Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-10-20
an, PREDICTIONS GIVEN II,
W. y. FOSTER
:, storm wave Prophesied Dur
oo.,,us Week and WIN Take
More southeriy Route.


:, ~ rockies country by the close
/ q.th. great central valleys 18th to
&h Eastern states 2Sth.
rNts disturbance viii take a more
q, ,,barn route than usual, the cool
va ,yIil reach the far south, ana tine
weather following Will be OF longer
Iratlon than usual. ,
{Ereclpltation from this disturbance
IN moi be general, but Will be more
II snsiye than usual. Heavy SHOWS IN
4 north and heavy rains IN the south.
4, frost accompanying the cool wave
IN 20 far into the south.
cf,h.. warm wave viii cross the west
"a the Rockies country about the 2Sd,
.<aat central valleys goth, eastern
tiltes 9Th. -. 49,.
"a ,Iies country about the Goth, great
21tral valleys 2sth, Eastern states
[fIy next bulletin will contain general
8rcasts OF November rainfall and
temperature
3fbe crop weather report of the ma
= nal weather bureau issued Septem-
- 50 says:
Eln wisconsin, Kansas, Iowa, Illinois,
kjchlgan and Ohio fair progress has
an made with blowing and seeding,
IA In the middle and south Atlantic
Rtes and generally To the southwark
Il The Ohio river this work is backward
IN the soil in such dry condition as
81 render " imprlcticable."
lTompare the above with my forecast
1dbllshed in bulletin of July 10th in
|bese words:
LIN the great central valleys the
4&ather conditions Of August, Septem-
IA and October, 1895, Will be very
IA orable TO fall seeding but quite un-
|4.orable In the Atlantic states. Au-
t><st and September will be too dry ON
nd Atlantic coast"
August sd l gave dates for August,
1obtember and October tropical hurri-
hes The news is not all in as to the
I1ptember hurricane. Enough Is now
I1own, however, to prove that the
|ofecast was not failure. 1t took a
bre southern route than was calculat-
IA and was south of Florida about the
IN and moving northeast. on the
IN II destroyed IA Spanish gunboat
1thr the western extremity of Cuba.
Ihe reports OF the August hurricane
~ all in, My forecast, published Au-
~ Sd, run thus;
.tThe tropical hurricane will be OF
atest force on our Atlantic coast
thin r few days of August goth.
,tfhe pilot charts issued by the navy
Mather bureau show that the hurri-
pc was south OF Porto Rica on the
u, near Jamaica, eth; Western Cuba,
ID. and Southwest Texas on the 29th.
9out this latter date 1t recurVed and
cyed northward. Joining the heavy
/ nscontiuental storm.
o such success was ever before made
forecasing tropical hurricanes and
first effort at definitely locating
p timing tropical hurricanes was for
pse of August, September and Octo-
"a DRoUTHs AND sUBsoIL1NG.
.,kuch has been published on this sub
~, and yet 1t is not satisfactorily set
IHp. Many subsoil plows have been
<eted and one after another have
oefn thrown into the old iron waste
In The subject is perennial because
\ pas not found "A true basis. has not
oefn settled right. Subsoiling Is an
8nolute necessity. but how2
rom very able paper issued by the
~ division of the national department
y lagriculture | quote:
..fWhereyer u drop OF water flows of
va neld 1t Is an indication that the
54S Is not In proper physical condition.
Iere II occurs in a dry soil the main
I*paration of the land should be us
4eep as possible so that the water
,lfreon may be carried down and
l{< ~ - 80 .!iu tapiui.g VI eT1pVio-
~ v;y,, lii I'm siie suI III ueSP
supsolllns VIII be found inValua-
srhson ''s up the CLOSE ana COM
'4rb, 90. .,,,,
and stirring the soil to a depth OF
10 ihches tends TO dry 1t out, and
IN ~ i' ioi,oMs peloIe u crop -
Inttr,, 10 ~ a,.,, may NoI ~, pusi-
en- ~ M ms eiop' - HeSuIe
N he dor a s.',i, tle suDsoiiils
tha crnr t., SotiS ~ 'iine
teivinp haa,,,, ~ ~ u, ene nuPe W
Mblantsd VIC S''P
ait il vor,, ,,a...,...., .,.,.
tnltivation ~, ~ tnis ueep
(tfn under n ha,''i pe t"Neh nut W
o<I weeds az sly 81 Iuhhtits
1on ia dry Io ,,esl peGla'iy whe,l wy
MI or a lot 90 Wy So,is d "eaa ,Si,
<@&iily Jacay iesu Vi Stupple VIII
ma condition IN, - uHuet'
HH cnn,,'rS,i " VII break on ospll-
ma the cron 80 III 'a ~
MI lack Of r,n ~ Ssu"i'S PERISH LOT
"Gf course ~ - .,
51lfs only To d,o,,,t luo.at i1 ~ ~,
out to all seasons for semi-arid
|oE,e IN , Hhu as thus applled en-
Euf them foruard T., ssa,en' Pu
1&brles on snhsoi,tna supP',u ~ my
H1<gatlon az ,n,,n,,tNs anu uiuSl' wv
.Il countries ~ Nrou'ns Al
IA tba discard deep blowing that