Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1912-03-02
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ed, 1912. by w. T. Foster.) Last bull
letin gave forecasts of disturbance to
cross continent March 4 to s. warm
wave Sd to 18th. cool wave 9Th to 10th.
This will bring the warmest weather
OF March, il expected to cause a thaw
in some Of the winter grain sections.
The freezing and thawing that will re-
suit is expected to damage all winter
grain.
On account of these frequent small
freezes and thaws | have expected
April crop weather will show very
considerable damage to winter grain
because such freezing and thawing is
by experience shown to be the great
est drawback to winter wheat, rye and
other winter grains.
Next disturbance will reach the Pa
cifc coast about March 8. cross Pa
ciic slope by close of 10th, great cen
trail valleys 1t1h to 18th, eastern sec
lions 14th. Warm wave will cross Pa
ciflc slope about March 8, great CEN
trail valleys 18th, eastern sections 18th.
Cool wave will cross Pacific slope
about March IL, great central valleys
14th, eastern sections 18th.
Temperatures of this section will
average warmer than usual and the
weather will be more severe. The cool
wave will cause freezing, but not very
cold weather in northern sections.
Most rainfall will be in southern
states while this storm wave is pass
ing. But the upper Mississippi, some
parts of the upper Missouri and Man
itoba will get rains or SHOWS. Heavy
rains are promised in the San Fran
cisco valleys.
The warm weather first part Of
March is liable to mislead to early
gardening. Gardeners should be care
full till after severe cold spell that will
come near March 2S. All tender out
door plants should be protected from
that cold spell.
The Southern states are promised
splendid cropweather for early truck
farming and early gardening and they
should make the most OF it. Crop
weather may not be so good later on.
OF course some parts OF the South
will be too dry, but most sections will
have abundance of rain. The cold
weather of March will probably not
reach the early truck farmers OF the
South.
He have had sectional drouths for
three years and it would seem natural
that this year be excused from such
crop destroyers. am not predicting
n
of crops, but we are not yet done with
the sectional drouths. Large sections
of the continent are sure to be visited
by serious drouth the coming crop
season and very much will depend on
the kind of crops put in and how.
Some sections will have an abun
dance of rain and there the seed
should be planted for wet weather,
while in the drouth sections the very
early maturing crops should be plant
ed on the uplands and the late ma
turing on the low and fiat lands. In
large sections the late potato crop will
be a failure.
Farmers, planters, truck growers
and gardeners should organize for
self protection. All classes OF other
industries are well organ
lied and the agricultural producers
are working at disadvantage. The
man who wants to buy now tells the
farmer when to sell. This scheme is
carried on so shrewdly that producers
are deceived No one can blame the
grain dealers and cotton dealers. They
are attending to business. My weather
work is advice to both producer and
dealer, and l know that the latter is
to his interests.
If producers were organized they
would know better when to sell. Theyl
could then investigate false reports
about crop conditions in this and in
other countries. These false reports
are very misleading. 1t is enough for
me to keep informed about the crops
On this continent.