The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-05-18

washington, D. c., May 1S-My last
bulletin gave forecasts of disturb
ances to cross continent May Is to
% and May 81 to rs; the warm
waves May IL to 81 and May 20 to
"a; cool waves May 20 to "a and May
% to q. Temperatures of these two
disturbances will average lower than
usual. and therefore the crop weather
will not be of the best, not as good
as the first week of May. Early May
rainfall, as predicted for the dry
parts Of Kansas and Nebraska, where
wheat needed moisture, came in
nicely during the week centering on
May 5.
The next disturbance will reach
the Pacific coast about May 25, cross
the Pacific slope by the close Of May
&c, the great central valleys May ~
to 20, the eastern sections May 80.
The warm wave will cross the Pa
cifc slope about May rs, the great
central valleys May q, the eastern
sections May 90.
The cool ave will cross the Pa
cifc slope about May %, h great
central valleys May 80, the eastern
sections June /.
Preceding this disturbance the av-
erage temperatures will be unusually
low, but the disturbance described
will start the temperatures upward
and carry them to much higher lew
els. bringing much better crop wealth
er. 1t will also bring rains in about
one-fourth of the sections east OF the
Rockies. Indications are favorable 10
heavy rains neal the gulf coast west
of Florida.
We are now near a great change In
crop weather. We have had the
foods. the extreme cold, the lorna
does and other dangerous storms.
Weather events are somewhat similar
To the pendulum, and extreme
usually follows another OF the oppo-
site character. We connot reasona-
bly, expect the heavy down pours OF
rain to continue and every M who
has any knowledge of the weather
by experience or tradition will ex-
meet the crop weather to be deficient
in rainfall over those sections where
he excessive rains have fallen.
NV calculations made from wealth
err records covering so to 100 years
indicate that we are coming TO bad
crop weather for those sections that
have recently been too wet. The pro-
gramme will be nearly reversed. The
dry sections will get too much rain
and the wet sections not sufficient
rains for the best results in the
growing crops.
Farmers and planters and truck
gardeners can profit by carefully
noting these matters. They can con-
duct the cultivating for dry weather
where 1t has been too wet and Tor wet
weather where 1t has been too dry.
The great shortage In grain u
rough feed produced in 1911, and the
great shortage in winter wheat for
1912 cannot be overcome by an aver
age crop this year. The prospects are
that all crops Of 1912 will be below
the ten e average. Even IL q fair
crop. only a little below the general
average, is produced, prices must go
very high If general business con-
tinues fair.
There is one other possible Difficult
ty. Those who manipulate the
worlds financial conditions for spec
ulative purposes usually select a bad
crop year in which to bring about .
depression in order that they may be
able to lay IL all onto the bad crops.
If they have selected 1914 for a de-
preston of course prices of the farm
and plantation products win not go
SO high as they are liable to do II
business continues good.
Our people must expect short crops
sometimes and the Inconvenience
that attend a shortage in crop prod
ucts. 1t lis q great advantage to
know when to expect these shortages
We cannot prevent them, but we can
prepare for them.
European governments. are encour-
aging the study of sunspots, believing
that agricultural products and par
ticnlarly the prices OF wheat and cot
ton rise and fail with the sun spot