The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-03-12
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WAS THE VICTOR.
General Dyrenforth in his error

Genera! DSrenforth in his exports
to congress and in magazine articles
commented upon the success of these
experiments near Midland. declaring
that for these three experiments he
was rewarded with three heavy rains
and nine incidental showers. covering
a period OF sixteen days. This far in
excess OF the ordinary rainfall in tina:
section of Texas. and. coming so rapid
y upon tie heels of thes- experiments,
LET, no doub in the minds of General
D~yrenforth and his assistants that the
rains were caused by the explosions.
Following the experiments of Cen
eral Dyrenforth. which we're conclud-
20. p%erforce. when the neaser appro-
i.r!ation was exhausted. the world.
generally, seems I o have forgotten that
rain could be produced a,tificially. for
etwee 1872 and the spring of 1911,
when / conducted my first expert
rnents on my ranch Of 10000 acres
outlying Post City (Garza county,,
thing more than sporadic attempts
upon a very small scale TO produce
ain.
did not undertake tn task of rain
making as a disciple OF science, but
because the crops on the ranch need
Cd rain and needed it badly. Three
Years g broke out about 5000
u IA iGIlClt INTO some JhlftV.
I'VE farms. h land is level and a
rich loan. but the annual rainfall is
only about twentv-one or twenty-five
aches. II this amoun az rain came
in tWenty-one showers of one inch
eacn, say. at the times needed, the
crops would be magnificent, NJ UNI
that is not the habit of
nature. for rain falls in winter in ex-
lraNasant volume. and frequent show
CTS IN me Ga rlC GrNin0 no \.
crops TO grow luxuriantil up to late
June or early July. when Tickle nature
may forget TO send rain for a month
or SIX weeks and allow the crops to
die.
In the spring of 1911 crops on the
ranch began 10 need rain. There were
no sisnso Of nature that upinted TO any
immediate conclusion OF the drouth.
Iherew as no method by which 1 could
run irrigation bitches in time to al
ieVlate conditions. It vas under the
stress of these conditions that 1 re-
solved t" carry the warfinto the coun-
try OF Jupiter Pluvfus and lombard
MIN until he surrendered enough rain
to save the crops,'>g1"f...F
Late in June I made NY first at
tack upon the elemehfsA My men ar
ranged eight firing stations. in almost
a straight line. an eighth Of a mile
- IA VI pIlS IllIe.
One hundred and twenty-five shots
OF two pounds of dynamite apiece
were fired from each of these eight
stations. Nothing came of his first
"bat1le-due, probably. to the fact
that we had paid little attention to
the atmospheric conditions and had
conducted the initial experiment when
noneo + the natural indications of
rain was present.
Inside of a week after our first ex.
pertinent We chose a day that seemed
more propitious for the second at.
tack. The barometer on the morning
OF the battle indicated an extensive
degree of humidity, but there were
no clouds overhead. and the sun
shown down hot and steadily. as il
does upon the plains of the south.
west. The second battle was upon a
larger scale than the first. We made
use of the initial eight stations of h
first firing line. butd Dubbed the dose
that is. we used $50 two-pound shots
from each battery, continuing the fir.
Ing throughout an afternoon. Rain
followed within ten or twelve hours
after theft ring mad ceased. w]hereupon
a rainy period set in. extending from
July l to July 10. with rains occurring