The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1897-06-22
THE lTIIER AND CROPS


'S'Nu III Operations,
The following is the weekly bulletin
issued by the weather bureau in Co.
lumbia as to the condition Of the crops
in this State:
lhe temperature was about n Drmal
tne mean for tho week having been rs
while the normal is apprr rXimatelv II.
The fore part OF tie week was bplow
normal while the last three days were
very warm. The highest tempcrature
reported was 100 on the 18th at Be.r
Tort; the lowest 81 on the 9th aL Co
lumba.
The weather was showcry on the
'th, Sth and 9th, and shuwcrv condi-
tions prevailed in places on the I2.h
HeaVy washing rains occurred during
nrSt OF the week, with considerable
nooding Of lOwiands, and material in.
Jury TO crops in Spartanburg, Green
vile, tairti Id, Clarendon. N5wberrv.
hugeheld, Orangeburg, Burnwcll. Lonr-
ems, Greenwood, Anderson, York,
hershaw, Lancaster, ana BamDerp,
AT the close OF the week IT was still
too wet TO plow bottoms. aud in places
! nplandS. in Chester Chesterfield,
t>erkelry, Spartanburg, Bamberg and
/ Horry. "'"
Tho average Of 30 measurements for
the week VAS > o., and the normal is
! approNimtt"ly l.Oi. places reported
less than go of rain, >, places from
| u incn"s - places ov,r Two
inc2cs, among them were the fol-
loving heavy rains: Blackville
3.h9 Mount Glare, lis: Loopcrs.
o'y3 JGiertes Creek, 3.l0: Pima
polis, I:ll : Barksdalc, l.lU: Santuc.
2.ll' Inc correspondent ut Inman
opartannurgnrcpor nearly ID inches,
OF rain in h0urs on the 7th. II is
dcscribed as having been ia the nature
OF ciouu-Nurst. Streams in the viri
nlty were CHER than ever known and
great dea OF injury TO crops, etc,
resulted.
tlhil, dong material injury to corn,
cotton, lrni and tobacco, occurred in
fiE' ii Id, Fairfield. Anderson. Marion
nhmt"r, Oh ster, pickcns, Clarendon
T. "rcnc', Hampton and Orangebury
tit'l "I'" Tel, but without doing anv
hhte'la ~ Try in Spartauburg, Now
n"rrN, DaruwcIl, Lexington, Rich
land, Chesterfield, Darlington and
) tinda.
Sunshine varied greatly in different
pr''"ne Of the Stptc, but averaged
40 pat n"rmal with G3 per cent of the
DO-siD.u.
Tn' adverse conditions OF the mast
week we're altogether physical and
therefore local, and consisted mainly
ol nigh water ooding bottom lands:
heaVy rains washing slOpcs, and hail
oeaIihS down corn, cotton and tobacco.
Comparatively speaking, the damage
was confined to limited areas in the
counties already named. From Ab.
oeVlllc and lower Barnwnll rppyrts
were received OF crops sutreriun for
rain, and from SpArtanburr, Chestnr
Lancaster and Chesterfield OF too
much rain for Dlowing and that crons
are getting to be foul.
Chlnch bugs continue to dcs,rov
corn and other vegetation ovrr CLos
ter and York cnt worms in Dorches-
Ter, COlleton, Hampton and Williams
burg, but corn has generally made
rapid growth and i'll many places is
oelhg lald ny. Tho corn crop does not
come up to an average condition in
either size or stand, owing principally
TO broken stands on bottom lands
caused by worms. Rcplantiug still
gong on.
Cotton made fair ana altogether
satisfactory progress during the week.
Gras' threatens the crop in some Ia.
calities, but the plant is Of sufficient
size, ana the prevailing hot, sunny
weather will enable farmers to xiii
grass readily, ana is also the weather
oest suited Tor the development of
COTTON.
Squares are reported plentiful whore
the plant Is large enough, but cotton
Is uhseasonaDly small everywhere.
6looms nave boon noted in Barnwcll,
but are as yet scarce. ice infcst
some helds, bat are not general.
Iobacco has developed rapidly lately
ana Is now IN cNccllcn, condition, cX-
cept that worms are numerous in
Florence, while in Florence and CIar-
endon, ADD t. lesser extent in some
0tnGr counties in the tobacco district,
ha'l mas donc material injury To the
p!ant'
hlcc Is growing nicely, but in Col.
lcton you rice has hocn attacked by
caterplIiars VII however but Slight
injury as yet. In the Georgetown and
Horny districts rice is doing npU
feas are being sown on stuDUiu