The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-03-10
WEATHER BULLETIN
FORECAST OF STORMS TO GROSS
THE CONTINENT.
A RATHER ODD SEASON
Most Farmers Usually Advise Earfy
Planting But This Will Not Be-
the Best For All Places This Year


Copyrighted 1912, by W. +. Foster.
Washington, d. c., March 9.-Last
bulletin gave forecasts of disturb
ance to cross continent March 10 to
IA, warm wave 9 to l3, cool wave
IL to t6. This storm wave tempera-
tures are expected to average about
or little below normal. The storms
will be of more than usual force,
and heaviest rains will occur in parts
of the southern states while not
much precipitation may be expect
ed east of the Rockies near latitude
40. Rainfall is expected to be great
er north and south of latitude 40
east of Rockies.
Next disturbance will reach Pa
cific coast about March IS, cross Pa
|cific slope by close of i6. great cen.
trail valleys II to i9, eastern sections
20 Warm wave will cross Pacific
slope about March IS. great central
valleys II. eastern sections 10. Cool
wave will cross Pacific slope about
March iS, great central valleys 20,
eastern sections %.
The general average of storm
wave temperatures is nxepcted to
go down from the five days center
ing on March to the five days cen
tering on 2S and the last described
storm wave to average colder than
usual. This does not portend an
early spring opening of spring crop
weather for the sections lying south
Of parallel 40.
Following March % a rapid open
ing up of good crop weathCt is ex-
pected and an early spring for sec
tions north of latitude 40. Some
sections will have good crop wealth
er throughout the season but in
much the largest part of The coun-
try east of the Rockies oats should
be sown as early as possible or
the oat crop will fail.
A rather odd season is before us.
| About six weeks of drouth will pre-
vail in parts of the corn sections
| in April, May and June and in those
sections the corn should be planted
late, because the best rains will
come in July and August. This is
strange advice to give. Most farm
ers usually advise early planting
| but that will not be best for all plac
es this year.
A moderate estimate will show
that one-fourth of all the expense
lof farming is lost by mistakes made
in what and when to plant and sow.
That immense loss can be materially
cut down by following Fosters fore
casts. These forecasts are not per-
feet, but they are vastly better than
guessing. and this fact Is being dem
onstrated by a million farmers.
Bulletin of January i3 predicted
great storms all around the earth
for near Feb. iS and those destruct-
i've storms came on that day, con-
tinuing for several days. The Car
negie Institution is searching the
sun to find the cause. They refuse
TO look at the planets and gaze only
at the sun. All scientists now agree
that the sun and planets are great
magnets but who ever heard of a
M enet disturbing itself?
Those great scientists not only
hold that the sun is great magnet
but also that it is an intensely hot
and boiling mass of liquid metal
The sun can not be magnet and
be hot and they must give up the
| Idea of a hot sun and the idea that
the sun disturbs itself.
Those great storms near Feb. fS
were caused by well known planetary
/ positions anS | assert that every
thine such a planetary position oc-
ours similar great storms result If
the Carnegie Institution would ac-
lcept these facts and make them the
basis of Investigation immediate
progress would result,
But Carnegie's millions are being
fused along lines that would better
fit the dark ages. Any scientist
who believes in a hot sun should
have lived in the davs of pagan
Rome. We are living in the electro
magnetic age and it is time that
4 -. &
scientists realize that fact and join
with the progressiyes.
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