Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-12-22

Heavy rains In April and May are Of
ten followed by drouths In July and
Augr- and such crop weather makes
good meadow crops. good pastures,
and large yield OF oats. with the
corn crop II failure
Crop weather affects cotton in
similar manner. To know the annual
rainfall for n future year Is of no
great Importance to agriculture. We
must foreknow the probable amount
OF rainfall, average temperature. the
froats and hot winds for each crop
season month to enable farmers to
know what to cultivate for future
profit. These are the points OF knowl-
edge. TO which these weather bulletins
aspire. and which they are surely ac-
qulring, though the progress may not
be as rapid MS seems desirable.
There are periodical changes OF rain
fall or precipitation running through
the four seasons and there are no
longer any doubts, on the part OF the
well Informed. that these changes are
forelSnowahle.
In the irrigation districts they want
the precipitation In winter. so that
they may store II and failure OF
winter SHOWS or rains ruins the fol-
lowing crops, The farmers must know
when these failures are coming.
IT the precipitation In the corn belt
Is In the winter months or In the ripen-
Ing and harvest months In the wheat
country, small yields may be expected
Tor then the growing time OF each Is
without sufficient moisture
a vast amount OF work has been
done by scientists of great ability to
ind regular recurring periods of tenn
peraturc and universal failures have
boon The only results, therefore scien-
the men, including our national
weather bureau officials, have for
many. years, had their minds made up
that there are no periodic occurrences
and that therefore valuable long range
forecasts Of the weather are not pos
siblc,
AS to periodic occurrences, they nre
right Practically. the sun, moon and
planets cannot occupy the same rela-
tive position twice. and TO understand
planetary meteorology ono must know
the value, force or effect OF the sun,
moon and planets separately. and nnd
their combined effects on the wen Their
fects.
After twenty years hard work and
study | Know conclude that no one
within tho next twenty wears Will nd
| vance beyond the point OF knowledge
! have now reached 7 know that I
| have made u very treat discovery. md
l further know that others must work
| the matter out as I have. II cost me
too much to trne away the knowledge
wv hNNNf ulFNfTlutlhU nflnNR me 10
Prof, Hlgelow's work. He IL the moet
able planetary meteoroinrlst belong
| Ing to the orthodox world; In fact he
" the only one 80 far ms the public
Is informed. He believes that he Inns
found period In mcteorolo~v, and he
| places ite length at 9G6s days.
Prof. Blgclow is mistaken. and he
has made recent admissions which
| prove that he Is In error. He admits
! mat IN tho course OF the year his
shorter temperature variations are re-
fersed or Inverted, and therefore one
abort period destroys tho other. and
there Is no knowing when the changes
| should come.
Ilc also admits TINT his 2Gss dav
| period MIS- IN and soon there IL no
result and that he must restore tho
temperature curves arbitrarily. This
| proves mat his as day period Is
not OF tho rlrht length.
| Prof Blgeiow hns been trying TO NJ
these 26.GS DAYS nerini - the rotation
| or the sun on its axis If tho p,,n'a
mNFnetlc influence causes weather
changes by the rototlon Of tho sun on
Its axis, the magnetic effcct on tho
earth should always be the same when
the same side Of the srn Is presented
20 the earth. hut Prof. pireiow admits
| that this effect on the earth Is some
times opposite what 1t IL at other
| . While frnf iNrc1ow " irving to show
That the 3d.6S davs period of weather
| changes are effects OF the SUMS ro-
tatlon ON tie skis. he IL really prov-
ing Tint these wenu,ef' ohnrees are Of
| fected hv the relative ,Nnsitlnns of tho
sun, earth. moon ana nlancts.
| Remember this pasrrsion Prof Ripc-
| low VIII soon IND hIrsclf y. fun fcdged
| planetary meteoroicgist. He IL coming
| this way very rapidly. First he abnn-
/ doned hla Investigations Of tho SIM
aud took nm its supposed eject on the
earth, Next he will abandon the idea
that the sun effects nll these terrestrial
changes. and win come to understa nd
that thc changes are caused by tho
changing relative positions of aun,
| moon and planets
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