The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-12-07
WEATHER BUREAU WORK.
Several New Lines of Developments Fol-
lowed During Year

Washington, d. c. Dec 7.--Several new
lines OF work for the benefit of the pub.
lie and especially of the farmers, accord
ing to the annual report of the weather
bureau were maugurated during the
year. Others recently begun have been
extended into portions of the country
whore the growing Importance of agri-
cultural pursuits have made them OF in
creased value.
A special service given to orchardsts
and raisers of tobacco, oranges, cranber-
res, and certain other crops has been
rendered by means of frost warnings is
sued in spring and autumn. Close at
tention is paid by the forecasters to the
needs of these crops at critical periods,
and the growers are kept fully advised
as to the dangers of frost and are warn
ed of the necessity of resorting to meas
ures of protection through artificial
heating and smudging, or flooding the
hogs in the case of eranberres.
The establishment of Cattle Re-
eion Service" through which bulletins
containing statements of weather ctNdi-
tons over the stock ranges of the Tex
as panhandle and adjacent regions are
ISSUED, constitutes a new feature of the
bureaus work. This has been Nrticu
larly effective as affecting the cattle in
dustry of the great Southwest, having
proved of such material value as to ere
ate n demand for its continuance
throughout the entire year, instead of
from April to October as at present.
Another opportunity for service has
been found in the timbered regions of
the West during periods of unusual
drought. This has been taken advantage
OF through the issue of special forecasts
OF hot dry winds, which are disseminat-
ed directly to the officials OF the fire pa
troll Of the forest service and other sim
FLAIR organizations, placing them on their
guard at times OF unusual danger of fire
inception. A feature of considerable mo-
nlent 10 scientists and students of me-
teorology was the daily issue of a wealth
er map for the entire northen hemis-
There, begun by the bureau last January. |
Unfortunately. the issue of this map was
necessarily suspended at the outbreak of /
the present European war.
A special investigation OF orchard con- |
oitions in western North Carolina. where 1
aHNfHNeAAN bbNfAhhAtVNr fdlNAtn On 4
~ a number Of orchards by the weather 1
bureau in cooperation with the state ex- /
pertinent station. promises 20 give val /
uable results. These studies have in view |
the establishment Of the influence of 4
topography on local climate. the ulti- |
mate object being difIeentiste the safe 1
and unsafe locations for orchards in
such regions.
Explorations Of the upper air and
studies of solar radiation were continued
by the bureau during the year. No
small light has been thrown upon OBJ
secure features 81 weather control through
the information already obtained OF con
ditions prevailing IN the upper atmos-
phere, and continued Investigations arc
sxpected 30 dipclose additional valua-
be facts Active field work ~ this
character was transferred during the
wear from Mount Weather. VI. 20 Fort
Omaha. Neb- uhsre more sarofahle con
disious for atmOsphere exploration *
st.