The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1894-08-29
TIE CROP CONDITIONS.
The Weekly Bulletin OF the State Weather
S,rVice.

The following is the weekly bulletin
of the condition Of the weather and
crops in the State for the past week, as
issued yesterday by State observer j.
w. Bauer:
The weather continued not with a
maximum temperature of 102 at OAK
wood on the 14th and 103 at Ella on
the 18th. After the 17th it was some
what cooler. The lowest temperature
occurred generally on the morning OF
the 20lh. Daring the fiTss OF the week
the temperature was in excess OF the
average, while about normal or slight
ly below during the latter part.
The sunshine was slightly deficient
but not enough 50 to be injurious,
rather favorable on the whole.
The most rainfall Of the week occur.
red on the 18th and 18th, in the form OF
scattered showers, heavy In places, ac-
ompanied by high wind and some hail
that did severe damage locally, break
ing down corn and grounding cotton.
Oo the whole the rainfall Wgs poorly
distributed, many places having re-
ceived too much while other PORTIONS
of the State more rain would be bene-
fetal.
The weather during the past week
has generally been favorable for grow
ing and maturing crops but cotton has
not recovered from the effects OF the
previous excessive rains, and reports
on its conditions still indicate shedding
of squares and fruit on light sandy
soil where also the plant lacks a heal
thy color. Fear is expressed that there
will be no top crop on such land. In
some localities the fruit does not seem
tc be proportional 10 the amount OF
weed, being especially true on richer
land where the plant is also shedding
freely. The condition Of cotton IS by
no means uniform throughout the
State and ranges from fair to very
good, but no where poor except posi-
Div fields here and there which were
poorly cultivated and OF bottom land
which was overflowed where its condI-
tion ranges from fair to poor.
CateTpillars did some slight damage
in places. Bolls are maturing and open
ing rapidly in the Southern counties,
where picking has begun in a small
way. 1t is maturing slowly and IS
from one to two weeks late in the up
per portions of the State. The first
bale of the season reached Charleston
on the 18th from Barnwell county.
The condition of corn has not
changed and the prospects continue
promising for very large crop, except
that corn planted on oats sJubbles Is
not doing as we'll as the early planted,
the ground having been too wet to per-
nit the necessary cultivation to clean
the crop.
Fodder pulling Is nearing completion
in the southern and eastern coutles
and continues general in other portions
of the State; the weather was fairly
favorable for curing the large crop in
good condition.
Rice harvest has begun and the form
or prospects of large yield will be full
filled.
Sweet potatoes and late planted Irish
potatoes are thriving except that fear
| is expressed that the former run too
much to vine.
Sugar cane or sorghum is very fine
crop, the cane containing much juice.
but possibly, slightly deficient in sac
charine quality.
Peas are growing luxuriently and the
varieties planted for peavine hay will
yield large crop.
Large quantities of turnip seeds con-
tinue to be s0wn and the weather IA
vors quick termination and rapid
growth.
Gardens are growing nicely except
that cabbages and tomatoes are rottlng
badly in some counties.
Grapes are ripening in the northeast
ern counties but the yield will be con-
fined to few late varieties only.