Show i r Weather Knowledge t t A meteorological congress which Is to c C meet In England next month has for t one of Its topics of consideration the 1 I weather not for a day hut fop a whole season This Is the object to which f scIentific meteorologists are now giving special attention atenton with hope that Rome time It will bc possible to predict with l X a degree of certainly the general char acter of weather for next winter or next I summer Prof Langley of the Smith sonian institution hrs constructed a II I i machine for measuring variations In the 1 g I radiant energy of the sun dealing with dealng t the rays nol Included In the ordinary spectrum What he desires lo ascer tain If possible is what may be called t the suns habits and by this knowl edge to make weather prediction for a C predicton c longer time titan can now be done At f k1 Mount Weather In louTt Veathe Virginia thn Unit Unl I ed States Government ls 1 building a meteorological research nbfjervatory or t t laboratory The design IH to extend by original research work our scientific ji I knowledge of weather conditions nail condItons nrl phenomena to discover new principles 1 which may bp applied In weather pre J I dictions I will be a great thing when r J the furmen In even pntt of the cotta 1 try can be Instructed before planting i jic vhcthcr the season will be a good one I1 1 for wheat or potatoes or cotton Bos I 1 it f1 ton Herald |