The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-08-11
BULLETIN
FORECAST OF STORMS TO CROSS
THE CONTINENT
THE NEXT DISTURBANCE
Moderate Temperatures Are EN-
pecetd and Tess Than Usual
Rainfall.

copyrighted 1912 by w. 7 .Foster).
Washington. ID. c., August TO-
Last bulletin gave forecasts OF dis
turbance to cross the continent Aug
ust IL to iS, warm wave 10 to II,
cool wav el6 to 20. First part Of
this disturbance will be a cOntinu-
ance of the great hot wave of Aug
ust and continuance of the drOuth.
Not a general drOuth but a drOuth
in sections or spots With thunder
spots showers in other spots.
Last part of this dlSturbanc"
crossing the continent August IL 10
20 will hringk unusually cool W"0tn-
err with an increaS" Of rain in many
place. While this cool wave is
crossing The continent IighI fros,s
are expected in northern spring
wheat sections. A great fall in tenn
pcraturc will follow the passage Of
the warm wave.
Next disturbances will reach thu
Pacific coast about August 20, cross
Pacific slope about close of q,
great central valleys p to q, east
ern sections % Warm wave will
cross Pacific slope about August 20,
CToat central valleys %, eastern sec
lions "a. Cool wave will cross Pacl-
fic slope about. August %, great cen
trail valleys 25, eastern sections 27.
With this disturbance moderate
temperatures are expected and less
than usual rainfall as general av
erage but thunder showers will con
TIME giving a few favored localities
some relief from tie severe drOuth
and hot weather.
| am expecting less than usual
rain during August and September
but the thunder showers will con
tinue to relieve some places both
from excessive heat and drouth
Cotton, late corn and spring
wheel is expected 10 be damaged by
The heat and drouth in some places,
probably in more than half of the
corn and cotton sections ard for
these two crops we may safely cal
culate productions less than the ten
year average.
The week cente1ing on SER
Ter 20 is expected to be the warm
est and dryest of the month. This
will delay the frosts and give north
ern spring wheat time to nature.
Dry weather in September is mes
to be feared
can not agree with the scientists
of our national agricultural den2rt-
ment. AS I see it plant life concists
Of a current of electricity Kissing
down the stem and into the earth.
Damp soil is necessary because dry
soil will not conduct the electrical
current an da soil largely composed
of vegetable mould is better than
clya because the former is the bet
ter conductor.
Dry farming will aften succeed be
cause pulverized, dry. level sur
face will hold the. necessary mois-
ture. Pulverized iron ore adds
largely to plant growth because it,
increased the electric current.
The life force of plants-the cleo
trio current comes from space, car
ries plant food and enters the plan
through the top surface Of the
leaves, depositins The plant foo%
where needed. The electric current
passes into the earth. Gases tn
ore generated in Tho mr. p -
electric current and 10! used BIZ II
.ass up the outer :cctic'ls Of t.
stem and OFT &C T." r C~'l''"
he urd2r surface Ct t'1r !o~-'c@ n
his is called tho ro7njT7' - G
breathing process Of The plant.
4 Government scientist is se,do :
1rcn ossivc. They can draw their
salaries without the i1a,d study H.
eessary to progress. If ihn'+ VOL
i've I'D the old foolish idaH that
1lant food comes from the soil and
t1,Gy agriculture from the stand
point of electricity being the l,fo Of
!art life we might hope for pro-
gress.
Tae scie"tjftc wrr'f 49, ~.>' ::
electro raaaaftjeea 50 - H'n *1~c.
IF the universe. tho SOLE e 'a~o ~
olapctary organisms Pni.n@l am
vegetable life, the activities of he
{ Their and the atom. coTdans ng t..
attenuated matter Of space ard car
.rying it TO centers OF the universe.
Woodrow Wilson Complimented