The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-04-07
FORECAST OF STORMS TO CROSS
THE CONTINENT.
THE NEXT DISTURBANCE
April : to II, With Low Temperature.
High Temperature Followed BY Cold
Wave About Twentieth, Which VIII
Carr Frosts Unusually Far South.

(Copyrighted 1907 by W. I. Foster)
Washington, D. c., April 6,-Last bull
letin gave forecasts of disturbance to
cross the continent to II, warm wave
s to 10, cool wave 9 to IS. The next dis
turbance will reach the Pacific coast
about II, cross west OF Rockies country
by close of II, great central valleys IS
to Is. eastern states 10. Warm wave
will cross west of the Rockies about IL,
great central valleys IS, eastern states IS
| Cool wave will cross west Of the Rockies
about IA, great central valleys I6, eastern
states l8.
Low temperatures will prevail during
the week covered by this disturbance and
then will come a great high temperature
wave reaching meridian 90 about 20, and
followed by a severe cool wave that Will
carry frosts unusually far southwark.
The warm wave expected to reach me-
ridian 90 about "a will be very moderate
with very cool weather preceding and
!: following it. W
The first half of April will average
very cool with most rain within hun
dred miles of line drawn from Pitts
burg to St Louis: rather dry elsewhere
Temperatures will be moderately change
able up to the middle OF April, and then
radically changeable, going to all kinds
of weather extremes including severe
! storms.
The last half of April will bring eN-
ceptionally bad crop-weather and farm
ers of mid-latitudes will begin to see
why | adveed them not to sell corn
From this to the end of the crop season
. cropweather will greatly fluctuate, some
times good. sometimes bad
Soon after April 8 a high temperature
wave will reach meridian 90. carrying
with it strenuous weather with north
ern cold wave following That colo
wave will reach meridian 90 about Aprl
22 and farmers, florists, gardeners ant
. the housekeeper with tender plants-.-par
ticularly along and north OF parallel 40
should be on the alert for frosts.
| am thoroughly convinced that Sc
rious drouth will greatly damage tn
crops in some sections this year, partic
ularly in the corn belt | do not believ
/ there is as much corn in the country a
manipulated reports indicate. The grea
spectators have complete control of ev
erything that has bearing on the mar
kets except the weather, and they evel
annul the natural weather effects.
If the great manipulators of the cerea
and stock markets could be banished t
: the island where Dreyfus was confined
, the human race would be immenSel
benefited and agricultural interest
: might get fair deal, but SO long as
sleepy people permit these ghouls t
roam at large and bring desolation to a
: otherwise prosperous people, so long Wi
: these sleuths. of predatory wealth 70
, the industrious. Why will agriculture
interests continue to permit these eN
plo1ters to divide and conquer them
Why do not farmers see their way clea
to unite in self-defense?
, Cotton planters are learning to hol
} the old crop till it is known what tn
new crop will make 1t is more difhcu
to hold old corn, wheat, oats and othe
grains, but that is the surest way fo
producers to secure the high prices thu
. always come with years when crops fal
= Producers should study how best to kee
old corn and wheat and oats till the me-
crops are made.