Show Kansan Says He Predicted Cycle PRATT KANS The The dry cycle is here again just again just as Fred Reece predicted 11 years ears ago in an article article article arti arti- cle in hi the Pratt Daily Dally Tribune Recently Fred dug out the old article he had written in hi 1934 1034 under the title Sun Spots And then he sat down and wrote another one in which he stated In my 1934 article I noted that observations over almost a century showed these increased sun spot outbreaks outbreaks occurred at fairly regular regular regular regu regu- lar intervals of about 11 ll years Nobody Nobody Nobody No No- body knew why or if that rate would continue But on the theory that it might continue I ventured that 1946 might find us in hi the midst of another series of dry years That year is here the sun tornadoes are here perhaps a bit late but they started their upsurge more than a year ago Last years year's wheat crop was not much affected probably because because be be- cause we have learned to conserve moisture This years year's crop hangs inthe in hi hithe inthe the balance between good subsoil moisture and a hot dry blowing surface Maybe the memories of the dust bowl days of the will enable you to guess the next two or three |