The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1895-07-23
THE WEATHER. AND CROPS.
Conditions are Uniform and
Promising I'm this State.


The Conditions are Uniform and
Promising I'm this State.
The following is the report of the
weather bureau Tor the week ending
July 10th.
Very complete reports from every
county were received, covering the
past week. and they show that the
condition OF the various crops differ
widely, not so much as between the
different portions of the State as be-
tween different sections OF the same
counties, depending on whether the
place has been favored by sufficient
rain. The rains for the past month
or more have been In the form of show
ers and they were very partial (; where
the seasons were favorable crops are
In splendid condition, add elsewhere
they vary almost directly with the
amount of rainfall. The frat condition
includes two-thirds aud possibly more
of the State.
Lice ON cotton r still destructive in
Pickens and Greenville counties, where
lice were never before known.
There was u severe wind storm, ac-
c~ompanying a thunder storm, On the
9Th (MonJayl most severe over Ander-
son, Abbevilie. Pickens, and Aiken
counties, where trees and fences were
blown down, crops leveled and much
green fruit blown off the trees. AS the
corn was not in tassel it Strengthened
up again ; there was a wind storm W it'll
hail in Kershaw county on the 9th that
damaged corr that had not been laid
by as 1t cannot be ploughed again
also u slightly destructive wind storm
In Orangeburg county On the 10th.
There was generally less .han an
average amount of sunshine over the
entire State, and this condition was
said to have been on the whole Der eff.
cial, especially so where there was q
lack of rain, as the clouds protected
the crops from the whitening effects oil
the hot sun
The time included within the past
week is ordinarily the period OF great
est heat in the State. During the
remainder Of the month and during
August there is II slow lowering OF the
normal temperature, averaging less
than = degree a week until Septembe,
when the lowering becomes more rapid
The daily can temperature was be-
low the normal each day of the pas,
week in the interior. with departure.
averaging about 2 degrees per day
On the coast the temperature was more
nearly normal with an average of less
IMAM One below.
The highest temperature reported
was 100 on the 9th at Beaufort the
lowest "a OIL the 10th at Spartanburg
III mean temperature OF tho week
for the State was about 50. and the
normal for the same period is approx
imately 3d..
The rainfall for the week was slight
ly deficient, but very unevenly distrib
uted. The showers on the Sth MONDAY
were quite general, and in places very
heavy over the western and ccntra
counties and light along the coast
They r very beneficial where suffi
| cient in amount. There were shower.
In the extreme eastern counties on the
18th, 18th and 18th, and light partia
showers in the northwestern ant
northern counties on the 18th and l4th
The heavy rains on the 18th will BIT
embodied in the next bulletin. Includ
ing with the weeks rainfall that which
fell on the 9Th, aud excluding that on
the 18th. there were eight places tina
reported over 2 inches for the week
nineteen with amounts between | ant
2 inches; and nineteen with less thar
an inch. The average of 80 reports il
l.28, and normal for the State for thu
same period is approximately l.36
Greatest amount for the week 3.75 q
McColl.
All reports indicate hat cotton con
tinues small and is from two to tire,
weeks late; it is generally in health,
condition except in portions of Pickent
J n G~reenville counties, where lice
have appeared for the first time in th,
history of cotton culture iu that sec
tion, and in portions OF Barnwell coun
ty, where it is firing and turning vel
low ; rust has also appeared in various
scattered localities; it is putting OF
squares, blooming and fruiting freely
but owing to the small weed the cro]
cannot make than a poor average
it is said. Sea Island cotton only hal
it's usual size at this time of the year.
1t has been too dry in many place
for early corn, which has about al
been laid by +; iG is in its caring stage
it will make q good or poor late
corn Is doing very well and looks prom
ising, especially on bottom lands {; in
few localities grass is getting the ad
vantage.
A large acreage OF peas has beef
planted, and the work of sowing stub
Bile land continues u fairly good stant
OF peas has been obtained everywhere
some ate planting terminating poorly
WatermelOns are ripening very fas
and being shipped; they are quite plen
tiful, generally, and il localities ther,
is a poor market for them.
Tobacco harvesting and curing is uu
der way, and the crop So far gathered
is said to be of superior quality tn,
entire crop is IL fine one.
Rice on the Cooper and Ashle,
Rivers Is in fine growing condition
and it looks promising in the George
town district; upland rice is doing wei
generally.
Gardens suffered very much for wan
OF rain, more SO than any other vcge
tation, and in many localities they ;r,
practically ruined.
The acreage devoted to sweet putu
toes continues much les than Oh
former years, owing to scarcity of scct
in the first place, the scarcity OF slip
and the unfavorable weather ior pant
ing h slips; some report great i'm
provement in the growing v.nra.
Fruit continues fairly pit, ntiul
blackberries II failure in Fairfield
fruit scarce near ~Flurcntr: pruchu
ripening slowly promise Of IL full crnl