Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-05-21
FOSTERS WEATHER BULLETIN
INDICATES A sWELTERING SUM.
MER FOR IOWA AND WEST.
WILL BIZ HARD ON CORN
Says That Farmers With Corn In Their
Bins Are In Luek--.Much RepIanting
Of 1oWa's Main Grain Crop May Be
Neeessary--The Report in Detail.

Prof. W. +. Fosters latest weather
bulletin hesDeaks decidedly unfavor
able climatic conditions and tempera
lures both for the farmer and his
crops and for the poor city n,srtals
with their office work "June will be
as hot as April was cold" he says
That is enough In itself Everyone
knowns what an unusually chilly
month April was and can now prepare
FOR what Is coming in the hot weather
line. Further, Mr.. Foster says good
corn weather will prevail later on
but that 1t is apt to be pretty hot and
dry for awhile Immediately following
May 1S, today. Following is his last
report III detail:
Weather Bulletin.
Washington. D. c., May 1S. - Last
bulletin gave forecasts Of disturbance
to cross continent 16 to 20, warm
wave Is to 19, cool wave 18 to %.
Next disturbance will reach Pacific
coast about 20, cross west Of Rockies
country by close Of 81, great central
valleys ~ to "a. eastern states 25.
Warm wave will cross west Of Rockies
about 20, great central valleys %,
eastern states "a. Cool wave will cross
west Of Rockies about 20, great cen.
trail valleys rs, eatern states r.
This disturbance will bring it much
higher temperatures and the crop
weather will climb out Of the winter
like conditions Of the previous week.
The last part Of May will bring much
more favorable weather for the crops
than the average up to this date.
Another disturbance will reach
Pacific coast about Is, cross west of
Rockies country y close Of 26, great
central valleys 81 to 20, eastern states
30. Warm wave will cross west of
Rockies about rs, great central val
leys 81. ed. tefn states 30. Cool wave
will cross west OF Rockies about 2s,
great central valleys 80, eastern
states June !. a..
Moderate temr erattre will prevail
during the PASS &c Of this distur-
bance across the continent while the
force, or intensity Of all weather fea-
t, IS will greatly increase.
About and Immediately after May 1S
the cool wave, which will be almost
if not quite cold wave. will be IN
Lllc llOl lllWSSlcIH SIdtSS anu 0dSlSEu
provinces and following it we may ex
pect old winter t, disappear About
Nay 81 the unseasonably cold weather
will begin to disappear west of meri-
dian 80 and better cr.,p Weather will
prevail.
Must Replant Corn.
Much replant.ng Of corn will be
necessary and farmers should spare
no efforts in prepa. ing for very much
better corn weather. June will be rs
hot as April was c a: Don't forget
that gave almost perfect foreca SITS
OF April weather. particularly as q
its very unusually low temperatures
believe that my forecasts of an un
usually hot June will prove to be
| equals correct.
am expecting dry weather from
western Iowa to southwestern Texas
| and the hot weather of June will pro
badly not be good for that section
therefore In plantinu and replantina
| corn in that section better calculate
on hot. dr. wheather following Ma,
| IS, while from Peoria to Pittsburl
about the upper lakes and thence
lnorthwestw.rd. hot and wet weather