The Caucasian., 1912-03-31
FOSTERS BULLETIN
FORECAST OF STORMS 70 CROSS
THE CONTINENT
APRIL CROP WEATHER
Expected to Be ENce9ieDt In All Sec
tions, With Only Few Except
lens. Higher Temperatures, But
the First Week OF April May De
Unusually CSkl.
Copyrighted 1912 bs w. T. Foster

Washington, ID. c., March 3.-Last
bulletin gave forecast Of disturbance
10 cross contineOt March % to April
2 and ApriS to 8, wasm wave March
% to April 1 and April 3 % 7, cool
waves March 81 to April and ApSil
Is to 80. This period Of tive weeks
will average colder than usual a.
though the first warm wave via
bring some very warm days. I'm
usually cool firA week in AprA kv
not much precipitation.
Next disturbance will reach PaGi-
fic coast abola Aprk I, cross hcific
slope by close fs, great central var
leys 9 to ii, casters sections IL.
Warm wave will cross Pacific %pe
about April !. sreat chtrsl valleys
3, eastern sections ii. Cool wave
will cross Pacific Slope ab@lt April
10, grea central valleys IL. eastef&
sections ii.
The disturbance wal bring "a in
creased rainfaR and will start long
spell Of hot weather that will great
ly Improve the crop weather. ice
cool wave to cross eontinent March
81 to April will cause the extreme
low temperatures of the month and
the warm wave 20 cross eOntinem
April 6 to 80 will ca6se the extrerNe
high temperatures of tho month
Fsom that cool wave to that warm
wave the temperatures will rise very
much mOIt than the season NOUId
indicate.
| eXpest April To- be sn eactlIent
crop weather month in all sections.
with only few exceptions. The fine
april crOP weather will haSe a
Duoyant effect on all kinds % busi,
ness, will tend to increase sales OF
grain and cotton and . lowering of
prices as compared with previous
-aarils. But before buying or selling
you should carefully consider the
possibilities of crop weather for 0tts-
tr future months.
In the bulletins near last OF each
month | indicate probable rainfall
for the following month for each
section and readers should keep that
IN mind. When | forecast rain to
accompany storm waves 4 of course
That forecast must not apply to To-
calities where | have indicated less
lha nusual rainfall for the, month. 80
Dealers in grain and cotton should
expect prices to be weaker during
/ he last three weeks of April on ac-
count of the fine growing weather,
but of course, that will be no guide
70 prices for, later months. Cotton
nrices will also depend on the great
strike in Europe. During the grow
ing season the big spectators will
not stand out long against the wealth
er conditions and from April 12 to-
the first killing frosts in the fall
crop weather will largely control
prices of farm products.
In January | predicted great sun
spots would organize near Feb. i8
and requested Prof. Ricard, director
fthe Santa Clara, California mcte-
geological ana astronomical observa-
tory, to keep a sharp outlook for the
spots. | also predicted great storms
hn "a Ia OF ha ~
time for near Feb. i8. The forecasts
we're abundantly verified, both as to,
sun spots and great storms, and be.
low | copy an extract from Prof.
Eticard's report to the magazines and
'This is one of the greatest tri-
Gmphs OF modern science. For over
200 years sun spots have been OBJ
served, but no real observer stop
ped TO think what might be the
cause of them. 1t was reserved to
a prince of meteorology, w. T.. Fos-
Ter, of Washington, ID. c., to first
publish to the world the cause of
sun spots and predict their advell.
as long ahead of time as the publica
lion of the ephemeries astronomical
records woul dpermit, and see his
prophecies glcriously VERIFIED
Prof. Ricard has traced a relation
between sun spots and the weather
of the Pacific slope and predict for
rim a brilliant success in that line.
He is already making good forecasts
sf the Pacific slope weather and
hope he will continue in the good
work. This continent is 100 big for
pne mcteorologist to do all the won
and welcome Prof. Ricard as a
careful. conscientious. scientific in
He will be immensely
valuable to the Pacific slope and will
BE able to work out the Pacific slope
weather more in detail than | have
time to do. He and I will work in
perfect harmony
r. A.