The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-06-01
Z. S. DEPARTMENT
OF AGRICULTURE.
Climate and Ccop Bulletin Of
the Weather Bureau, South
Carolina Section.
For the Week ending Monday.
May 80, 1898.

For the Week ending Monday,
May 80, 1898.
COLUMBIA, S C, May 81.
The temperature continued high dur.
ing the week. vita day temperature
ranging between 80, and 100, the lat
ter extreme vas reached 90 the 28th
at few places, on she 29th at many
and on the S0th quite generally.
The light temperatures ranged be-
tween 81 and IS The minimum oc.
CURED at Walballa On the 25:h. The
mean temperature Of the week was 78,
the normal for the same period ia about
IL
Scattered showers. heavy in places.
but generally light. occurred on the
9th, 25,h and 26tb The weekly
rainfall was unevenI5 distributed. In
Darlington, Florence. Marlboro, Hor
ry, Marion. Clarendon. Sumter, Pick
ems and GreeuviIie counties the rainfall
was 10 places quite heavy and nearly
all portions Of those counties received
enough rain for the present needs of
crops
In Williamsburg. Sumter, Chester
field, Orangeburg, Berkeley, Lancas-
ter. Oconee, Bamberg, Richlaod, New
bsrry. HAMPTON. Charleston. Aiken
aud Chester counties the rainfall vas
very partial aud rarely heavy enough
to do much good, while in Anderson,
Fairfield. Greenwood. Edge6eid. Lex
iogton, Barnwell. Laureus. Kershaw,
Union. York. Chester. Gsfoey. Spar.
tanburg, Aiken, Aboeville. Dorchss-
Ter, Hampton aud Beaufort the show-
ers we're light aad widely scattered,
and gave but little relisf from the rre-
v.il,ng drought In portions of An
dersoD. Abbeville, Greenwood. Aiken.
Edge6eld aod Saluda counties no rain
of measurable amount has falleo 10
from 4 10 5 weeks.
The average OF the measurements f,r
the week is 0 10 and the approximate
norma! is / 80 Inches
Fourteen places reported measure.
meuts of one inch or more, and Al
places reported measurements Of less
thao one inch ranging between 0 03
aud 0 81. In many sections wells are
beginning to fail and streams are at
extremely lev s.seee. The records
Of former years encourages the be-
lief and sustains the hope that the
drought will soon be relieved.
Damaging bail ssorns occurred in
Bauberg. Gteenvi'le. Sparssnborg
counties. and without doing any appre-
ciable damage, IN York and Sumter
There vas slightly more than an
average amouot of bright suoshine /;
the estimated percentage for the State
was 81 per ceos. Of The possible. The
winds we're generally light. hot and
dry westerly or sou'her.y. apd variable
on two days
Where showers fell to any extent,
Drops made rapid Improvement. bu:
where the rainfall was light or there
was none, crops made little or no
growth aud even deteriorated. excep.
co,tou which made slight Improvement.
The corn crop is in sery u0satisfsc
tory condition over most Of the State
In the southeastern counties the staods
are very uneven with some bills large
enough to tassel. and eqaally as many
where the plau:s are bus few inches
bigb. The same irreguiari'y in stands
prevails over the State Cut. bad and
wire worms sre damaging cora very
much. late planted and re planted
corn slow to come up except where p'en-
ty of rain fell Too dry in most places
to plaut bottom laods Some oat stub
BILE planted to corn. In northeastern
counties corn is generally 10 fue coo
dition.
Corn has been we'll cultivated and
6elds are clean aud free from grass.
Whiting during the heat Of the day
Thsre was geoerai improvement in
,ho oocd;t;oo of co,ton vnrv piioh. IN