The Caucasian., 1913-11-16
FOSTERS BULLETIN
FORECAST OF STORMS TO CROSS
YHE CONTINENT
THE NEXT DISTURBANCE
viii Bring Highes Tempesats,lc and
Less RainfalI-IRa61 Rainfan 1n
Nebraska and Most AboeIt ahc
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(Copyrighted 1913 by ~. @. Fosief.) }
Washington. A.. o.. Nov. G5.|Last

Washington, D.. o.. So>. tasi
bulletin gave forecasts Of distufb-
ance to cross the continent Nov. II
to Is, warm wave l3 to II, cool wave
l6 to 20. Temperatures OF the five
days centering on the day the wafni
wave reaches your locality will, for
this storm wave, average about nor
nal. Normal temperatures and rain
fall are the averages of many years
Cor the locelity ana the part of the
months under consideration end al
&ays constitute toe serS best crop
seatlser.
About and folloving Nos. O. least
preeiDitation Gill occur within 800
miles of omaha, On important grain
section 5000 miles in diameter, and
most precipitation is expected about
the Gulf of Nexico, near the ATTAIN
tic coast. and on the Pacific slope.
yhis condition of precipitation will
probably continue into December.
A shortage Of moisture in the fall
is not considered best for crops of
the following year. Soil that freezes
while wet in the fall holds the
moisture over for use after the
freeze is gone in the spring and the
crops start with good prospects.
When a drouth occurs in the fall it
suggests abundant rains. in the
spring and heavy rains in the fall
suggests less rain in the spring. But
these are not always true.
Next disturbance will reach the
Pacific coast about Nov. 20, cross
Pacific slope by close of 81, great
central valleys % to "a, eastern sec
tions 25. Warm wave will cross the
Pacific slope about Nov. 20, great
central valleys %, eastern sections
"a. Cool wave will cross Pacific
slope about Nov. %, great central
valleys %, eastern sections q.
Temperatures Of this disturbance
will average above normal and rain
! fall below. Most precipitation will
be in the form Of rain except in
northern part of the extreme north
eastern and northwestern sections
where much snow is expected dur
ing the fall and winter months.
Some months past we advised that
crop weather Of South America will
continue to be good to close of the
year and that forecast has proven
good to this date. BY that statement
we did not mean to suggest that the
crop weather would be bad after
Dec. 81. In a general way our fore
Hcasts of crop weather in South
America have proven good and this
is important to our people because
the crops of South America are i'm
portant competitors with our crops
in the markets of the world.
We have also expected and pre-
dicted good crop weather in Aus
tralia. particularly southern Aus
tralia. Hindustan and the East In
dies have been having poor cro[
weather, but following middle OF
November we predict a change to
good crop weather. for that section
and upper Egypt. Their harvests
are in February and March. India
is of Importance in wheat growing
ard upper Egypt in cotton produc-
ton.
In Australia crop weather will
improve in December and they will
have good grass weather, important
to US because they produce much
beef and are shipping it. to this
country. South Africa will have
better crop weather after middle OF
/. I.November. We will, in future bulle-
tins. continue to discuss the crop
weather of other countries that
produce crops competing with ours
and will make the forecasts more ir
detail. Our farmers, planters anC
dealers are greatly interested il
these matters.
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