Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-07-31
WHAT FOSTER SAYS
FOR COMING MONTH
WEATHER MANS PREDICTIONS
IN FULL FOR THE MONTH
OF AUGUST
From the First to the Fifth to Have
Cool Wave and viii be Followed by
A Drought in the Corn Section Of the
Country.

For the month Of August the wealth
er man has predicted the month start
me on with cool wave
from the first to the fifth,
folloWed in the central por-
ton OF the country by the temperature
being much above the normal. For the
corn belt drought is predicted. The
rolloWing are the predictions of w. T.
Foster for the month of August:
Last bulletin gave forecasts Of dis
turbance to cross continent July 80 to
Aug. 3 warm wave July 80 to August
z, cool wave August / to s. Next dis
turbance will reach Pacific coast about
August & cross west of Rockies by
close OF 4th, great central valleys 9th
10 lth, eastern states 9Th. Warm wave
VIII cross west Of Rockies about ard,
great central valleys 9Th, eastern
states 7th. Cool wave will cross west
OF Rockies country about 9Th, great
central valleys Sth, eastern states 10th.
The important feature of this dis
turbance will be the great rise In tenn
perature 1t will inaugurate and the de-
crease of showers In the drought dis
trlcts OF the great corn producing
states.
The Severe Storms.
Among the most severe storms of
August will occur as this disturbance
crosses the continent and it will be a
good time to avoid excursions on wa.
ter.
II expect temperatures of August to
average much above normal in the
Ohio valleys, the middle Mississippi
and lower Missouri valleys, in vicinity
OF lower lakes and Of Lake Michigan
and on Pacific slope. Elsewhere gener-
ally below normal temperatures are
expected.
Il expect severe drought In the
principal corn sections during August.
Draw line from st. Louis by way of
Dodge City, Omaha, Des Moines, Pc
oria, Cincinnati, Cairo and back to st.
Louis and within that circle will oc-
cur great drought that will cut down
corn crop conditions to rs per cent be-
low those at same time last year.
Elsewhere rainfall will be from
about to much above normal and even
within the marked drought section
some places will have almost enough
rainfall to make fair corn crop.
Corn Crop Conditions.
"The corn crop conditions in the
southern states will probably continue
good and the government crop report
as TO them a good percentage better
than 1905 But farmers should not
permit the deceptive, pernicious meth
obs OF these reports to deceive them.
The methods Of making these reports
whereby IL per cent above. on one
tenth of the corn crop-that produced
in the southern Observation-Disclosures 10
per cent below on nine-tenths of the
corn crop-that produced In the mid
latitude states of the great central val
leys--as made out for June by the gov
eminent crop reports. should be ridi-
culed, scorned, exposed by all who be-
lieve in competent, honest reports. I
still advise farmers not to sell corn at
less than 60 cents, Chicago markets.
Sciences Notes.
Near the southern end of Hudson
bay is a secondary magnetic pole and
the storm centers of North America
move in semi-circle around and south
of that magnetic center. The latter
seems not to be entirely stationary and
if the U. S. weather bureau would de-
termine the variations of that magnet
lc pole 1t might aid in forecasting the
paths OF storms across the continent.
THE scientific world has taken on a
boom favorable to long range weather
forecasts. The possibility Of their sue
cess is no longer doubted. All the
magazines are discussing the subject
and the U. S. weather bureau is being
pressed to begin the work, the month
in-advance forecasts. Meantime Eos
ter's forecasts made 70. per cent good
practically perfect for agricultural
purposes-for six months out of the
past eight"