Telegram-herald., 1891-01-11
FOSTERS THEORY
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81. Jo<ErH. No.. Jam v.-The soorm
due 70 cross the continent from the tn
70 llth took : northern route while
passing the Misaissippi Valley, therebv
continuing the warm weather. The
next will also b northern storm but
it will cause rains in the southern states
and snows in the extreme north. Pre-
ceding and during the passage Of this
storm-wave tho weather will b quite
warm along and near the l0th degree
of north latitude until the rear part Of
il approaches, when cold wave may
be expected and the coldest part of the
winter will begin. This storm-wavs
will leave the Pacific coast about the
18th, cross the valley between the
Rockies and the Alleahenles from l4th
to 10th and reach the Atlantic coast
about the 18th.
This storm will be Of considerable
note. II will he due TO reach the north
part of the Mississippi Valley 1t the
same time that the moon will he cross-
ing the earth's equator, and according
To my theory TINS will largely increase
the force Of the storm. When crossing
the earth's equator the moon has more
influence on the storms than any other
planetary body, but in this instance no
other planetary body will be in position
to influence the storm, and. therefore,
il will not be as severe as some of the
other winter disturbances.
During the fall and winter, Venus
has been near the earth. and Mercury
has been approaching il, but no Venus
is passing away from us and Mercury
will pass between the earth and sun on
the 18th. After that both Venus and
Mercury will be moving away from the
colder weather. Mercury also passes
perihelion on the 7th, aud Venus on
the 6th, and are now moving away
from the sun. The moon passes peri
gee on the llth, and as 1t will be NOV
ing away from the earth till the 9th,
that will also have an influence for
colder weather. Our coolest periods
occur when the moon is at apogee--
farthest from the earth. My calcula-
tons are that we will have the coldest
weather of the winter in the west. from
February 20 to March /.
WEATHER AND SCIENCE NOTES.
We are now approaching tree plant
ing time, and l want TO say something
about the influence of trees on the cli-
mate. The theory that the rainbelt is
moving west on account of the cuitiva-
ton of the soil is theory full Of mis-
chief. 1t has ruined thousand BY lead
ing them to locate in Western Kansas
and Nebraska, The dfouth of last
summer proves that the westward
movement of the rainbelt is not perma-
nent, and people who want TO live IN
those otherwise beautiful and rich
countries must learn to know that tree
planting alone will bring abundant
rainfall to those arid and elevated
regions. Last year our atmosphere WAS
condensed by planetary influence tall it
was not sufficiently dense aud deep 10
float the rain clounds 10 those Western
elevated lands, 1000 feet above sea
level. The time will come when the
dro1th influence will be greater than
they were last year, and the drouth
will be as severe as II ever was unless
millions of trees are planted and prop
erly cared for.
Trees are conductors of electric cur
rents, which, streaming TO and from
them in the earth and air, conduct
veins of water to them IN the earth as
they carry blood through the human
system. and above the trees these cur
rents from a low barometer-low bar
ometers are caused by organized bodies
of electricitv--and those draw the
moisture TO them through the atmos-
phere causing rainfall where il would
not c.. srwIse occur.
The history of all the past goes 70
prove the correctness OF the theory that
trees will increase rainfall and estab-
fishes the fact that cultivation Of ordin-
ary crops brings drouth. In my mind
there is no doubt that IN prehistoric
times the great Sahara was extensively
capitals Of Egypt are away ou.
the center of that desolatlon
forests. Fifty years ago the authorities
in Egypt planted millions of trees and
as those trees grow the rainfall in
creases. II 10 the opinion Of the best
informed that the great Egyptian desert
was caused by destroying the trees and
that il might be reclaimed by the ex-
tensive planting Of trees and the arte-
e1an wells. Five hundred years ago
SpaIn was deeert and lts historians de-
clare that this was caused hy destroying
the trees The government oreanized
. forest commission and planted trees
by the million and ~ these trecs grew
the rains gradually came back 20 that
desolste country and is fertility was
renewed. Switzerland has bad about