Washington County News | 1924-08-14 | Page 1 | A Year without a Summer

A YEAR WITHOUT A SUMMER A year without a summer is the prediction of Herbert J. Browne, master of ocean meteorology whose forecasts' for the first six months of this year have proved more than 95 percent correct. "Unsettled and colder" is the prophecy for the coming year with violent and sudden changes. And then in 1926-27 will come the "year without a summer," like the memorable 1816, with frosts, snows and ice in every month in the year. The safety line of grain production, Mr. Browne predicts, will retreat southward probably as much as 250 to 300 miles and all crops will suffer. Mr. Browne predicted the present severe drought on the pacific coast.