The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1894-10-05
altsning' from Weather Crop Bulletin.

During tue week ending Oct. 1st, the
temperature ranged SO and 4S degrees, the
former Was recorded on Sept 80 and Oct.
LIST, and the latter at L,opers, Pickeus Co..
and at Re,d, Greenville Co.. U..szsae 25th aud
18th respectively. The first of the week
was much colder than usual while the latter
portion was very warm
The two last days were the only ones
comparatively clear. The sunshine aver
aged about 30 of the possible.
Rain began on the 25il, in portions of the
State, was general and heavy on the 26.27th,
ended gradually on the 2Slh, and there were
light scattered showers, with generally
clearing weather on the 10Th
The beginning and ending of the rainy
weather marked the duration of West In.
dian Hurricane whose center skirted the
South Carolina coast on the 2G.2Tth, with
gales over the entire State but most severe
along the coast and second tier of counties,
wh're the rainfall was extraordinarily
heavy, ranging from inches at Pinopolis to
lesser amounts toward the interior, and
about an inch in the northwest counties.
very few streams overhowed their banks,
out heavy damage resulted from the c,m-
oined force Of the rain aud high winds
which reached an extreme velocity Of GO
miles per hour at Charleston and probably a
greater rate At S'atesburg. Cotton and late
corn. Teas, rice and grasses we're beaten to
the ground, and in Richland and Orange
burg counties il is reported that trees were
uprooted by the violence Of the wind. Rice
suffered most severely, having been some
what damaged by high tides and by fresh
water. Much OF it was in stacks which were
more or less scattered and saturated, entail
lug great deal of labor to dry the grain to
prevent sprouting.
Ihe aggregate damage from this storm is,
however, much less than that caused by the
historic storm Of August, 1893. This years
storm was less severe, the tiles were not as
high. and, owing to having occurred later in
the season, smaller percentage of the crops
remained in the fields ungathered.
The following rainfall measurements,
maize during the storm, will illustrate the
gradual decrease from The coast towards the
northwestern counties :-Gn inches and
hundred'hs) Pinopols 500; Charleston
40; Georgetown G.55; Triel 547; Beau
fort GIG; Conway sos; Cheraw 49s;
Society Hill 4.93 Barnwel Co. 4.G2; Port
Royal 4.27; Efingham 4.02 Trenton 3 40;
Chesterfield 400; Blackville $40; Tiller's
Ferry 3.O2; Statcsburg 2.e5; Lexington
200; Aiken Co. 2.2O; Longshore PIP;
Loopers l.S5; Little Mountain 40; Santuc
l.3S; Laurens l.22; Mccormick LIZ;
Winnsboro 20; Columbia LIS; Greenville
W..
The force Of the wind did not decrease to
the same extent as did the rainfall, from the
coast towards the northwestern countless and
consequently the damage to corn and peas,
but more particularly to cptton was almost
general over the eRtire State. The percent
age OF damage 10 cotton in the fields is vari-
ously estimated from 5 to 20 per cent.
an average of all the estimates making some
what under 10 per cent
Green bolls were broken off very freely.
Many, If not the greater portion, of the open
bolls we're more or less stained, and where
the stalk remains green the damp, cloudy
weather caused an increase in rust and boil
worms which late in tho week again appear
ed in injurious numbers in some counties.
Picking was grcry hindcred by the un-
favorable weather, but will he pushed rap
IDLY from now on, as the weather permits,
as the bolls are opening very fast some, it is
thought, prematurely
Sea Island Cotton suffered more from the
storm than the short staple varieties.
The rain was beneficial in the north CEN
trail and western counties for late root crops,
such as turnips and late sweet potatoes, aud
also for gardens, AMI kept grass green and
growing for pas,urage.
Some oats being sown, but oats seeding has
not become general yet it is generally too
wet to prepare the ground.
Truck farmers suffered severely from the
heavy rains along the coast as the wet soil
lnterferes with the cultivation and market
ing of fall crops.
To the request made for estimates Of the
percentage of cotton ungaihercd on Oct lst,
replie, were received from all but six coun-
ties some Of which raise but little cotton and
therefore would have but little effect OH the
percentage for the State. a very good in
dication of the accuracy Of the different re-
ports is that in counties from which two, or
more, reports were received they did not
diffor more than 10 per cent and that can
readily be ascrbed to varying conditions ac-
cording to locality.
The estimates by regions and expressed in
averages, is as follows: Alphine region S5 per
cent ungathe cred; Piedmont Gl; Red Hill and
Upper Pine Belt ~ Lower Pine aud Coast
regions 80. by assigning to each region
value in proportion to its cotton acreage the
average percentage of ungathercd cotton for
the State, on October lst, is 81 per cent.
Counties grouped according to percent
ages, the results are as follows:
Above SO per cent Laurens, Oconcc,
Pickens.
Between 30 and 80 per cent. Anderson,
Grecnyillc, Spartanburg
Between GO and 20 per cent Fairfield,
Rchland, York, Abbeville, Union.
Between 80 aud GO per cent. Beaufort,
Berkeley, Florence, Williamsburg, Lancas-
ter, Sumter.
Between 40 and 80 per cent. Hampton
Aiken, Chesterfield, Darlington, Kershaw,
Lexington, Edgefcld.
Between so and 40 per cent. Clarendon,
Barnwell. Orsngeburg Newberry.
Below 30 per cent. Marlboro.
In the statement that 81 per cent. re-
maincd ungathered, allowance was also
mado for the probable damage that resulted
from the storm, in other words, the number
of bales Already gathered will, likely, be
more than doubled by the end of the season.
j. W. BAUER,
Director.