The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-05-20
WEEKLY CROP BULLETIN
OF the South Carolina Climate and
Crop Service,

Crop Service.
The Climate and CropService Bulle-
tin for the week ending on the Sth, as
issued by Director Bauer, is in part as
follows:
"The week averaged five degrees per
day cooler than usual. The average of
81 reports gives weekly mean temper
ature of "a. The normal is approxi-
mately SO.
1.-The nights were unusually cold up
to the 7th. The days were moderately
warm. Two places reported minimum
of 3S, two of 40, one of Al, three of 43,
these occurred from the I'd to the 5th,
and over the western and northern
counties. The maximum was SO on the
Sth at Gillisonville.
Light frost was reported from vari-
GUS points in York, Newberry, Green
Vile, Spartanburg, Laurens, Union,
Chester, and from one place in Orange
burg on the I'd, I'd, 4th or 5th. Gener-
ally these frosts were too light to nip
vegetation but young cotton was some
what damaged.
There was no rain during the week
except light showers in Horny and
Marion on the 9Th.
Correspondents reports nearly all
refer to the past week as an unfavorable
one on staple crops owing to the want
of moisture, cool nights and the pre-
valence of destructive insects, especially
worms, cinch bugs, Colorado beetles
and grasshoppers. The latter least de-
structive. Crows also damaged corn.
"Thn condition Of corn is not salts
factory in regard to stand or color.
The late planting not coming up we'll,
and much of that that is up is of poor
color and small size, ascribed to the
prevailing cool nights. A great deal of
corn yet to plant, and to replant, made
necessary by the ravages of the worms
which are reported unusually destruct-
i've over the entire State, especially on
bottom lands. Corn is in better con-
dition in the eastern counties where 1t
has received its first working generally,
than in the western portion where much
of that planted is not yet up.
"The condition of cotton has i'm
proved but little in the most favored
sections, and in many places has deteri-
grated. The cool weather caused the
plant to look sickly and on certain lands
to die out. Much of that planted before
the rains of the previous week will, In
the western counties, have to be re-
planted which is now being done. First
planting practically finished. Chop.
ping to stands confined to eastern and
central counties. Stands irregular,
but on the whole not satisfactory. Sea
Island cotton all planted, stands fair
though damaged to some extent by cut
worms. =,
Tobacco transplanting is nearly all
finished. The plants are doing we'll In
most districts but would be benefited
by create warmth and more moisture:
"Melons are backward and much OF
the seed has not terminated. Sor-
ghum. cane growing we'll generally.
peaches are reported dropping bad
ly over in the southern counties, but
doing we'll elsewhere. Trees as q rule
not overloaded but with fair "set.
Apples and pears still regarded promls-
ing.
"Gardens growing we'll in some To-
calities and failing in others. More
moisture would prove beneficial.
"Truck products doing we'll except
Irish potatoes of which there is pros
pect of short crop. Sweet potato
draws coming up slowly and not much
setting out has yet been done.
Pastures becoming scant In many
places, necessitating feeding of stock
with drv forage"