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Show SAVING CROPS FROM 8TORM8. Scientist Believes He Can Successfully Success-fully Do This. Let Jnp and Russ fight their fellows. fel-lows. Herr Sttgcr of the meteorological meteorologi-cal bureau of Vienna battles with the clouds. In almost evsry country on the continent whero agriculture is the people's mainstay there Is a systematic systemat-ic use of scientific warfare with cloud shooting cannon for the purpose of dispelling threatened hall storms. Herr Stlgcr began his experiments with tho fundamental principle of disturbing dis-turbing the Intense stillness which prevails before a hnllstorm. Ho demonstrated dem-onstrated tho tact that after tho firing of a shot a small whirlwind arises easily perceptible In the reflected sunshine. sun-shine. This whirlwind ascends with a piercing whistle which lasts thirty soconds In dnytlmo and twenty seconds sec-onds at night. At a distance of 200 feet tho wind destroyed a strong diaphragm. dia-phragm. Tho experts who attended could plainly see the wind rise from tho mouth of the funnels with lightning light-ning rapidity possessing all tho aspects as-pects of a shot. The most marked effects ef-fects were produced by horizontal shots. For the experiments, shlolds bullt of thick paper and linen were placed at Intervals of from forty to 100 yards from tho mouth of tho cannon, can-non, hen the circle of wind enfolded enfold-ed theso shields they wero torn from tho frnmes, tho solid posts and framework frame-work snapped In two, and were cast from eightoen to twenty-two yards, whllo a largo mnstlff standing near was whiffed Into tho air, turned sovcral sov-cral somersaults, and was flung to tho ground Ufoless. |