The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1901-05-08
THE WEATHER AND CROPS
Weekly Bulletin Issued Last Week
by Prof Bauer.

The following Is the weekly bulletin
Of the condition of the weather an !
crops Issued last week by Director
Bauer Of the South Carolins section
of the climate and crop servica Of the
United States weather buresu:
The week ending Monday, April 29th,
averaged from 10 TO 13 degrees per
day colder than usual, with an ex
trem. minimum of 81 degrees at
Greeuvile. There were light irosts on
the 22i, % and oath in places, and a
trscs of ice in Colleton county. The
frosts killed cotton that was up, Gu
cumbers and melons, yelloWed corn,
checked the growth of truck and gar
dens, but was apparently not injuri
GUS on fruit.
There we're light, scattered showers
on the 22l aud 23d over the central
and western counties, and snow fur
ries on the same dates in the extreme
northwestern portions. The ground
was too wet to work, from the pre-
vious weeks heavy rains over the
western half of the State, until the
middle of the we,k, and only from
TWO to four days pIowing could be
done. AS the soil dries it becomes
baked and hard. Along the coast, aud
for about fifty miles inland, there l.
need of rain to supply moisture to
terminating seeds and growing crops,
and for transp!anting tobacco Bot
tom lands arc not yet dry enough to
plow. There was more than the usual
amount of sunshine, and the wind.
were generally light, but were chill
ing.
Corn has poor and irregular stands,
owing to poor termination and the
ravages of birds, and in places whole
fields have been plowed up and re.
planted. The cool weather chocke d
its growth and caused much to turn
yellow. In the southeastern counties
only has cultivation become general.
Upland corn is not all planted.
Cotton planting made slow progress,
and much remains to plant in the
western counties, while over the east
ern and central counties first planting
is about finished. Stands are very
poor. A large portion Of tn, cotton
that was planted previous to last week e
heavy rains and subsequent cold
weather will have to be replanted, as
the young plants that were up have
died to a large extent, while newly
sprouted and unsprouted seed are rot.
ting in the ground. There is gen.
eral scarcity of seed for replauting.
Tobacco plants continue small, and
are scarce 10 Williamsburg county.
Transplanting progresses slowly ex
cept in Marion county, where it is
nearing completion. Rice made slow
growth generally. In the Georgetown
districts, the rivers and tides were low
enough to permit planting operations tc
be resumed.
With limited exceptions, wheat and
oats continue to look promising and
arc stooling well. Oats are heading
over the southeastern counties, and
over limited localities elsewhere.
Sweet potatoes are rotting in beds.
White potatoes appear to be doing
we'll. Melons have poor stands. Truck
needs warmer weather and moro mois-
ture, but shipments of peas, beans and
strawberries are going forward, the
latter ripening slowly. The acreage OF
strawberries is smaller than usual.
The commercial peach crop will not be
as large as expected, but generally
peacees, pears and plums have beer
only slightly injured by the prevail
ing unreasonable weather. Gardens
look well, but are backward.