The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-10-03
THE WEEKS WEATHER.
Its Effect! on the Crops-Cooler Thar
Usual for First Three Days.

Usual for First Three Days.
COLUMBIA, S. C., September 25-
The following Is the weather crop re-
port for the week ending yesterday
The week ending September Gath was
cooler than usual during the first three
days, the departure from the norma
averaging about one degree day, but
the remainder of the week was warmer
than usual. The nights were uniform.
ly cool. The highest tenn perature was
92 reported from Greenwoo d, Abbeville
County: the lowest SO reported from
Greenyille on the 2lst, and from Liber-
ty, Pickens County, on the 22nd.
The week began with cloudy anG
rainy weather which lasted until
Thursday, on which day the weather
became settled and remained clear tC
the end of the week. About an aver
age of sunshine for the week.
There were heavy rains on the 18tt
and 10Th, quite general over the State.
In soma portions of the State the rain
fall was excessive, flooding bottom
lands aud damaging ungathered crops
and staining cotton, where the bolls
were open; peavine hay was also dam.
aged in some localities; turntps and
other root crops we're also injured more
or less by the heavy rain; where ths
rainfall was not excessive 1t proved
beneficial, especially to late gardens
and to late cotton. giving the small
bolls a chance to develop and mature
Pease, turnips and potatoes were gen
eralIy benefited, as we'll as pastures.
Cotton picking was interrupted the
first of the week by the rainy and
cloudy weather which also checked
the opening of the bells, as did the
prevailing cool nights, but during the
clear weather that followed, picking
was resumed and is progressing rapidly
Reports indicate that in many locali,
ties half of the crop has been gathered
and the remainder Is In sight, there be-
ing but poor prospect Of late crop
With few widely scattered exceptions
the reports indicate a short crop, con
siderably below last years yield. AS
the picking advances the former esti
mates of a short crop are being verified
1t is generally stated that the crop Is
being marketed as fast as gathered
Sea Island cotton coming into market
slowly.
Corn Is largely being gathered and
with the exception Of some late fields
which are said to be poor, the ears are
well filled and heavy and under the In
fuence Of the hot, dry weather the ker-
mel 10 ripenIhg hard and dry.
Rice harvest Is progressing finely
with q fair yield. o wing to a scarcity
of seed last spring the aggregate crop
will be medium one, the acreage being
smaller.
The pea crop Is not Of uniform con-
dition, the excessive rains during Its
growing season were injurious to 1t In
portions of the State. Peanuts are
being dug and yielding only fairly
we'll.
Turnips and other root crops are not
doing as well as previously indicated,
except sweet potatoes which have i'm
proved with a very good yield In places
and poor in other localities. Insects
have attacked turnips in some counties
cabbages are also being destroyed by
them and rotting badly.
Syrup making from cane and sor.
ghum continues actively and the yield
Is considerably greater than from that
first gathered, there being a marked
increase. Third crop Of vegetables
being marketed from truck farms
along the South coast. Third crop OF
Irish potatoes promise a good yield.
Oats being sown to some extent. In
general the week was favorable for
farm work Of all kinds.
]. W. BAUER,
Director.