The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-11-22
U. S. WEATHER BUREAU.
S1n- Interesting aud Instructive Obser-
yations About the Objects It Seeks
aud the Work 10 Does


'h'- heading | wilt undertake Il,
vriin few things. in weekly install
ments, that every farmer i'm Allen
"'uuiy is vitality interested in.
mean just what say and will prove
'"-inie get through that the weather
Bureau has put over 500, 10000 into
he hauds of Allen county farmers in
lSD5, aud this is only small per cent
Ut what will he done il our farmer
ALL only aid instead of hindering the
work.
la our social interviews, after ~
Xchamge at friendly greetings, the
weather generally serves as All aid t.
conversation 1t is given this plrce
pa account of it's Importance in hu-
nan affairs. 1t affects the c'mfnrt,
health and prosperity of all classes Or
people, and most vitality concerns the
farmer, whose business is wholly a
80 mercy of the elements.
Reader did you ever think of this?
the farmer may have the land, tn.
-,IiIizer, the seed aud all the tool
n -cessary to work crop, hut with
oIt a favorable season he will raise
n'hhing at all; and as al things resi-
ipOr the success of the farmer, IL will
" seen why the weather becomes the
;renost topic of every day talk
Though SD much talked about, vel
there is less general knowledge Of
this subject than of any other thai
directly affects human welfare Tn,
majority of even well educated peO-
pie know but little about the physi-
Cal laws that produce the varying
phases and conditions Of the weather
In most of our high schools the stud!
Ut meteOrOlOgy is crowded out by sub
iects of vastly less importance.
We have no text books of pure
weather science in our public schools
Our college graduates know NOR
about the nature and movements
Hher worlds than concerning tn,
'imatic conditions of portions of ouI
'wn planet.
Many people cling to some Of thu
weather signs, traditions and super
,titions that were current in the mid
lie ages Others consult their III
nanacs To learn when the moon
phases are favorable for planting o
harvesting crops, for cutting wee'ir.
Smuggling barns or killing hogs. ="
we see that popular education in this
lime has not kept pace with progl ess
~ other branches of science.
All sorts of errors abound, How
ever, il is gratifying to stale thai
some measure Of progress has been
made along this line, in The educa-
lion of the public along practical
lines. and this work has been don
mainly through the instrumentaliiy
of the National aud State Weather
Bureau The farmers should take
the deepest interest in this matter, "a
their land and crops are exposed to
all the vicissitudes, changes and tx
tremes of flood, frOsts, winds and sun
shine
Being out in the weather at all
times and seasons and SD directly af-
fected by its frequent changes, The
farmers should he the most weather
wise and best posted men in the
county, and this they might be if
they would make the largest possible
use of their opportunities and would
pursue some line of systematic OBJ
servatjOn and study.
Every Allen county farmer that
has been here 20 years or more, ought
To have acquired thorough know
ledge of the climate of this county.
1t has been said that Secretary Nor
ton saws that a Kansas farmer with a
ssft corn between his tOes and rheu
matte leg could fortell storm better
than the whole Weather Bureau.
This WAS not a slur upon the latter,
but direct slap at the great ignOr-
ance of the average farmer, as if he
would only take note of what was 60
ing on around him and study the
why's and wherefores he would be as
reliable "a forecaste as any one in the
Weather Bureau.
1t is to aid our farmers to aid them
selves that | write these lines and |
earnestly ask every farmer tOpatient-
IL follow me and when done with the
REGISTER hand it 10 some one else
and aid the good work in It's progress.
CLARENCE J. NORTON.
TO BE- continued.)
croAWRERRN MILL CHING