The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-10-14
SIGNALS Foa The FARMERS.


for Distributing Forecasts.
The weather bureau is giving more atten-
tion to the country, especially the farming
sections, in the way of furnishing weather
forecasts than the signal bureau did. Sec
rotary Rusk has been giving considerable of
his attention to tie matter, and with
Prof. Harrington, chief of the weather
bureau, he has evolved a plan
for better distribution of
forecasts. An official circular has just been
issued announcing that the bureau wishes
to find in every town and village response
Bile person who will undertake to display
weather flags. When these persons are en-
ployed the forecasts will be telegraphed 60
them, and the people will know what kind
OF weather TO expect.
The flags are to be made of tin. and their
size, shape and color. with the code of sig
nails, will be as follows:
No. White flag, six feet square, win
indicate clear OF fair weather.
No. 2-Blus flag. six feet square, will in.
dictate rain and snow.
No. 3--White and blue flag, six feet
square, will indicate that local rains or
showers will occur and that the rainfall will
not be general
No. 4-Black triangular flag, four feet az
the base and six feet long. always refers to
temperature When placed above flags
Nos. I, 2 aud 3 it will indicate warmer
weather. When placed below the plumbers
1t Will indicate colder weather.
When it is not displayed the indications
are that the temperature will remain
stationary, or that the change in tempera-
ture will not vary more than 4 from the
temperature of the same hour OF The pre-
ceding day from March to October, inclu-
sive, and not more than 6" for the remain
ing months OF the year.
No. 5-White hag six feet square, with
black square in center. will indicate the ap-
proach of sudden and decided fall in the
Temperature.
This signal will not be displayed unless it
is expected that the temperature will fall
to ago or lower, aud will be ordered dis
played at least twenty-tour hours in adj
vance of the cold wave. When No. 5 is dis
played, No. is always omitted.
When displayed on poles the signals will
be arranged to read downward; when dis
layed on horizontal supports a small
streamsr will be attached to indicate the
point from which the signals are TO be read
No. /, alone. Fair weather, sta tionary
temperature.
No. 2, alone Rain or snow, stationary
temperature.
No. 8, alone. Local rain, stationary tenn
perature.
No. with No. above it. Fair weather,
warmer.
No with No. 4 below it. Fair weather.
colder.
No. with No. above it. Warmer
weather, rain on snow.
No. with No. belowit. Colder weather,
rain or suow.
weather, local rains,
No. 8 with No. below it, Colder
weather, local rains.
No. l with No. above it. Fair weather,
cold wave
No. with No. above it. Wet weather.
cold wave.
Arrangements are also to be made to
have the flags displayed on railroad cars
| The starting points of the trains on all the
railroads viii be supplied every morning
with the forecast, and one man on each
train will be assigned TO the duty OF dis
PLAYING the flags.
When the public has made itself familiar
with the code, every person can ascertain
the forecast by looking at any passing
train
A plan TO have locomotives and factories
whistle tho forecasts for tho information of
farmers who live too far away 10 soc the
flags has also been invented by the pro-
fessor
Notification will be given in every town
and village where there Is n steam whistle
that alta certain hour every day the whistle
will sound the signal 20 indicate the
probable weather for the ensuing twenty
four hours
Factories viii receive the forecast by
telegraph, and locomotive engineers will
receive IL az their starting point.
The warning signal 70 attract attention
will be what is eailei the long blast, lasting
twenty seconds. After this sgual has been
sounded, blasts OF from four - ak seconds
duraloD viii refer - the weather; short
blasts u three seconds each will refer % the
| tenpefatnre, those for the weather 10 be
s5anded drst. like this,