VOL. XXIII.
INDIANAPOLIS, IND., SATURDAY, JAN. 21,1888
NO. 3
WEATHEE 8EBVI0E TOE AGEIOULT-
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Organisation and Plans for Work in In-
; diana.
A abort time ago we announced that we
had completed arrangements with the National Signal Service Department for the
sending out ol 100 telegrams from this
point at 7 o'clock each morning for the
benefit of Indiana agriculture, provided
we could secure persons to co-operate with
us and cause the proper flags to be displayed dally.   We announced at the time
that the names and addresses of persons
were desired for each county and section
of the State, and that soon fuller particulars would be published in the Farmer.
Knowing that there will be a large demand for this daily information about the
weather for 24 hours in advance, wo shall
issue the following Bulletin, the blanks of
which are to be filled dally by the agents
who receive the telegrams, and to be
handed to the farmers calling for them.
This, with the flag displays, as shown In
the Bulletin, will indicate with a good degree of accuracy, what the weather is to
be for the day. The Bulletins in the hands
of the various agents receiving the telegrams will be as follows:
Weather Bulletin of the
SINGLE WEATHER SIGNALS.
No. L
White Bag.
Clear or fair
weather.
No. 2.
Blue Flag.
No. 3.
Black Triangular Flag.
Rain or
■  snow.
No. 4.
White Flag with blacx
square in centre.
Temperature
signal.
Cold wave.
When Displayed from Poles in Combinations.
i
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Fair weather.
Colder.
Warmer.
Rain or snow.
Fair weather
Cold »vave.
Warmer, fair weather,
followed by rain or snow.
When Displayed from Horizontal Supports in Combinations.
TT
Warmer, fair weather.
T
Rain or snow, followed by fair
weather.   Colder.
TTTT-r
Snow and cold wave.
Weather for 24 hours from 7 A. 51.  for Indiana.
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Weather -
Temperatdre-
Cold Wave -
When received during the day, cold
wave special messages are immediately
sent to all stations. .If received at night
the cqld wave predictions are sent in the
7 a. m. messages.
The "Weather" blank will require only
three to six words to fill.
The "Temperature" blank, two to five
words.
The "Cold Wave" blank when used, not
over twelve words, and this is only occasionally required, as the waves are not
frequent. The following data and information is by the Department:
Number 1, white flag, six feet square, always indicates clear or fair weather, no
rain. Number 2, blue flag.six feet square,
indicates rain or snow. Number 3, bUv»k,
triangular flag, six feet at the base, and
six feet in length,always refers to temperature. When placed above numbers 1 or 2
it indicates warmer weather: when placed
below numbers 1 or 2 it indicates colder
weather; when not displayed, the indications are that the temperature will remain
stationary, or that the change in temperature will not vary five degrees from the
temperature of the same hour of the preceding day. Number 4, cold wave flag,
six feet square, with black center, indicates the approach of a sudden and decided fall in temperature. This signal is
usually ordered at least 24 hours in advance of the cold wave. It is not displayed
unless a temperature of 45 degrees, or less,
is expected,nor is flag number 3 displayed
with it.
When displayed on flag poles the signals
should be arranged to read downward;
when displayed from horizontal supports
a small streamer should be attached to indicate tbe point from which the signals-
are to be read; when in the form of sym
bols, to be displayed on cars, the symbols
should be placed one above the other and
read downward.
The signals may be withdrawn at 3 p.m.
Weather signals are now displayed at
many stations throughout the United
States, and this improved system, which
is based on that devised by Prof. P. H
Mell, Jr., of Alabama, has been adopted
with a view of securing uniformity, and is
recommended, after a careful test of thf
several systems now in use, and submitted for examination. The system is not
complicated, the solid colors will secure
legibility, and the flags may be supplied
at small expense.
The flags may be made of cotton cloth
at an expense not to exceed ?2 per set.
The Bulletins, as above, are at our expense, and «U the expense to the several
localities receiving the dally telegrams,
will be the set of flags to be used, and
hoisting them. Many of the farmers'
clubs, live stock associations, etc., have
applied to us for the daily telegrams,
(which are also to go free) and it will be
easy for any locality to collect enough to
get the flags.
Up to this  date the following localities
have applied for the daily telegrams:
Madison, Terre Haute,
Crawforsville, Hazleton,
Vevay, Lawrenceburg,
Mt. Vernon, Greencastle,
Richmond, New Castle,
Columbus, Seymour,
Princeton, Huntingburg,
Rockville, New Albany,
LaPorte, Frankton,
Rushville, Marshall,
Salem, Metamora,
Washington, Tipton,
Lafayette, Greenwood,
Evansville, Irvington,
Frankfort, Bridgeport,
Bluflton, Bloomingdale,
Goshen, Brightwood,
Plainfield, Rockport,
Dupont, Kokomo,
Patoka, Rossville,
Lynn, Lexington,
Cayuga, Ockley,
DeKalb.
Applications   are   in  from  the  above
points,  and we  shall in a few  days send
out the  Bulletins to  them, and the daily
telegrams will begin going at the same
time. We hope soon to receive applications from an additional number to make
up the 100 points in the State. This is a
rare opportunity for the benefit of agriculture, to secure a knowledge of the
character of the weather 24 hours in advance, and every county in Indiana
should avail itself of it. As before stated,
from 80 to 90 per cent of these forecasts
have in the past proven to be true, and
auch knowledge, especially during summer months must, become of great value
to the farm interests. While we can make
no positive promises as to the future increase of these telegrams, if the agriculturists of Indiana come to fully appreciate
this first venture for their benefit, and
there is a demand for an increase, it will
be our pleasure to urge its extension by
authority of the National Department.
Send in the additional applications to
make up this hundred points, by answer
ing the following questions:
1. How   far   do   you   reside from the
nearest telegraph station?
2. Name of such station.
3. Is there near you any place or point
whero flags can be displayed?
4. About what distance can the flags be
seen?
5. Name of applicant.
The Fair Ground Removal.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
Your editorial in the Farmer of the 14th
Inst., is to the point: Three years ago the
exhibit of clay working machinery at the
State fair was one of the best probably
that had been witnessed up to that date on
this continent. Since that time there has
been a falling off so that at the last fair
there were but . four exhibitors. I know
from personal communication with the
exhibitors, that tho reason for this falling
off is the enormous expense and inconvenience of getting the machinery to and
from the fair grounds to the cars. The
next annual meeting of the National Brick
Makers' Association together with the
immense exhibit of clay working machinery, the extent of which was never
before seen (as exhibited at the late Chicago Exposition) could be secured to meet
In this city but for the reason that the
cost and inconvenience of transporting
the heavy machinery to and from the cars,
makes it undesirable to do so. This association would bo attended by 300 or 400
delegates from all parts of the United
States and Canada. The first meeting was
held at Cincinnati in 1886, the second at
Chicago in 1887, and the place of next
meeting has not been decided upon, but
could be secured to meet in this city, and
would be, except for the inconvenience of
the location of the grounds. I have heard
others complain of the expense and inconvenience, but I am more familiar with
the objections urged by exhibitors of clay
working machinery. The removal of the
fair grounds to the Belt road at some
point where all of the railroads centering
in the city could have direct communication is the thing to do, if the future of the
State fair and the interests of exhibitors
and the general public are to be considered. J. J. W. BlI.I.INGSr.EY.
Captain Charles Reese, of Fort Wayne,
was in command of the Twentieth Indiana
Volunteers in the battle of Gettysburg. A
minnie ball entered his forehead almost
between the eyes. Surgeons always feared
to extract the ball. The bullet worked
downward, and frequently the wound discharged through the nose. Monday
morning Captain Reese awoke with an
uncomfortable feeling in his throat and
began coughing. He coughed up the
Gettysburg bullet of 24 years ago. It was
rough and irregular and weighed 494J4
jr las, 14 K grains over an ounce. Captain
Reese has drawn a large pension for his
1 wound, and his face is badly disfigured.