The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-10-12
FINAL CROP BULLETIN
OF the South Carolina Weather an
Croo Service.

the entire State, the departure from
the normal having been greatest on
the first three days when ii ranged
from to 70 degrees per day below,
after which there wss gradual rlse
to normal or above on Sunday and
Monday 18th and 7th). The tempera-
ture for the week ranged between 80
at Columbia on the 7th and 80 at
Green7ille on the 1st. The mean tenn
perature Of the week, dedueed from SO
station reports, was 63.5 and the.nor-
nal for the same period is approzi-
n1ately GS,5.
There were frosts on the Ist, End
and 5rd, reaching from the extreme
western portions Of the State into the
central and northeastern counties
where, however, but little or noiniury
resulted. In the western and extreme
northern counties the frost was heavy,
killing pea-Tines, sweet potato vines.
very late corn, and what cotton leaves
that remained green, but it was not
cold enough to iuiure cotton bolls.
There WIS IL! entire absence Of rain
. during 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 no bene'
fetal rain since the 23d Of August.
i The effect Of the drought has been to
/; cut short the pea crop; topthe growth
Of cotton and cut off the top crop; pre-,
. vent late corn from filing PROPERLY to
; cut off the yield Of sweet potatoes, es-
timated at from one-fourth to one
third; to greatly reduce, if not to
make IN entire failure, Of ell root
crops in general; to reduce the yield
Of molasses from sorghum and sugar
cane; to ruin fall gardens; to keep
back the growth Of winter vegetables
or the coast truck furms; and TO pre-
vent the sowing Of small grains. How
ever. the long continued dry, sunny
weather save excellentopportunity for
making hay of all varieties and very
large fodder crop was saved in the
very best condition; for drying out
and housing corn: for picking cotton,
which made r,tp;d progress, and the
lint has been saved in beautiful con
dition: and for general harvest work.
There was almost continuous clear
weather the whole week, on the 7th
alone was the sky obscured bg clouds
in the western portion.
The condition of the various crops
remains practically unchanged at the
end Of the week.
Rapid progress was made IN picking
and harvesting cotton, so that it IS
generally reported from the eastern
portions OF the State that at least two
thirds Of the crop has been picked and
large PROF ortion Of it marketed.
What remains in the fields, in that
section, is all open, and picking will
be finished IN from two to three weeks,
il the weather remains favorable. In
The western portion Of the State pick
incis less advanced, but even there
nearly the whole crop is open, and
picking and marketing is being pushed.
The prevailing satisfactory price OF
cotton causing the farmers to sell as
fast rs gathered. AS picking advances
towards completion the smallness Of
the crop becomes more and more ap-
parent.
There is little more to add to what
has been said OF corn in previous
bulletins. Husking and housing has
been carried on to some extent, but
the weather hos been such that corn
did not demand Immediate attention,
was. in fact, better conditioned in the
husl than it would have been ia the
crib. The crop is large enough to
supply the needs Of the State, with
possibly surplus.
The entire season has favored the
harvesting of rice, and that work Is
practically completed on the coast
and river plantations; upland rice
failed rapidly during September: and
is ripening 7erg enthusiastically:
Peas of late planting did not fill we'll.
and will be short crop. Early pens
yielded we'll.
Sweet potatoes and second crop 0!
Irish potatoes are yielding 7ery poorly
generally, although quite we'll IN
places.
The growing season is now practl'
callv ended and little change can
occur in the condition Of the differ
ent crops not yet entirely gathered.
1t is unnecessary to review the
season as whole. as file Of these
bulletins is better record, except 10
say that. everything considered, the
farmers Of South Carolina have aoun'
dant reason to feel satisfied with tht
seasons results. for while some crops
were undoubtedly short others were
corr"sporlin9lv large.
Although the weather conditions
NAV not hnyc been perfect, and the
crols might lave been larger. yet
few. If nnv. States Jared better. whl'e
MANY Jared worse. The entire ab
scncc OF. destructive storms Of wlni,
rail-. Or hail is worthy Of notice.
Note. With this issue, the South
Carolina weather and crop bulletins
are discontinued for the season OF
1895. The bulletins have contained Il
| general, but faithful record OF the
weather that prevailed, over the entire
State, from week to week. 1t was Lett
lureel v to the reader of the bulletins
10 use his own judgment as to the ct
! feet of the weather on the crops, al-
though the actual condition Of The
crops was accurately reported by the
correspondents, and reproduced in thu
bulletins, and in their reports, tht