The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1894-09-26
THE wATCHMAN AND soUTHRoN, SEPTEMBER 90, 1894.
South Carolina Weather-Crop Bull
letln.

The week ending September 24th wa
cooler than usual during the first three days
the departure from the normal averaging
about one degree day, but the remainder o
the week was warmer than usual. The
nights were uniformly cool. The highes
temperature was 50 reported from Greenwood
Abbeville county; the lowest 50 reported
from Greenville on the 2lst and from Liberty
Pickens county, on the 22nd.
The week began with cloudy and rainy
weather which lasted until 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
10th, quite general over the State. In some
portions of the State the rainfall was exces.
sive, flooding bottom lands and damaging
uagathered crops, aud staining cotton, where
the bolIs we're open; pea-vine hay was also
damaged in some localities turnips and
other root crops were also injured more or
less by the heavy rain where the rainfall
was not excessive It proved beneficial, espe-
cially to late gardens and to late cotton Civ
iog the small boils chance TO develop and
nature. Pease, turnips, and potatoes were
generally 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 in many localities half of I, e
crop has been gathered, and the remainder is
in sight, there being but poor prospect of a
late crop. With few. widely scattered ex-
ceptions, the reports indicate short crop,
considerably below last years. yield. As the
picking advances the former estimates Of q
shor, crop are being verified. 1t is generally
stated that the crop is being marketed as fast
as gathered. Sea Island cotton coming into
market very slowly.
Corn is, largely, being gathered, aud, with
the exception of some late fields which are
heavy aud under the inauerce of the hot, dry
weather the kernel is ripening hard aud dry.
Rice harvest is progressing finely with
fair yield. Owing to scarcity of seed last
spring the aggregate crop will be medium
one, the acreage being smaller.
The pea crop is not of uniform condition,
the excessive rains during its growing season
were injurious to it in portions of the State
Peanuts are being dug and yielding only falriy
we'll.
Turnips and other root crops are not
doing as we'll as previously indicated, except
sweet potatoes which have improved With
very good yield in places aud poor IN other
localities. Insects have attacked turn'ps 10
some counties, cabbages, also, are being de-
stroyed by them and rottiug oadl y.
Syrup making from caue and sorghum
continues actively and the yield IS consider
ably greater than from that 6rss gathered,
there Being marked increase. Third crop oi
vegetables being marketed from truck farms
along the South coast. Third crop of Irish
potatoes promises good yield.
Oats being sown to some extent. In gene.
raj. ....e week was favorable for farm-work oi
al kinds.
j. W BAUER, Director
Can<orohar cEth 1904