The Portland daily press., 1892-04-06

just as men in all professions and all
walks of life have to do to succeed:
The meeting then adjourned for dinner
and Rev. Mr. Bruming, pastor OF the
Universalist church of the village and
secretary of the grange extended an in
vitation from the ladies of Bowdoinham
Grange to the visitors to partake OF the
hospitalities of the Bowdoinham organi-
cation at their hall.
Those who accepted the invitation
were fortunate. 1t was good, old-fash-
ioned New England dinner that our
grandmothers might have been proud to
preside over, and reflected great honor
upon the ladies of Bowdoinham grange.
Afternoon.
The regular order of business was re-
sumed> upon the re-assembling OF the
meeting-''The Relations of the Agricul-
raj Bureau to the Weather." by Mr.. j.
Warren Smith.
The audience was enlarged by the at
tendance of the pupils OF the high school
ether being by actual count $50 present.
Mr.. Smith gave brief history of the
establishment of the weather signal SER
vice. 1t commenced not many years ago
with "a stations; now they have about
$50. The results of the service as con-
nected with matters on land, such as
frosts, floods, heavy rain, ETC., were EMU
merated, and how carefully they were
observed by many men in various lines
of business in the large cities.
In our atmosphere there was con-
slant current blowing to the northeast,
and within that current were many local
disturbances.
The difference between the cyclone
and tornado were described. The cy-
clone is an immense circular storm,
while the tornado is also a circular wind
of great violence, but far less in extent,
its path usually being few hundred
yards in extent, while cyclone may
measure several hundred miles, with
quiet space in the centre, the vlo-
| lence of the storm being in the whlrllng
wind around this centre, the whole moving
along in one general way. More than ~
| per cent of all the storms in the United
States usually pass off to sea by the st;
| Lawrence valley or Gulf Stream, and
passing near enough to New England to
give us a touch of their force of more or
less violence. All large storms in this
latitude have a rotary motion and move
at the rate of about 800 miles in "a hours.
| In addition to the regular branches OF
the United States signal service, there
were state services. There were more
than 40 of these voluntary metereologi-
cal observatory departments, with 220o
| observers. Instruments were loaned to
any reliable person who would take the
trouble to keep record of the observa-
tions. This was done to enable the gov
| ernment officials to make more careful
study of our climate.
| The object of Congress in transferring
IN n
Agricultural Department was in the gen
eral agricultural interests of the country.
Another feature of the agricultural
work now in hand by the department.
was the gathering of crop statistics.
Special forecasts ofthe weather were now
given in the interest of any crop. These
forecasts were now very reliable for "a
hours. There are now about IS OF these
special stations in New England. The
department furnishes the information
free and the localities have only to club
together and procure the flags.
Mr.. Smith thought the system devised
by the Bowdoinham Grange the best
idea yet advanced. The balls from to
12 feet in diameter could be seen for five
or six miles by person with average
eyesight, while if there was no wind the
flags hung limp, or might be blowing out
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