The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1894-08-23
MIGHTY HOT WEATHER.
LIS ETscts Upon the Orops-Two Divisions
in the State.


in the State.
COLUMBIA, s. G., Aug. 14.-The fol-
lowing Is the weekly weather crop re.
port:
There was decided change from
past week, the average temperature
varying from one to nine degrees a day
In excess of the normal, except on the
7th, when 1t was slightly below; on this
date the minimum for the week, Sd,
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 plenty Of sunshine, that
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 it 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 linn
tied areas, blowing down 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 tho Western,
central and North central counties, Is
In all, while In the other division, COM
prising Abbeville, Aiken, Barnwell,
berkeley, Beaufort, Chesterfield, Char
lesion, Clarendon, Colleton, Darlington,
Kershaw, Lexington, Lancaster, Mar
ion, Orangeburg and Sumter counties
most crops are doing we'll, but cotton
has been materially injured by the ex-
cessive 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.to gopen in the more
Southern counties. At Society Hill the
rain fall In forty.eight hours was 7.57
inches, and 1T ranged from that down
to about three inches, and until the
submerged and washed lands have a
chance to make a 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 othor root
crops doing we'll. The sowing Of tur.
nip seed continues under favorable
conditions. Sugar cane and sorghum
seemingly doing we'll, but poor yield Of
syrup reported from Newbery county.
Gardens growing well, except cabba-
ges, which are r0tting badly. A heavy
hay crop being secured under fayora-
BILE conditions. j. w. BAUER,
Director.