The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1894-06-16
Effects OF the Drought.
Weekly Bulletin Of The Condition of the
Weather and Crops.

1"e 'hih"thS IS tie WI Ky hut.
lett" g the cnnAl';Dl { NE w,,,ltr
aud crrr' '''ransh vi thr Smr, Issued
yesterday toy ) a'e Ob-e,pr B,u.r
Arrr".'m-t, no,malrr season.
ab'e ttmPe'simfe - "valled during TIC
past W eS, it h.iog relatively c,n.r
tear the Co at than in the interim.
At thari's stan th" wsek averaged nn.
degree day c'nIsr than srss nshle
While westward there was an s,e,,oe
'xce's ftwn degrees n day. There
were uDs ~ tw, rs'her c,rl niyh,s.
but ON he.whoie the temperature w.s
lAv"ahl'' The" ~ss very LILLE
c'"uGiness exc pt u, Wednesday, the
o H. when the ssy was overcast dur.
ing tn" uf,ernnnn. Tae sup,hioe
st'rag,d sb 'ut 30 per CEN. fr the
State.
% Wednesday ca a) .rternn,n .na
night there were sct4trred, light show
ers IN Vatins prri ,n+ f tn. = ate.
but they ware entirely two light Ia
relieve the dr. ughh, smouutinv n,
no pac" IL m IRE thsn 0 so inch. pnd
generally nrt m're tb,u sprinkle.
Inc norm i am lort f,r the first weak
in June Is nppr ,xim,,e'y o,.e inch
over mauy portions OF the State there
nav seIn n rsln thai rnvis.ened The
soii deeper than al inch ur g, slice
about the 2O.h Of May aud the pre-
vioue rainfall hal Mt lett the prounj
IN c""d'ti"n 10 stani prolonged
drouk kht as the C ,mp4ra,ive rsc,rds at
Charleston nnd & lumbia will show.
AT Chari-st"n the avsr.ge rainfall
from March 1st To June 2O,h ia I3.47
II chts, thi+ ye r h. rainfall has been
5.Io lnches, making y deficiency Of
7.69 inches. At Columbia the com
parls'n ~. IS .qss!sssQst favorable. !!.lI ...AE=,
irlsis.. from March 1st To- date SIS in.
ches making deficiency # 8 OF inches
The tff-cls of this d, frl-ncy in rain
tall are felt mostly by the cere | crops
except possible catn aud rice, grasses
Ra'dens, etc "r 10 general terms
f'"d aud inragt GRIPS which stand ir
urgent meet nf rdis To event them
fr m being more or less failures
Pastures are dying out with n, rev
gs'w'h /" rrplac" the grasssd cropped
GrAsss f'r aynak'ng 40 or with
4 ~ peas ar "siug sawed on stubbls
aud IN corn ii1'ds, hLt not O., generall,
as they woul be we're the -ril in ber-
ter couditinn Oit. harvest c ,n,inue,
In seciions and spring srxed oats are
very pnrr. Cheste. ii Ia is the nui,
county that rep'rts Big crop. Whe.t
being cut very green in We. tern caun
ties with pr"psc;s If pmr yiA'd
Thr' shtrg begun in psr,s If the STA q
with Yields tnat indicate from one
fourth tn une-h..f cr"p IN Weld reI
acre. The weather has been unex,
cep'i NAL fur hsrva,ting oats and
wheat. Potatoes not = ding we'll. To
Cry. The sstIIng "f swest potato
s"out- practically suspended on
account "' dryoeas. Rice d ling fairl,
wall m bnttnm lt,i.. bIt ,a,hs,
poorly On higher ground. Tobacc
not keeping no the good shown,
previously made. M.i.os MT grow
Ing vel, although s,ms z nd field
are rrp"ried. Gardens dying mt an,
stand IN the utmost need nf rail-
Corn continues to 10 * healthy bat
email and msklng little ar no growth
should the dry weather coniinu
much lnnger it will m.teriaIlv ipiur
the corn crap.
Cotton has generally improved /
appearance unirr the influence n
higher temperatures with fairly goo,
stand, hut c'n'inues very small an
backward. Ii seemingly stand. III
drought he'ier thsn other crop. Cul
tivat'd fields are clean and W. II work
ed. With 60 d snnking rains cror
would msks pid Improvement.