The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1894-08-23
MIGHTY HOT WEATHER.
LIS Eff cts Upon the Orops-Two Divisi On 8
In the State.

LIS Eff cts Upon tho Orops-Two DlV1si On 9
in the State.
COLUMBIA, s. G., Aug. 14.-The fol-
lowing Is the weekly weather crop re-
port:
There was decided change from
cool to excessively hot weather in the
past week, the average temperature
varying from one to nine degrees day
in excess of the normal, except on the
7th, when it was slightly below; on this
date the minimum for the week, 81,
was reported from Batesburg. Friday,
| the 10th, was the hottest day with
maximum generally above ninety and
reaching 100 at Batesburg, Columbia
and Spartanburg. Few higher temper
atures In August have ever been re.
corded.
During the greater part Of the week
there was a plenty of sunshine that
was highly beneficial in drying the
soil, permitting plowing Of late corn
and cotton, which should have been
done two and three weeks earlier, ard
generally favorable for haying opera
tions and curing the fodder that Is be-
Ing stripped. On very wet or partially
submerged land 1t proved injurious,
crops firing badly:
There was but little rain after the
9th until Saturday and Sunday, when
showers occurred in the Northern, CEN
tral and Southwestern counties, &C.
companied by some hail and high wind
that did considerable damage over lin
tied areas, blowing down a house near
st. Matthews and injuring cotton and
corn slightly.
The State can be divided into two
distinct divisions. In the first the
crops are uniformly good and promis.
ing,the only exception noted being cot
ton on which has grown too much to
weed and not frulting as heavily as 1t
should. A correspondent who has
made careful and extended inquiry,
states that 1t Is over-estimated, owing
to its fine stand in this division. The
above conditions exist in the Western,
central and North central counties, Is
In all, while In the other division, COM
Uprising Abbeville, Aiken, Barnwell,
Berkeley, Beaufort, Chesterfield, Char
} lesion, Clarendon, Colleton, Darlington,
Edgefield, Florence, Horny, Hampton,
Kershaw, Lexington, Lancaster. Mar
ion, Orangeburg and Sumter counties
most crops are doing we'll, but cotton
/ cessiye rain fall. Some fields were
completely submerged and ruined, but
by far the greatest damage resulted
from excessive shedding of shapes and
fruit and leaves. In some counties the
falling off In condition Is estimated at
from 10 to 40 per cent. The foregoing
applies more particularly to low and
sandy lands than to upland fields
, which are generally fine and promis
ing. Caterpillars are attacking the
bolls In the lower part Of the State
Bolls are begining.t iopen in the more
: Southern counties. At Society Hill the
, rain fall In forty.eight hours was Isl
; inches, and 1t ranged from that down
to about three inches, and until the
submerged and washed lands have q
chance to make q partial recovery no
: approximate estimate of the damage
to crops can be made, although reports
indicate that 1t was serious and ex-
: tended.
Peas are shedding their leaves on
wet land and growing too much to
vine. Sweet potatoes and other root
! crops doing we'll. The sowing Of tur.
nip seed continues under favorable
conditions. Sugar cane and sorghum
: seemingly doing well, but poor yield of
syrup reported from Newbery county.
Gardens growing we'll, except cabba-
ges, which are rOtting badly. A heavy
hay crop being secured under favora,
bic conditions. j. w. BAUER,
Il Director.