Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1896-02-02
WEATHER BULLETIN
STORM PREDICTIONS As GIVEN by
w. II. FOSTER.
A Warm Wave Is to Come From the
Rockies About the Middle of
February.

St. Joseph. Mo-, Feb. 1.-(Copyrlght-
ed 1895, by w. r. Foster.)-My last bull
letin gave forecasts Of the storm waves
to cross the continent from January
3lst to February 4th and February 9Th
to 10th.
The third disturbance OF February
will reach the Pacific coast about the
18th. cross the west of Rockies country
by the close OF the 18TH. great central
valleys 18th to 18th. Eastern states
10th.
The warm wave will cross the west
OF Rockies country about the 18th,
great central valleys 18th, eastern
Eastern states 18th. Cool wave will
cross the west OF Rockies country
about the 14th, great central valleys
10th, Eastern states 18th.
The center of this storm will take
more southern route than usual and the
storm will be OF very considerable force
In the Eastern states about the 10th,
while the cold wave win about the
same time be of unusual force in the
great central valleys, particularly in
the upper Mississippi and Missouri val
leys. Extensive SHOWS will fall in
northern portions of the United States.
The storms OF the middle part of
February will all be unusually severe
and cause very unpleasant weather
especially In the Northern states.
Weather VIII be too cold for early
gardening along the gulf and South
Atlantic coasts OF the Southern states.
The great deficiency in rainfall in 1895
has caused unusual interest in the sub
1ects connected with rainfall. There Is
one universal remedy for aridlty, one
general cure for drouths and that is
the planting of trees.
If the people OF Canada, Mexico and
the United States could be aroused to
the Importance OF planting trees and
preserving timber the further drouths
aud floods would be much less destruc-
tive. Brush lands should he left, as
fah as possible. to grow uU in small
timber.
In places many difficulties, from vn-
rious causes, are encountered In grow
Ing fruit trees and forest trees, for
these difficulties there are two univer-
sal remedies. Undertow irrigation and
the iron fertilizer will do the work
Where trees are already planted dig
your ditch winding among the trees SO
ms to keep Il as nearly as convenient
on the level ground. making the hot
tom OF the ditch on water level. fill In
with six 10 twelve inches OF gravel,
broken stone. brickbats or corncobs,
tamn well and you have one of the
remedies
"a bbNh way ~ Nuulp Nlt sui over Inc
ditch is to drive horses. single file
lengthwise over the ditch. Cut as few
roots as possible In digging the ditch
which should be made deep enough to
be out of reach of the pl)w. Roots OF
trees Will 60 from ten to forty feet to
get to the moisture in these bitches.
Put old iron around your trees, or
Iron In any form that will make rust
and It will double their vigor and
growth. Put tin cans around them and
leave them there to rust
or course the iron fertilizer dug
from the earth Is the very best where
the mixture has the proper Ingredients
There are n number of iron mines in
various parts OF the country but not
all OF them furnished the best ferti-
lzers.
! am trying to make arrangements to
obtain small quantities of the best iron
fertilizer at actual cost in order that
experiments may be made in various
parts OF the country. The value of this
Fertilizer will be a revelation to mil
lions OF people.
But the supply of moisture is the
question at hand and as the crop seas
on OF 1885 approaches the time is oppor-
tune for discussing this question.
The north American continent, April
to October. Is divided into four weather
districts each of which has Its own
peculiar system of winds and weather.
Draw a line from Galveston by way OF
Fort Smith, St. Louis. Columbus, o.,
and Pittsburg to New York City and ali
the country lying south and east Of
mat line belongs to one system. II
this system is extended It win take in
the northern portion of Yucatan all OF
CUBA and the other West India islands.
For this district the prevailing winds
follow the line mentioned. beginning
az the southern part of the West In
dies then by Cuba, Galveston, etc.
ana returning into the Atlantic about
New York City
Nearer the center OF this semi-clrcIe
the wind circulation is less extensive.
u goes from about Key West by way
OF New Orleans. Memphis, Louisville
ana back to the Atlantic near Rich
monu, va. The next line OF circula-
lions Is inside OF the last mentioned
moving from the Bahamas northward
,nrohSh Florida. Montgomery. Augusta
una back into the Atlantic near
Charleston, s. C.
Ihese prevailing winds come from n
nigh barometer and therefore the air
comes down from above and before