The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1895-10-18
FINAL CROP BULLETIN
or the South Carolina Weather an d
Crop Service.

the entire State, the departure from
the normal having been greatest on
the first three days when it ranged
from to II degrees per day below,
after which there was gradual rise
| to normal or above on Sunday and
Monday 18th and 7th). The tempera-
ture for tho week ranged between 90
at Columbia on the 7th and 30 at
Greenville on the 1st The mean tenn
perature of the week, deduced from 33
station reports, was 63.5 and the nor
NAL for the same period is approxi-
mately $50.
There were frosts on the 1st, End
and Bird, reaching from the extreme
western portions of the State into the
central and northeastern counties
where. however, but little or noinjury
resulted. In the western AMI extreme
northern counties the frost was heavy.
killing rcu.vincs, sweet potato vines,
very late corn, and what cotton leaves
, th"r rrninvd green, but it was not
col enough to iriurc cotton boils
II"rr WAS "n entire absence of rain
luung the week and the drought be-
came greatly intensified. Over the
whole State there has not been more
than At best trace OF rain since from
the 9th to the 18th OF September, and
IN many places there has been 10 benc-
fetal rain since the 23d of August
The effect OF the drought has been to
cut short the pea crop; stop the growth
, of cotton and cut off the top crop; pre-
vent late corn from filling propcrly;to
cut of the yield of sweet potatoes. es-
tlmutcd Mt from one-f fourth to one
third; to greatly reduce, If not to
make an entire failure, of all root
crops in general; to reduce the yield
of molasses from sorghum and sugar
cane: to ruin fall garleus. to keep
back the growth of winter vegetables
on the coast truck farms; and to pre-
vent the sowing of small grains. How
ever, the long continued dry. sunny
weather gave excellent opportunity for
making hay of all varieties and Il very
large fodder crop was saved in the
very best condition; for driving out
and housing corn; for picking cotton.
which made rapid progress, and the
lint has been saved in II beautiful con-
dition: and for general harvest work
There was almost continuous clear
weather 'uc "hoit week, on tnc iIh
| alone Was thc SKY obSrNc"d hY clouds
IL the western portion.
The condition ot the variou, crops
remains practIcnly unchanged at the
end of the week
Rapid progress was made in picking
ana harvesting cotton, SO that 1T Is
generally reported from the eastern
poru"hs Oh the otate that at least two
tnr"S oi the crop has been picked and
l"tSc Prol ornon Oh IL marketed.
"ha' remains IN the iiclds' III that
sect!on, Is ali OPEN ana PlcSing Will
he hhished III from two to three weeks,
'he weather remains favorable. In
tue western portion OF the State pick
ing Is less "aV"nced' h"t even there
nearly inc "h"ie crop IS open anu
picNlhS ana n"rNctihSlS BENG pushed.
ihc prt'"!iihS SATISFACTORY price "t
r"'''" causing 'hc i"i'iicrS |" sen rs
l"SC "H S"'herc". AS pi'NihS advances
to""i"S coihpte'i"h 'he SinaiiheeS OF
'he crop becomes more ana more APP
P"to"''
mere IL '!t,le more I" "ua |" what
mas otcn sal" o' corn IN previous
'"ii''''S' i'"HNi"S ana housing mas
nee'' c"r'lc" on !" some extent out
Tue "c"'l,ci h''S necn Such 'h"' corn
"'' ho' 'e'i'"H't l'hi''e"',"tc attention.
WAS; III I"c.' "'''tr coh"it'"hed IN the
musk tnni' III "oui" nave hteh IN the
cri". Inc crop Is iafSe enough To
supply 'h' het'S o' 'he o'"te' with
possibly II surplus
n' tn''r' Sc'Hon mas favored inc