Montana farmer-stockman. [volume], December 01, 1949, Page 4, Image 4

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them—could contribute only an in
significant part of the energy being
expended in making weather.
. A lot has been said about artificial
rainfall produced by seeding clouds
with dry ice particles. Because gen
eralizations based upon a small num
ber of experiments led to strong
public interest and to much specula
tion concerning possibilities of such
a control of weather, extensive, sci
entifically controlled experiments,
using all available measuring facili
ties, were undertaken to determine
the economic value of cloud seeding
operations.
While these experiments have pro
duced evidence that some precipita
tion can be induced when cloud con
ditions are just right, the amounts
are too small to be economically im
portant and the "just right" condi
tions are such that natural precipi
tation is usually falling nearby, or
would fall in a short time.
Experiments are continuing be
cause the induced cloud modifica
tions add to an understanding of
precipitatior processes, but it ap
pears that practical applications of
economic importance are far distant.
The second partial report on "The
Artificial Production of Precipita
tion," covering work on clouds in
Ohio in 1948, states that "Experi
ments showed that .he artificial
modification of cumuliform clouds is
of doubtful importance for the pro
duction of rain. Dissipation rather
than new development (of clouds)
was the general rule.
"There is no indication that seed
ing will initiate self-propagating
storms, and therefore, the only pre
cipitation that can be extracted from
a cloud is that contained within the
cloud itself. The methods are cer
tainly not promising for the relief
of drouth."
Air Movements, Sun's Heat
The great, complicated movements
of air about the earth; the differ
ences in moisture content and tem
perature of air masses over the
oceans, continents, and zones; the
sun's heat supply; and the rotation
of the earth all contribute to making
our weather.
Sometimes, as last winter, the flow
of cold air from Arctic regions is
more persistent in Montana than
usual, and we have a cold winter.
While our winter was very cold, east
Mississippi it was un
usually warm. Another year might
find the eastern half of the country
cold and the western half warm.
And so weather goes on. The sup
ply of weather producing energy
from the sun is almost constant,
varying a little as sunspots increase
or decrease. Some scientists suspect
that sunspots have an effect on our
weather, and such a variation in
solar energy undoubtedly does have
some effect—but weather variations
have not yet been successfully cor
related with sunspot activity to the
extent that forecasting therefore is
y practical.
And Montana and Wyoming will
go on for years, experiencing cold
when prevailing westerlies become
strongest, thundershowers in the
summer, etc.
All these weather types are part of
the complete weather pattern of the
earth itself, and each type has its
signs which are known to the farm
ers and ranchers who experience
them every season.
Montana Farmer-Stockman
Published twite a mouth, on the 1st and 15th.
by The Montana Parmer. Inc.. Great Palls.
Mont Bntereo as second class matter at the
Postoffice at Great Palls. Mon
tana ander act of March 3 1879.
Magazine Racket
Angles Unlimited
THE FOLLOWING is a true ac
count of an incident that occurred
in Montana this fall.
The man of the house was work
ing on some machinery near the
house when a young man drove up
in a car. The young man sauntered
over to where the man was working
and made some pleasantry about the
weather and troubles with machin
ery and then launched forth with:
"Sir, I'm working for a scholarship
so that I can complete my plans to
become a doctor. I'd like—"
But the man of the house knew
what was coming and interrupted.
you?"
"Well, I do represent a company
that has magazines to offer. Yes."
"O. K. Why don't you skip the
scholarship stuff and start selling.
Aren't your magazines good enough
to stand on their own without your
putting in your phony scholarship
appeal?"
"Yes, sir, but—"
"And don't you know that you
could be prosecuted for misrepre
senting on that 'scholarship-to-be
come-a-doctor line'? You aren't
really planning to be a doctor are
you?"
Frank Confession
Here the young man was thtown
off his guard.
T really wasn't completely mis
representing things. We're coached
very carefully on that. If you'll re
member I only said that I was 'plan
ning' to be a doctor, and, of course
I can change my plans at any time."
"So you're 'carefully coached' on
such things, eh? Well, now that we
have that cleared up, what maga
zines do you have to sell?"
Thereupon the young man got out
his list. He had practically every
national publication, including some
of the best. With such merchandise
to offer it seemed foolish if not
criminal to introduce it with a
phony appeal for points for schol
arships. The young man made no
sale in this case, but he might have
if he had tried selling intead of
sobbing.
Racket Variations Go On
And so it goes on throughout the
nation. It has gone on and is going
on in Montana, as Montana Farmer
Stockman has reported frequently
in the last several months. Wheel
chair crews and scholarship crews
have scoured the state. Some mag
azines are good, others of little
value. There is no end to the varia
tions they can play. Now they're
working for "votes toward a house."
That one was reported to Mon
tana Farmer-Stockman in a letter
from a farm wife recently. The wom
an wrote:
"A young man is canvassing our
community for votes on magazine
subscriptions. The votes are for a
house. (How the votes add up to a
house is not explained.) He says he
saw three years of service and has
a wife and two children. He did
have a stiff knee. The catch to me
was his youthful appearance to have
had the service he said he had and
have been out so long."
Now this young man may be in
need of a house. But is it too brutal
to repeat that the real question is
DO YOU WANT THE MAGAZINES
HE HAS TO SELL?