The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1897-04-15
WIGEIkLX CROP BULLETIN.
The Weather ana Crops for tho Week
Ending April 3, 1907.


The following is tho report Of the
weather bureau for South Caroline
during the week ending April Bird
The general weather conditions du
ring the present crop season wcro un
favorable for the preparation OF lands
for planting and in consequence the
season is late, being variously estimat
ed from ten to twenty days later than
usual. 1t is due mainly to the cXccS
svc rains in February, followed by
continued cloudy and rainy weather
during March, with light winds, ex.
cept for few days during the third
decade OF March when clear, cnol and
windy weather prevailed. This in
turn was followed by rains which sus-
pended plowing and planting up to
date.
Tho temperature during the week
| slightly cooler than usual, with mini
mum temperature below freezing as
far eastward Us Berkeley, where thin
ice was noted on the morning OF March
18th. Frost was general on that date,
killing in exposed places, but owing to
the backwardness' OF the season, njury
was limited, being confined tn co.,
where up, and to f. -: .n;c.l ~ao .i,.-
tcrially daEl.ssed in York, Spartan
burg and tle northwestern counties
generally. Peaches suffered most.
During 10 week the temperature
ranged bet 'veen minimum Of 26 de-
grees at Greenville and a maximum
| OF 70 degrees at Shaw's Fork.
Tho rair fall was general over the
| State and was heaviest over the wes-
tern counties whore it averaged nearly
one and half inches, while for the
entire State the average was l.33
inches. The greatest amount for the
week was 2.75 inches at II ,llsviiln, and
the least . 80 at Barksdale. The nor
NAL for the same period is approx
mately O.75 inch.
The week was deficient in sunshine.
In places there was practically none, 9
per cent. OF the possible being reported
from Eimore, Orangeburg County the
| largest percentage was reported from
Forrestville, Florence County, with 80
per cent. The average for the entire
State was about 80 per cent. OF the
possible the normal sunshine at this
season Of the year being about G6 per
cent.
AS previously stated, and for the
reas sons given, teamwork is very much
Inland in South Carolina, except
in Horny, Marion and Marlboro coun-
ties, where the conditions have been
more favorable and planting is more
advanced. In the northern tier O
counties from Chesterfield westward
practically nothing has been done to
wards blasting, for even the upland
were too wet to prepare except for
few days in tho latter part Of March
after which more rain again mad,
blowing impracticable. 1t is IN those
counties that the season is most back
ward.
But little can as yet be said in de
tail as TO crops, for planting has moi
yet fairly begun, except tnat in the
northeastern counties corn planting il
nearing completion and the stand fair
where 1t has como up. In other sec
tOns OF the State some few farmers
| have planted corn, but the work is not
general. In Dorchester. Berkeley and
COllct0n some seed is rOtting in the
ground and replanting will be ncccs-
sary. In the extreme eastern c0uties
cotton planting has fairly begun, but in
the central and western counties very
| little or none has been planted anG
very little Of the lands prepared.
| Wheat and oats are looking prOmiS
ing over the entire State. Few spring
oats have been sOwn, as the grounc
WAS too wet. In many sections cor
respondents report the intention 0
farmers to plant sorghum cane llrgel,
for a fced-crop to substitute for oats
Sorghum cane seed reported scarce.
Rice lands have been too wet to pre-
pare for planting, and in some districts
nothing has been done as yet; in other.
about half the lands are prepared.
Gardens are very backward, for the
general reasons already assigned, and
on account OF cool weather lately. In
the truck farm districts the season is
an early one, there having been no set.
back from frost since January.
Fruit generally looks promising ex-
ccpt that it is greatly feared that
peaches were materially damaged by
the frost and freeze OF March 2Sth as
far eastward as Orangeburg and Collie
ton counties. As is usually the case, the
frost was moro severe in some places
than in others. In York, Spartanburg
qualified opinion Of all correspondents
tnat peaches wore about all killed
Elsewhere the extent Of injury is as
yet uncertain.
Fruit, ether than Deache and plums,
Is apparently safe.
The following extract from tho Ma.
tional Bulletin for the month OF March
summarizes the extent Of planting for
tho two principal crops Of the south
Some corn has been planted as fal
north AZ Tennessee, and the southern
portions Of Missouri and Kansas, plant
ing in Texas and Louisiana being about
completed, and in Alabama. Mi-sissip
pi and Texas the early planting, is up
Cotton planting in Texas has pro
gressed fayorably, and some has beer
planted In South Carolina, but in othcl
States of the cotton bolt practically n,
planting has been done up to thc clos,
Of the month";"
}. w. BAUER, Dircc tor.
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