Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-09-25
: FROST WILL SOON
Be ON THE PUMPKIN
LATTER PART OF SEPTEMBER is
NOW PREDICTED TO
BE COOL !.
While Corn Crop Is Below That of 1905
1t Is Above the Ten Year Average
q Live Stock in Poor Condition Be-
cause of Drouth.

According to the latest predictions
of Prof. w. 7. Foster of Washington, d.
G., the latter part of the month will be
colder than was earlier anticipated. In
fact ere long the frost will soon be on
the pumpkin, and the mornings will be
Of the sort that makes one wonder
aWhere his summer wages have gone.
Fosters Report.
Last bulletin gave forecasts of dis
turbances to Cross continent - to %,
warn wave 1S to %, cool wave 81 to
rs. Next disturbance will reach Pa
cific coast about 90, cross west of
Rockies country by close of "a, great
central valley rs to q, eastern states
%. Warm wave will cross west Of
Rockies about %, great central valleys
20, eastern states u. Cool wave will
cross west of Rockies about &c, great
ecentral valleys %. eastern states so.
Last part of September will be cold
Sef than sometime ago announced and
some severe frosts may be expected
farther south than usual, probably
touching the northern edges of the cot
ton belt. Warm wave of this disturb
sance will not reach high temperatures
While in the northern states, the cool
wave following it will bring cold
weather.
Last Disturbance.
Last disturbance of September will
reach Pacific coast about 90, cross
west Of Rockies by close of 20. great
central valleys 80 to Oct. 2, eastern
states 3. Warm wave will cross west
of Rockies about %, great central val
leys 80, eastern states Oct. 2. Cool
wave will cross west of Rockies about
Oct. /, great central valleys 8, eastern
states 5.
This disturbance will cause great
rise in the force of storms, not much
rain and otherwise about normal
weather for the season.
Force or intensity of weather feat
ures will be greater than usual imme-
diately following Sept. % and tempera-
lures will average below the normal.
y Coolest part of the month will reach
meridian 80 not fa- from 81. little
earlier west Of that line; little later
east of it.
Corn Crop Below 1905.
While the corn crop is below that of
1905 it is above the 10-year average.
For Sept l, the government reports
place the condition Of the Iowa corn
per cent above same time last year
gand Ohio,9 per cent. Missouri is re-
ported II, Illinois 8, Kansas 2, Nebras-
ka 8. Indiana per. cent below. These
7 states jroduce about all the surplus
corn and the report indicates less corn
/ for sale than in 1905.
The 60 days drouth in the corn belt,
correctly foreteld in these bulletins,
cut the grass and hay crop seriously
and also the oat crop, consequently
live stock is in poor condition and the
demands for corn will be much in
creased on the farms for feed. The
laws of supply and: demand would re-
quire higher prices for corn than in
1906 but the greed of the great specu-
lators demands lower prices till they
get all they want and then they will
let prices go up.
Science Notes.
The weather bureau announces that
long range forecasts depend on
whether the output of heat from the
un occurs in regular periods. They
Just as well admit that their theory
s failure. Force, not heat. comes
from the sun and that force is changed
30 heat after 1t reaches our atmosphere
AS that sun force is caused to vary by
ne movements of the planets the heat
generated in our atmosphere is ex-
tremely irregular.
IL predict that within 10 months they
VIII give up their sun heat theory and
accept planetary meteorology.