The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1895-08-27
TaE WEATHER AND cnors.

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The Drought Ended and Crops I'm
proven by tho Welcome Isaina.
inc following Is the report Of Y
weather bureau for lue week cndi s
August ~:
Inc principal feature or last wcekh
Weatner was the eAuesSive raiuttl
over tne greater portion nt the sta q
me drought that had persisted %, u
Tue West9rn and nOrtnern counties
throughout July and The two weeks In
August was thoroughly relieved, q
vegetation OF all kinus revived, I'D
crops again look promising. The rains
came 700 late to benefit early corn to
any great extent, but late planting il
now an assured crop. The rain came
In succession of gentle showers, eX-
cept In Edgefield County where fields
were waSheq to some extent, and in
GreenVllie Whore there were two heavy
wasn!ng rains. 1t was remarkable
that the heavy rains had but a slight
enect on Thy rivers ard no frcsheis
were even t9 reatened anywhere. In
tne eastern portion OF the State the
rains were alsO heavy and caused great
injury to fodder which was already
pulled and to much on the stalk which
IS SAID TO be rDtting. Cotton also was
inJurioasly affected by the rains, as
the MOVERS THAT get wet fail to fructify
ana the squares shed the reports in
dicate tnat thl$ was the case, and the
crop that wouid ID have put on from the
l4th TO the litE, inclusive, is lost. In
This connectloh attention has been
called 10 the Nlact that such portion oi
tle crop that Puts on after the 10th OF
August is not certain to mature.
The rainial! was we'll distributed.
Ihe average OF ,thirty-eight stations is
1928 inches andl the normal for the
same period Is approximately LAT, the
ialniall having peen In excess of the
nshha i9f over Cne ehtire State, except at
Yemasee.
The week had favorable tempera.
ture, with no excessive heats o. cool
nights; the daily range was below the
usual owing to the great amount Of
cloudiness. The highest temperature
reported was 96 at Kingstree on the
18th, and the lowest 64 at Greenwood
on the 18th. The average mean tenn
perature OF the week for the State,
deduced from 80 reports, was seventy
nine degrees, and the normal for the
same period is approximately seventy
nine degrees.
The duration of sunshine varied
between 20 per cent. and 80 per cent.
OF the possible, the least cloudiness
having occurred in Marlboro county
and the greatest in the western ana
central counties.
The winds were generally light,
except that in Greenville county In
the Vicinity of Reid there was a severe
local storm, with hail, that DESTROYED
considerable corn by breaking it Off.
In general it may be said that the
average condition Of all crops is better
and more promising than for some
| weeks, with the important exception
of cotton, which in the eastern and
central portions Of the State has taken
on rust and is shedding too freely.
These reports are not confined to any
county, but are general, and even in
clude portions OF the western counties.
Over the western half of the State,
however, there was o mark ed improve
ment in the plant in most places, 80
that, taking the State US whole,
there was little change in the average
condition of the staple. In the lower
part of the State it is beginning to
,pen. The bolls appear to be of good
size and the bottom crop heavily
fruited /; the uncertain top crops looks
promising, but owing to the lateness
OF the entire crop, there Is small likeli-
hood of much of it reaching maturity.
Iu places the lplant Is growing too
much to weed. Sea Island cotton ap-
pears to be thriving.
The late rains have given the ground
enough moisture to insure late planted
corn, and In all parts OF the State It's
condition would be truthfully depicted
by calling 1t tsuperlatively fine, bottom
80. ssfSa>NEing particularly fine crops.
Western portion OF the State
s I'm was too ripe to be much
Is a by the rains, but IL never
|a fair crop. The total crop
very large one. Fodder
was general, as the weather
( 3 tied, but much fodder that was
was damaged, especially In
geburg and Hampton counties
$ Tue eastern portion Of the State
ssyen some on the stalk was
S. ged.
U 4 = 8 ~ counties mOlasses max
S1 IN gun, and sorghum ID ripeninl
SeraIiy. The condition OF the corr
Sir but very uneven.
Peas are doing we'll as rule, ant
are growing better than ever after th'
heavy rains. Early peas are ripening
Turnip sowing will now be pushe'
as the ground is in the best conultio
for quick termination. Turnips al
ready planted are growing rapidly.
The wet weather has caused swee
d potatoes co run, too much to vine, ne
essitatipg trimming but their condi
lion generally is greatly improved
~ Along the coast late sweet and Iris
POTATOES will soon be gathered.
The rice harvest will soon begir
& and rice In general appears to be heat
(. ing finely. The weather for rice hs
been uniformly favorable the entir
4 VSeason.
The prospects are that There will
~ r. large crop of pea-yine and secOn
&rowth of meadow hay.
Judge Townsend has issued ru
n aoainst the commissioners OF Edg
field County to show cause why Indie
= lnents should not be found again
them for fraud and misappriation
county funds.
Antonio Maceo, the Cuban revol
3tionary leader, - mulatto and
4man OF great culture and reiinemen
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