The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-12-23


HThe precipitation averaged 1.4(
inches which is 50 per cent. of the
normal November amount. 1t wa:
i quite evenly distributed. A trace o.
snowfall was recorded over the central
and eastern counties On the 18th, but
at Batesburg only was the snowfall
sufficient to whiten the ground.
sThe soil was in fair condition fo1
seeding, although in places it was too
dry. Oats seediag made rapid pro-
gress and practically all the proposed
acreage was planted, but termination
was slow owing to the prevailing cold
weather, and, in consequence, stands
were unusually small at the close of
the month. The proposed wheat acreage
is smaller than usual, and seeding was
not more than half finished, and
scarcely any fields had come up to
stands. There has been no injury
from the Hessian fly this season.
''In the western counties there was
considerable fruitage of late cotton
bo1ls, not open, which the frosts and
freezing temperatures destroyed.
Picking is finished. except that in a
few fields there remain few scattered
bolls that are being picked, under the
stimulus of the prevailing high price
of cotton. In ordinary years this part
of the crop would not be considered
worth picking, but the whole of this
years crop has been picked unusually
close.
"Truck was injured by the freezing
temperatures. The cold weather was
favorable for butchering hogs nearly
a month earlier than usual, and there
by efecting saving of the feeding
value for that length Of time. Butch
ering was begun as soon as the first
cold wave warning was issued by the
weather bureau, and before the tenn
peratures had fallen to the requisite
degree of coldness for saving the
meat
( November was quite a cold month
as shown by the following from Mr..
Bauer's bulletin:
The mean temperature for Novem-
ber, 1903, was 500 degrees, which is
81 degrees below normal. The high
est local mean was 568 degrees at
Greenyille. The highest maximum
was S6 degrees at Bennettsville on the
5ths the lowest minimum was 10 de-
grees at Clemson college on the 9th,
making the State range 7e degrees.
The greatest local monthly range was
"a degrees at Clemson college, the least
was 46 degrees at Georgetown. The
mean of the daily maximum tempera-
lures was e1.5 degrees, of the daily
minimum temperatures 40.a degrees,
making the mean daily range 21 2
degrees.
Frost.-The following is list Of
recorded the first killing
frost of the season in this month, and
this list is supplemental to the one
published in the October, 1903, month
ly report. The Gates in this list for
Beaufort, Staseburg, Summerville and
Yorkville are corrections for the
October list. On the 9Th a6 Aiken, on
she 7th at Charlotte,f N. c.. George
town, Stateburg, Winnsboro and York
Vile; ON the 9Th at Blackville, Col
umbia, Pinopolis and Wilmington, N.
G. On the 18th at Allendale, Beau
fort, Charleston, Savannah, Ca,
and Walterboro.
The precipitation averaged LAO
inches, which is 1.2S below normal.
The greatest local amount was 8. IT at
the least was Trace" at
The greatest 24-hour
fall was 1.37 at Yemassee on the 4th.
The average number of days with 0.o1
inch or more of rain was 5, ranging
frcm none at Georgetown to 9 at
Charleston, Greenville, Summerville
and Walterboro.
Hail-Yorkville on the 9TH.
Snow.-A general but very light
fall OF snow occurred on the 25th. The
greatest depth was CT at Batesburg.
Sleet. -Sleet was recorded as follows
Anderson, 20; Barksdale, Bowman,
Clarks Hill. Columbia, Clemson Col
lege, Liberty. Summerville, Trenton,
Winthrop college and Yemassee on the
2lst; Batesburg, %; Bennettsville,
Greenville, Little Mountain, 21, 25;
Blackville. 2l, 26; Camden. Heath
Springs. Lugoff, Society Hill, Spar
tanburg, on the 2oth; Darlington, "a;
Longshore, 25, 25; Saluda, 7, 25.
Weather.-The average number of
clear dave wes IL of 0arty clOuGv g