Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-03-31
FARMERS 0F KANSAS WILL GET WIRELESS
 WEATHER REPORTS
Kansas Agricultural College 10 Provide New
 Service

Topeka, Kan. April Any Kan sas farmer who in directly interest cd in the weather may have the daily and weekly Government forecasts delivered to his door every day ir the year. The Kansas Agricultural College has inst annaunred the in- stallation of this service hv wireless telegraph and be"inninp Anril 1 cv- cry farmer who has q small boy orI oirl who likes to play with the wire less can have the weather report at ! 10 o'clock each morning. "Tune in and get the weather" is 1 the announcement sent ont hv the 1 colle"e to the thousand of farmnrs on the college malin~ lists. This may sound like a joke to the lavman, but to those acquainted with the wireless it is perfectly clear. -I7or 1 science has gven the former another present and he needs to snerd but little monev to get the full benefit of it. The weather Bureau is able to predict tho state Of the weather for 24 to AS hours and in a general way is agle +o indicate the probable weather conditione for week to 10 days ahead. The farmer may get all of this information free every day # he desireh it.
 The cost of the outfit would be approximately SIX. and a little time and traininr will give anv boy or %irl sufficient knowledge of the op araton of the wireless to receive tho weat her forecasts. The outfits would not he able to send messages for any considerable distances, but they could receive the powerful messages sent from the a@ricultural college plant "t Manhattan. A farmer who de- sirns the information can obtain the set and have it installed and all that will be necessary is to have his wife or son or daughter "tune in" aud get the weather every day. There are about 300 amateu" wireless outfits now in Kansas. Many of them are on the farms.
 I The forecast is to be sent out every morning at 9:55 o'clock. It is to be sent on g wave length of 375 met CTS. this being short enough for re- ceivino on any amateur set and long enough 10 reach every part of tho state. Any amateur can tune in" his set to receive a message sent on this length of wave. The forecast ;s to be sent on a standard order. The first sending will be at the rate of IS words 9 minute and then the forecast is to be repeated at the rate Of eirht to 10 words minute
 It has already been arranged that the high schools and the bows with wireless outfits in the small towns will all take the weather forecast and deliver it to the banks and stores and to the telephone companies There are hundreds of small com- uunities which do not now receive any weather forecast.
 Farming is becomin" more and more of a scientific business and the weather forecast will aid the farmer
 in many ways. particularly during the summer. and will be of value tc the stockman during the winter A knowledge of the probable weathe, for the next day or two is of prime importance in the hayin" and har- vesting season and would be useful in laying out the work of the farm CTS throughout the year. as the work could be planned according to the expected weather for the succeeding dav.
 During the winter the stockman could make preparations for taking care or ms caCCle when storm ap' breaches. There are many large ranches which now pay telephone and telegraph tolls throughout the season to obtain the weather fore. casts, so that they can make prepa. rations for rounding up their stock and getting it under shelter and in getting up sufficient supply o1 feeds when storms are in prospect The best-managed ranches all get the weather reports in the summer by telephone and telegraph, so that they can plan the work of the differ. ent crews with some information on the weather ahead. The Tod ranch near Maple Hill, and the Sherman ranch, near Ellsworth, have received the weather forecasts for years and the managers of these properties as sert that the forecasts have saved them thousands of dollars every sea son on hay and harvest and in pre- pairing for storms in the winter months.
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