The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1916-12-21
WEATHER BUREAU
IS AID TO farmer
System for Giving Warnings
Has Been Highly
Developed.
GIVES PROTECTION TO CROPS
News That Merely Makes the City
Man Take an Umbrella May Re
suit IN intense Activity in
Agricultural Districts.

Agricultural Districts.
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The message which rau.ps fin, civ
man merely 10 debate whether he shall
carry an umbrella or fal,e lis over
coat, when tclrgraphpd 10 country
points may be telepboned instantly
from fumer To farmer a. news of tht
greatest agricultural importance. Such
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lhg GOOD or not weather for three or
TOUR days 10 came my send thousands
OF feapefs Into the fields to tahe adj
vantage OF favorable weather, and, As
Il by nasIe, change the landscape from
one OF waving gram or grass into Il
scene oil haXeoekS. or wheat sheaNes.
Special Systems Perfected
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tons and from 1000 other observation
points. the bureau has established n
large number of special stations for
ahserXating crop weather conditions in
tile corn. wheat. cotton. sugar. rice. and
caftle-rafSing districts The object of
this service is to furnish the growers
Of eaeh Of these crops throughout the
summer With information that VIII Ell
able them To handle the crops to best
advantage. The corn and wheat region
service covers, for example, the l.
principal grain States IN which II
maintains ole region center, IL dis.
Iflet cehtefS, ana Ia special stations,
from Whlch kilograms are received
daily ana reports disseminated. DAILY
bulletins showing the temperature
and rainfall at these stations are
punished at - different points ahd
distributed To approximately Ito dil'
iefeht people. Similar services deal
ing with cotton weather conditions
cover me II prlhcipal cotton suites ana
consist OF data gathered IN Is cehters
through 10 speclat stations.
The crop weather service is partic-
ularly important to alfalfa growers In
all the western states and special three
or four-day forecasts are issued
throughout the season to alfalfa har-
vesterS.
Special =fruit-hegton service.
The special fruit-region weather
warning service, which forecasts par
ticularly the coming Of spring frosts
is of particular value in the intensive
oreharding districts where fruit grow
ers have made preparations by means
of smudging or heating or other means
to protect their orchards from frost
The orchard forecasts and warnings
are principally for the benefit Of fruit
men of Ohio, Colorado, Utah Wash
ington. Oregon and California. This
service has been expanded by the es
adjustment of seven new stations in
the grape and peach-growing districts
of northern Ohio and by the detailing
of trained men for special duty in the
fruit district of the Hood river valley
Oregon, and the Gunnison valley
Colorado. These men study the Local
situation and give expert information
to the fruit growers as to the tenn
peratures to be expected and as t6
the probable need to light fires In
d. ,1as ,aE.dE