The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-01-02

activity in securities. A great year of
! advantage in land deals. Shipping
will take on great activity. Copper,
cotton, coal and general products will
be high. America will bestow enor-
nous gifts for the relief of war suf-
ferers.
New England will be greatly favor
ed by the continued wave of prosper
ity. Mills and factories on full time.
A fine year for farmers. Deep SHOWS
in January end February index an ex-
cellent maple sugar season. The sea-
son will be rather late. Little rainfall
is indexed for the year, farmers should
sow and plant along the lowlands.
Drouth will effect the West and South.
Crops should be put in early, as late
summer will be hot and dry. Sudden,
violent storms are indeXed, with high
winds. Heavy storms are shown for
the last half OF January the third
week in February and the first half of
March. Shipping and transportation
will suffer. February, April and July
are the dark months of the year, in
tense magnetic bands encircle the
earth agitation, strikes, riots, crime.
and epidenics likely to appear. The
Ides Of March are dark for America.
The railroad systems of our country
will show enormous earnings. Trans
portation and traffic will over-taX all
facilities Look for important changes
in management. Steel and iron mills
will have a year of tremendous bus
mess Labor unrest will be absorbed
by high wages. All manufacturing
interest will take on new life. Pros
perity that has been in heaps, will
spread out into numerous channels.
Commodities and merchandise will be
in demand at high prices. The auto
mobile industry will reap a harvest
Cotton and wooden mills will find a
broadening market. The cotton crop
will be favored. The West will have a
great yield of corn. An abundant
fruit season is indexed. There will be
boom in land, farms and general
real estate.
Congress will pass a great war bud
get for preparedness. The declaration
of war by our nation is sure to come,
it will be received by the people with
the enthusiasm of holiday festivity.
The resilient and elactic temperament
OF America Is unprecedented in the
world. The swiftness and directness
of our national preparation and action
will astound the nations. Young blood
and new methods will predominate
Health and recreation resorts in
this country will have a long and
prosperous season. Extended periods
of intense heat will make mountain
and seashore resorts popular. The
great abundance of money will make
the season gay with festivities. Yacht
ing, polo, racing and baseball will
have a record breaking season. Sports
and games everywhere will win
Astounding enthusiasm. "a
Great religious activity will abound.
Churches will reorganize, will r.ite
and cast aside old methods of work
War agitation and preparation will
augment religious fervor. Creed bar
riers will disappear, unity, harmony,
cooperation will abound. Human
suffering will bring forth deeper
human sympathy. Religious bodies
will work in new directions. Educa-
tional institutions will be greatly ia
vored. A new national interest will
develop in schools and colleges. Art,
education and training will take on
a new relation to service and society.
Wonderful inventions will appear,
electrical science will go forward by
leaps and bounds. The fields of re-
search will become alive with inter-
est Science will bring forth discover
les and possibilities that shall minis
ter to the great needs ,of mankind
The medical world will grapple anew
with insiduous epidemics. Commerce
will attract profound attention and
arouse new national interest. World
events will centre around our nation
and the great golden river of Ameri-