The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-09-15
TEMPERATURE.

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TEMPERATURE.
Tns temperature conditions during
the past week were slightly above the
normal, bat the departures were small!
on any day. The normal mean tenn
perature for the State will decline
during the present month at the rate
Of 3 degrees a week, caused, chiefly,
by cooler nights. The mean tempera
ture for The week was 70, and the nor.
NAL is about rs. The highest reported
was 100 on the 29th of August al
Beaufort, and the lowest SO on the
30th of August at Cheraw. At few
stations the maximum temperatures
reached to or above 80 on several days
and the minimum temperatures rang
ed generally between sixty and seven
ty.
The rainfall for the week was gen
orally light and confined to scattered
showers over various portions OF the
S.ats during the first part OF the week,
the latter portion being without rain,
except light shower on the coast.
Rain is needed over the greater por.
ton of the State.
Twenty-one places reported meas.
urements of less than 1 inch, ten OF
from to Q inches, and one more than
two inches, the latter being Kingstree
with 3 4S. The approximate normal
for the week is 1 80, and tie can OF
all measurements 0.69 The greater
portion of the State received no rain
or merely light and insufficient
amounts.
Hail accompanied the rains Of the
20lh over much of Berkeley, Colleton,
Charleston, Hampton and Beaufort
counties, doing considerable injury to
cotton and rice. On August 3OLh hail
tell at Blackville, Greenville, Hope
Station and Liberty; on the 3lst at
Camden.
There occurred few high winds, but
they did 10 material or widespread
injury.
The sunshine was generally in ex-
cess of normal and averaged 81 per
cent. of the possible, but cloudiness
increased over the eastern portions OF
the State during the latter portion of
the Terk.
CROPS.
1t is the unanimous opinion OF all
correspondents that the cotton crop
will be much smaller than the coudi
ton of the plant during July ard the
first two weeks of August promised.
The loss in condition is greatest over
The central and easter n counties where
the August squares and young bolls
nearly all dropped off, and where the
plant is. for the most part, apparently
dying, with no appearance of a top
crop, and where rust was most preva-
lent. There is, however, less she'd
ding and rust this week than last.
Over the western counties, the injury
to the crop was not SO marked and
many fields continue to bloom and
put on fruit to limited extent, espec
tally on late cotton. Cotton is open
ing rapidly and picking is general,
with labor enough available, general
ly, to keep cotton picked out as it
opens, except in places where laborers
sre scarce, and the lint is liable to
damage from storms should any oc'
cur. A heavy rain in Union county
damaged open cotton materially. The
September picking will be large aud
il places include about half the crop
on the stalks. Sea Island cotton con-
.inues to look very promising with
comparatively little shedding during
the last week.
Corn is maturing rapidly and late
corn is turning out better than antici-
pated. As yet no c2rn has been housed
Fodder pulling is about finished ex
cept from very late corn. The wealth
er favored curing and housing the
fodder in ths very best condition.
Cutting pea vine hay made favora
bic progress and the crop is heavy
one generally, although in places the
leaves are falling oif excessively.
Cutting grass for hay is also well un-
der way and large yields are reported
of good quality and nicely cured.
The rice harvest is bting pushed
and much Of the early cop IS cut
and stacked. Sums report rice ripen-
irg irregularly with many untitled
heads, but on the whole the rice crop
approximates full average. First
new milled rice received al Charleston
on September 81 from the Georg getown
district.
Much rye is being sown in Chester
| for winter pasture.