The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-06-23
WEATHER AND CROPS.
THE CONDITION OF SOUTH CARROLL.
MAS FARMING INTERESTS.


Tho Regular Weekly Bulletin Of tbs
Weather Bureau Issued Monday BY Di.
rector Bsuer-The GenerSl Outlook.
The following is the weekly bulletin
of the condition of the weather and
crops of the State issued Last week by
Observer Bauer of the South Carolina
section of the United States climate
and crop bureau:
TEMPERATURE.
The temperature was about normal,
the mean for the week having been rs
while the normal is approximately "a.
The fora part Of the week was below
normal while the last three days were
very warm. The highest temperature
reported was 100 on the 18th at Beau
fort, the lowest 81 on the 9th at Col.
umbia.
PRECIPITATION. M.
The weather was showery ON the
9TH, 9Th and 9th, and showery condi-
ditions prevailed in places on the 18th.
Heavy washing rains occurred during
the first of the week, with consideras
bic flooding Of lowlands, and material
injury to crops in Spartanburg Green
vile, Fairfield, Clarendon, Newberry,
E~dge6eld, Crangeburg, Barnwel,L Ian.
rens, Greenwood, Anderson, York,
Kershaw, Lancaster and BamberR.
At the close of the week it was still
too wet to plow bottoms and in places
uplands in Chester, Chesterfield,
Berkeley, Spartanburg, Bamberg and
Horny. ,. {;
The average of 80 measurements for
the week was 2.07, and the normala
approximately 1.04. Seven places ref
ported less than LOO of rain, "a places
from l to 2 inches, 10 places overs
inches, among them were the follow
ing heavy rains: Blackville, $50;
Mount Glare, 4 IS; Loopers, 5.93; JEFF
ferries Greek, $40; Pinapolis, ~;
Barksdale, 40; Santuc, 3.Il. The
correspondents at Inman. Spartanburg
county, reports nearly Is inches yof
rain in six hours on the 9TH. Its de-
scribed as having been in the nature
of a cloudburst. Streams in the vicin-
ity were higher than ever known and
a great deal of injury to crops, etc.,
resulted. ~
Hail, doing m~atesisl;niurv Is corn,
cotton, fruit and tobacco, occurredh
Edgefeld, Fairfield, Anderson, Mar
ion, Sumter, Chester, Pickens. Clar-
endon, Florence, Hampton add, Or
augsburg. Hail also fell, but without
doing any material injury, In Spar
tanburg, Newberry, Barnwell, Lex
ington, Richland, Chesterfield, Oar
lington and Saluda. gl.s
Sunshine varied greatly in different
portions of the State, but was aver
aged about normal with 63 pei cent.
of the possible.
CROPS - is5.
The adverse conditions of the past
week were altogether physical and
therefore local. and consisted mainly
of high water flooding bottom lands,
heavy rains washing slopes and hail
beating down corn, cotton and tohac-
co. Comparatively speaking the dam
age was confined to limited areasin
the counties already named. FROM
Abbeville and lower Barnwal reports
were received OF crops suffering for
rain, and from Spartanburg, Chester
Lancaster and Chesterfield Of too much
rain for blowing and that crops arc
getting to be foul.
Chinch bugs continue to destroy
corn and other vegetation over: Ches-
ter and York; cut worms in Dorcnss.
ter, Colleton, Hampton and Williams.
burg, but corn has generally made
rapid growth, and in many places:h
being laid by. The 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. Replanting still
going N. LIZ
Cotton made fair and altogether st
isfactory progress during the weak.
Grass threatens the crop in some local
tiles, but the plant is of sufficient size,
and the prevailing hot, sunny wealth
er will enable farmers to kill grass
readily, and is also the weather best
suited for the development Of csttons
Squares are reported plentiful whore
the plant is large enough, but cotton
is u~nseasonably small everywhete.
Blooms have been noted in BarnweIl,
but are as yet scarce. Lice infest some
fields, but are not general.
Tobacco has developed rapidly Late
ly and is now in excellent condition,
except that worms are numerous In
Florence, while in Florence and Clar-
endon, and to q lesser extent IN some
other counties in the tobacco district,
hail has done material injury to the
plant.
Rice is growing nicely, but in Col.
Teton young rice has been attacked ~
caterpillars with, however, but slight
injury as yet. In the Georgetown and
Horny districts rice is doing well.
Peas are being sown on stubble Land
and in with corn Seed scarce IN
Chester and GEORGETOWN, but reported
plentiful in Newberry county.
Wheat harvest has made fair pro-
gress, and the yield is generally re-
ported up to an average and very sat
isfactory. ,,,
Oats harvest nearly completed for
winter sown. The yield about up to
an average. Spring sown has improv-
ed, but will be a poor crop neverthe-;
less. Some oats shocked on the helda'
were damaged slightly by the rains
early in the week. ~
Melons are doing better since the
rains, but have a poor stand and In
places are attacked by bugs. Will DO
late, 8: