Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-10-18
lowA's WEATHER SERVICE.


l0wA'S WEATHER SERVICE.
The annual report of the Iowa
weather and Crop Service, in co-opera-
ition With the United States Weather bu-
lreau. for the year. 1899 has lust made its
appearance on our table-perhaps rath-
ter sareily because of delay in the state
printers office. j. II. Sage, directorof
this bureau, says in his preliminary
statement that thru the cooperation of
the United States weather bureau and
| the IONA weather and crop service the
state has been Well covered With ma
neurological stations, and large nuns
5ersof Well-trained and efficient me-
Neurological observers and crop report
iers have been enlisted to furnish the
data and aid in this useful branch of
the pubic service. In this joint service
lthe national government has borne by
far the heavier burden Of expense and
labor, and for a large share of the ben
Gifts received the people Of Iowa are
deeply indebted To the honorsd secreta-
ny Of agriculture and the efficient chief
LOT the Weather bureau.
The United States weather bureau
maintains five fully equipped meteoro-
logical stations within the territorial
limits Of this state. viz: At es MONIES,
EIeavenpert. Dubuque, 1Seokuk and
sioux City. The records Of the station
Al omaha. Neb., are also included in
the n.steorological records of this selN-
ice. In addition 10 these regular sta
t!ons The work of meteorological ebser-
vatieu is now being carried on al l56 To-
cal stations, by competent voluntary
observers. equipped With standard in
sttlsns NJ s--a net increase Vt eighteen
stations during the year.
As an auxiliary TO this efficient corps
OF meteorological observers, this service
includes ever 500 crop reporters, Who re-
port weekly or monthly the condition.
OF the principal crops as affected by the
prevalent weather conditions during
the season.
Director Sage says there is a con-
rssantly increasing public demand for
the monthly and weekly reports of this
Office. The issues Of the Monthly Re-.
View amounted TO something over 1900
copies per month. or an aggregate of
5sI0n0 cepies during The Year. The
weekly crop bulletins issued during the
season. from April 10 Oct: /, amounted
toze'ver o:oC0 copies: In addition there
Were mailed iii advance 10 Wspapers,
and thru that channel the information
was widely disseminated.
AZ the close Of the Year daily weather
forecasts Mere received At los stations.
and rtom these stations and the central
ottice the forecasts We're distributed by
mai cars. . l,l1aa posfotiiees. a,rliv-
ing each day in time to be Of value 10
the genera public. AT the Geographic
staticrs signal fags are displayed BY
signals. cards and telephone messages
the forecasts are Very widely distrib-
uted among the peop!e who are special
IL interested therein.
The study Of elifnatology and the
making Of the data thus gathered Of
practical se,sviee . the people in con-
snection with crop growing are now es-
#tabiished as q valuable branch Of gov
eminent. There is nothing the people
are more interested in thar. the Weather
ana nothing 50 affects their interests
and movements. ard as tf1eie is q ten
$dency in nature u repeat itself the les
sons gathered from this study and sum
ming UP Of results ale fifty reeo gnized
Din the support Of this bureau.