The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-09-15
eekIy Crop Buleett1n.

eekIy Crop Bulletin.
CoIuasrA, s. c., Sept. Il, l89!
4EApER1TURE.
The temperature. daring the past
uaek ranged slightly above the normal
due % emparatiyely, high day temper
stures and seasonably cool nights.
The former ranged IN the eighties and
she latter ID The sixties With daily range
ison so ID 26 degrees Ths highest
sported, 95 % the 10.h St Hodges and
M ssha lowest. SO on the 5.h st Liberty.
ns mean FOR the week was Is. and
sfhs nornal for the same period is ap-
oxinataly %
RAINFALL
# 0ssr nearly the whole Of the State
the week uss rainiess one. Six.
spsases reported light showers Oh various
Edates With maximum measurement
sos o. rs Is Allendale The showers
pere oon6nea 10 porticns Of Berkeley,
CoAeten. Hanpson. Gharlesseo. Bean
sfoss, and Marion counties. Over the
ssx.snsinder of the state the grourd is
var3 az With severe droughsy condi-
Eioss . places. respoldents all
aose ths mead Of rain for The growing
crops The normal for the week IS
|absas 1 "a The week. Of correspond
:iog d..ss . 1896, Was also without
The Winds were generally light east
oily The aunshi0e vas 10 excess with
81 essiuased percentage Of 85 Of the
possible for The State, ranging from 81
100.
GENERAL REMARKS
Favorable weather provsiled for har-
resting and gatherine the ripened
'er0ps, sueh as haying. rice harvest.
picking cotton. making syrup and hous.
ing sprn and fodder, but pastures. gar
deas. late corn, tarnips aud generally
.al crops not fully natnred stand in
urgent need Of rain, over the State.
CROPS
The reports on cotton would indicate
81 inrtae, decline 10 condition due to
Ne dry weather which caused young
bbolIs 10 shed freely over the western
ronasies. where. until reoeDtiy, The
psant had continued to frnis. and where
lis yes "a places pnstipg on fruit spaf-
ingls. bns mot generally. There are
sspsT,s Of small ..tep.crop" over the
.exsrene nor,baestern counties, but
over the larger portion of the State
those bolls and equares that usually
form The top p-crops all shed of during
and following the Aneuss rains.
Over the eastern counties generally
:sad over : large portion Of the ves-
tern counties co,too is opening rapidly.
ii places prema,urely. sod in Berkeley,
Marion, Osangeburg. Bamberg. and
contiguous counties from half to three
sfourths. or more. Of .he bol's are open.
ID one locality 10 Berkeley 20 per
cent is already gathered.
10 The eastern counties the pant IS
apparently dead caused by rust which
developed over large areas during the
latter part Of August Many fields
look as if scared BY frost.
Under ,be prevailing favorable
weather eoDdl'sons. p!calDg made rapid
progress
Saa Island cotton has not shared in
the deterioration. en- the contrary i'm
proved in condition during the week.
The dry weather injured late corn to
sna.s exseps. but permitted fodder to
be saved 10 good copdi.ion. Some
coo has been gathered.
Sweet potatoes 'ook and yield we'll
SgeDerslly bat raio is needed for late
plantiDgs
Rice harvesting has made great
strides in Colleton and elsewhere in
the rice districts, and threshing has
begun generally. Upland rice in
p;nkorc vop1d he hone 2tted hv rain