Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-08-11
WEATHER BULLETIN.
Storm Forecasts by w.
r. Foster.
FOR THE COMING WEEK.
Series of Great Storms and
Killing Frosts Reported for
Month of August.
FOR THE COMING WEEK.

ed 1894 by w. T. Foster.)-My last bull
| letin gave forecasts Of the storm wave
10 cross the continent from 10th to
18th and the next VIII reach the Pa
citc coast about the 18th. cross the
west OF Rockies country by close OF
18th, the great central valleys from
nth to 10Th and the Eastern state 10th
In portions OF the country this VIII
be a very dangerous storm and about
the same time storms OF great force
Will occur in various parts OF the
| world on sea and land.
That destructive storms will occur
| from August 10th to 23d have not the
| least doubt but to definitely locate
| these storms Is. at this time not possl-
BILE.
The force may be concentrated In a
| tropical hurricane and II 1t occurs the
| West India Islands and the south
eastern coasts OF the Unite States and
| OF Asia will experience disastrous
| storms.
II the force IL conferred In the trans
| CONTINENTAL storms indications are that
| their greatest energies viii be expended
near Vancouver's Islands or ON the
| Alaskan coast, In the great central
| valleys not far from the 40th parallel
| and on the north Atlantic southeast
| OF Newfoundland, the storm wave mem
| toned In first paragraph OF this bull
| letin being the middle one OF the three
| and all moving eastward.
| The wave preceding this storm will
| cross the west OF Rockies country
about August IL, great central valleys
| lfth and Eastern states 18th. The cool
| wave VIII cross the west OF Rockies
| country about 18th. great central val
| leys goth and Eastern states ed. This
| cool wave Will probably cause light
| frosts In some OF the Northern states
August II to 20, September Is to -
| october ~ to 20, and November u to
| is are dates when severe dangerous
destructive storms may be expected,
| more particular details OF which will
be given In future bulletins.
Closely following each of these
storms frosts Will 20 unusually far
south and corn and cotton will be dam
| aged to some extent.
| Crops viii probably not mature as
| rapidly as most people are expecting.
| Notice was given In these bulletins
sometime ago that July, August and
September would be remarkable cool
IN the corn belts and this prediction
| was thoroughly fulfilled for July. II
i the predicted low average of tempera-
ture continues late corn win not be
| matured on September is near which
date a killing frost Is expected In the
| corn belt
Cotton will mature slowly during
august and September, and although
october VIII average hot the frost that
| VIII occur about nth or 18th of that
month VIII XIII very considerable
portion OF the plant In the northern
parts Of the cotton belt.
! call special attention to the great
extremes OF temperature and the Sc
verify of the storms near September
II and October 49,
This IL avery important question and
| ] VIII add the following to what | have
previously published. Mr. Il. C..
OF "a Winfield street. Worcester. Mass.
having read my discussions on this
subject writes under date Of July Fl
1895, as follows:
81 have used my blacksmith sbor
sweepings, stubs OF nails. bits of iron
ana anvil scales upon all kinds of crops
with wonderful success. on apple
plum, pear, current and cherry trees I
ma this superior to any fertilizer ever
made or sold. have inquired Of
scientists the reason for its great value
but have never received a satisfactory
explanation. L have used this fertilizer
thlrty-three years and your cXplana-
ton is the only one that nts the case.
You are thinking and writing many
years ahead OF your time"
The statement Of Mr. Mathews as to
the value Of iron as a fertilizer, based
as they are on a long experience. are
very valuable for they will aid very
much In directing attention to iron as a
The cotton states are running their
lands with commercial fertilizers when
Alabama Georgia and Tennessee have
enough iron ores near the surfaace 10
make all the lands Of the Southern
states more productive than they were
Wheh inc wooden mould-hoard pillow
first turned the virgin soil
About every city are iron running
lathcs. especially In railroad -nnnhine
shops, Iron shavings and dust are con-
sidered worthless and in the iron roll
ing mills scale iron dust IL plentiful.
l 1hngR n sea xFas Nfa1 4. ~.
and agriculture.
OLD tin cans thrown on land will
soon rust and furnish the finest of fer
tilizcrs as the body OF tin Is sheet
IRON Scraps OF iron thrown into water
permitted to rust and the water nolIr.
ed on the ground VIII answer the same
purpose.
Red hematite iron Is found In all our
mountain countries. Some of this il,
ready for the field when first taken
from the mine. Much OF 1t, however,
would need to be crushed before usIn,,
and this would inaugurate a new in.
dustry, ="
These Iron rust ores when dug from
inc mines resemble fed sandstone
which could be readily and rapidly
crushed and the fertilizer thus pro.
duced would go four times as far ns
the sand and acid fertilizers SO much
used In the Southern states.
inc latter commercial fertilizer kills
the soil and when once used the soil
VIII not produce without II. Not so
much with iron which permanently fer.
tilizes the soil.
II Is wei known that pottery, earth.
enware, sometimes called stoneware
VIII not conduct electric currents. A.
the soil approaches the condition M
TINS earthenware Il will no longer con.
duct the electric currents which con.
stitute the life principle OF Vegetation
the iron rust being good conducto,
, OF electricity. restores fertility OF m
soil by restoring the electric currents
IL Is not necessary tnat plants should
be electrically connected with the eartf
but they must be 40 connected win
the soil In which the roots arr lnnhed.
ded and that soil must be such rs vii
, readily connect electric currents.
Every plant Is n magnet and 10 a
! plant Is placed In a tub or soil and ~
tub Insulated from the earth the cur,
1 rents continue TO pass down the MAN
stem into the tub OF soil, then rislns
. again TO the leaves OF the plsnt ~
enter II carrying from the son snrt
. plant food as readily evaporates
! Ammonia Is very favorable 10 nlapl
/. life and poured on the soil probahi,
, Il evaporates. ls caught by the electri,
, currents and carried To the plant.
4 have another evidence OF the rrss
value OF iron as " fertilizer which VII
be published In my next bulletin.