Telegram-herald., 1891-11-29
FOSTER ON IHG CROPS
He Advises the Harmsfs % Hold
Them Next Year.
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er. JosErH, Mo-. Nov. 27.-In my last
lstssT mentioned serious drouth 10
occur next year along and south Of the
l0th degree Of north latitude In the
Uniteo States. nave not yet fully de-
tefmsned the effects Of the drouth In
detail, only lts scope IN . general way.
II will Principally etfecs the Mississippi
valley where the elevation 10 not more
than 1850 feet, and the low lsnds along
the Atlantic eo&st. In mountainous
regions, especially the Rocky noun
tains. more than the average amount
of rain viii fall In this general letter
cannot give . detailed forecast that
Will ne every locality. and those who
desire further information may address
me by letter. Many limited localities
within the great drouth district Will
have sufficient rain TO make fair crops,
but where these localities may be SIT
uated depends largely on the topogrs-
ply Of the country surrounding them.
Every farmer and feeder should keep
enough grain aud hay TO carry stock
through the winter of 1928 There
can be no loss IN this even to those who
may be IN the favored localities ami
raise good crop IN 1892, for 1t Is not
probable that prices viii be lower next
year than they now are. IL the plan
iers could do 70 it would pay them 70
keep their cotton till next years crop
IL made. A portion of the fall wheat
bit will have favorable weather for .
good crop, but spsing wheat viii be the
Drtnrfnla now
carefully calculating the details OF
next years serious drouth and hope to
have 1t completed by January.
The Next storm wave.
The storm wave due to cross the con-
tinent from the I'D to the 10Th was
dealt with in my last letter, and the
next disturbance will reach the Pacific
ccast about the 27th, cross the Rocky
mountains about tho 2Sth, the great
central valleys from the 9th to Decem-
Der /, and reacn the Atlantic coast
aboat December 2. This storm will be
most severe on the Pacific coast about
the 9th, and a severe cold wave will
II tach the Dakotas about the 30th,
affecting the Mississippi valley and the
eastern states during the first
days OF December. The SHOWS and
rams of this disturbance will
Affect most of the United States.
The cold wave that crossed the con-
tnent from the 18th to the 18th OF No
vember, and the extensive snow storms
that accompanied it, have settled all
doubts rs to the nature Of the coming
winter. That storm, with the extremely
low temperature of its cold wave, con-
vinced millions Of people that the win
ter will be as predicted, and will go far
toward confirming the reliability Of
my forecasts. ! have made few mis-
taxes, but the cold spring and cool June
and July, warm August and Septem-
Der, the general good crops OF 1891
and the early winter weather, all pre-.
dicted by me . year IN advance, will
largely increase the interest IN the elec-
trical system Of meteorology.
Great storms Next Year.
When the weather bureau Was trans-
ferred 20 the agricultural department
II Was hoped that . new departure
would be made IN the interest Of the
tllIers o. the soil, but it is now quite
apparent that the defunct heat theory
of weather changes has . perpetual
lease on the Washington weather
bureau SO long IS congress Is willing 10
appropriate nearly . million dollars for
its support. One year ago l pre-
dIctsd greater storms from Nay 1891 to
the first OF July 1892 than had occurred
for sixty years past The greatest Of
these stoT viii occur IN 1892. The
storms that have occurred all around
the eartn within three months past, es-
peciaIly m the West Indies, on our own
Atlantic coast, IN Australia, eastern
Asia, South America and Western
Europe are the greatest on record. The
storms TO come will be most severe
where those of tho past three months
have been least.
tcorYRIGHrEp. w. T. FOSTER.