hatch on the cotton and feed there for 10 or 12 days, when they fly away. In hot weather, the eggs are generally destroyed by the red ants, and that is the reason they do not give any trouble except when the days are wet and the nights are cool.
The chintz bugs destroyed whole fields of oats in this section and in many instances the first planting of corn.
The candidates have not commenced circulating among us much yet and I am glad of it, for I have not had an opportunity to run my plows more than five days during the month. So let the candidates wait a little while, and if the bugs don't take about all we have, we will be glad to divide with them.
N. L. A.
What sub-type of article is it?
Agriculture
Weather
What keywords are associated?
Cotton Lice
Wet Weather
Chintz Bugs
Crop Damage
Farming Conditions
Political Candidates
What entities or persons were involved?
N. L. A.
Where did it happen?
Smith's Turnout
Domestic News Details
Primary Location
Smith's Turnout
Event Date
June 22
Key Persons
N. L. A.
Outcome
cotton off fully 10 per cent; chintz bugs destroyed whole fields of oats and first planting of corn in many instances
Event Details
Wet June weather affects blackjack farmers; corn looks splendid but cotton damaged by bugs (lice eggs) due to rain; bugs normally controlled by red ants in hot weather; candidates delayed as plowing limited to five days