The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1894-10-03
THE WEEKS WEATHER.
Its Effsct. on tha Crops-Cooler Than
U.usl for First Three Days.

| U.usl 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 245h was
cooler than usual during the first three
days. the departure from the normal
averaging about one degree day, but
the remainder of the week was warmer
than usual. The nights were uniform
" cool. The highest temperature was
| 92 reported from Greenwood, AOhevli!e
County: the lowest 81 reported from
GreenviIle on the 2lst, and from L'ber-
", Pickens County, on the 22nd.
rne week began with cloudy and
rainy weather which lasted uotll
Thursday, on which day the weather
| became settled and remained clear to
the end of the week. About an aver
age of sunshine for the week.
There were heavy rains on the 18TH
and 18Th, quite general over the State.
In some PORTIONS of the State the rain.
| fall was excessive, flooding bottom
lands and damaging ungathered crops,
and staining cotton, where the DOLLS
were open; peavine hay was also dam
aged in some localities; turnlps and
other root crops were also injured more
or less by the heavy rain; where th5
rainfall was not excessive it proved
beneficial, especially to late gardens
and to late cotton. giving the small
bolis chance to develop and mature.
Pease, turnips and potatoes were gen
orally 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 bolls, as did the
prevailing cool nights, but during the
clear weather that followed, picking
was resumed and is progressing rapidly.
Reports indicate that 10 many locall-
ties half Of the crop has been gathered
fand the remainder is in sight, there be-
ing but poor prospect Of late crop.
With few widely scattered exceptions
the reports indicate short crop, con-
siderably below last years yield. AS
the picking advances the former estl-
mates Of short crop are being verified
It is generally stated that the crop Is
being marketed as fast as gathered.
Ses 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 is ripenihg hard and dry.
Rice harvest is progressing finely
with a fair yield. Owing to scarcity
s ocf aTOrnODtQ
| will be medium one, the acreage being
smaller.
The pea crop is not of uniform con-
dition, the excessive rains during It's
growing season were injurious to it in
portions Of the State. Peanuts are
being dug and yielding only fairly
well
Turnips and other root crops are not
doing as well as previously Indicated,
except sweet potatoes which have I'M
| proved with 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 rottlng 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. TniId 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. La
general the week was favorable for
farm work of all kinds.
J. W. BAUER,
DlrGcLOr