Show WEATHER BUREAU LORE the government macaroni wheat propaganda I 1 I 1 GUY ELLIOTT MITCHELL while tho me weather bureau and its forecasts laye have been tho the subject of many jokes and puns at the hands ot of tho the newspapers yet ot seriously tile tho weather bureau r records ads aro are now having increased uso use BS as evidence in tho the courts of tho the country during tho past ten years observers of tho the weather bureau havo have appeared with records in court nearly throe three thousand times evidence as to tho the weather Is at a great factor in a varlet variety y of cases both civil and criminal civil cases aro are 1 largely personal injury dam ago to perishable goods as by freezing or rain and loss by fire tho the criminal cases aro are usually confined to murder trials in most cases claims for damages aro are almost always settled outside of court information as to the existing weather neather conditions having been secured by both stiles sides As a usual thing when an Iff official iclal or of tho the weather bureau appe appearson appears arain ln court with records to give testimony lie bo does not know tho the character of tho the suit on trial for it Is generally arranged by tho the Vitt attorneys orneys to put him on tho the stand immediately upon his arrival in court and he Is excused after his bis testimony me has been given an observer of oc the weather bureau was once called in a casa case in which tho the plaintiff had staled that while sho she was va riding in III a street car sho she attempted to shut it a window in order to keep heep out the raw cold weather As tho the car reached a curve sho she was suddenly thrown headlong into tho the street tho the railway introduced tho the weather record to show that on tho the date of the alleged accident the weather was warm and sunny and there was no occasion for shutting a window tho the wind records of the weather bureau are valuable ablo during trials involving damage by wind such euch as blowing down of buildings super structures and flag stalls staffs the wrecking of vessels on tho the lakes and ocean etc anti seldom Is a suit for damage caused by high wind brought in any of tho the largo cities that tim tho weather records aro aio not called into court evidence la Is sometimes desired in it a case of dar darlinge camago ringe by lightning several years ago a building in illinois collapsed during a severe thunderstorm it was waa insured by loss against lightning and not against loss by wind tho the owner claimed full insurance on the ground that tho the destruction of tho the house was caused by a bolt of lightning the matter was placed in the hands bands of the adjuster who in turn called to ills his assistance a scientist then in charge of one of the principal weather bureau offices to whom by mutual consent the decision was left no muil mud on ills boots tile the subject of rainfall was important in a peculiar way in ft a trial in connecticut cut some years ago A burglary had been attempted one on night in a prominent residence find and the occupants believed belle cd that they recognized as tho the intruder their own coachman who lived near by la in a stable A thunder storm with heavy rain prevailed at that time and shortly afterwards the officers who had been summoned put tile the coachman under arrest ile he denied the charge and ana called attention to the tact that his shoes were not wet and muddy during tile the trial tho the weather records were produced r showing bea heavy vy rain at the time and the jury concluded that it was case of mist mistaken alten identity and the man was waa discharged saved ills life weather bureau records have figured la in some of tho the most notable notably 0 murder trials in one instance an all observer was called by the defense to show that the night tile tho victim dis disappeared appeared was dark and threatening this evidence contradicted that given a witness for the prosecution who hall had tes testified rifled that although distant several hundred feet he be saw the accused tako take the victim into 1 a 6 factory the alio relations between the judiciary L i not been considered valuable for wheat raising tho the introduction of macaroni wheat into tho the united states camo came about through the pilgrimage to europe and asiatic russia in 1899 1890 of mark A carleton of the department of agriculture then tho the assistant in charge of cereal investigation ile ho was wap sent there by tho the secretary of agriculture binl in order to gain all pos possible information in regard to macaroni wheat and to select such varieties as would probably succeed in tho the great grain and especially in semi arld arid portions where tho the ordinary bacad cheats were some times nt at best but an indifferent crop mr carleton mado made a thorp ugh explore lV eather aureate station ois the crest of the blue ridge rhe united stales at I 1 va s h ing ton AW and the weather bureau aro are mutually agreeable the value of tho weather bureau records Is appreciated and the thorough operation cooperation co of its officials is 13 acknowledged with tho the increase in the number of observing stations and moro more comprehensive and complete meteorological data at nt hand liand albet service will naturally be a still more important factor in the adi adjustment fust ment of claims and tho the trial of sulta suits in which the question of weather in any of its phases may enter macaroni Maca rovil wheat introduction mention has baa been recently made of 0 the great value to the american farmer of the importation of a now new varlet variety y of wheat known as durum or macaroni wheat As aa line baa been stated this grain has been instrumental la in bringing into product production Iou load land which heretofore has ha was mado made in this country was of an inferior quality and was sold as such on the market being produced from tho the bread cheats now thero there are 20 or more factories using american macaroni wheat and proudly branding their products deducts IM made do in america Ai from aeller american ar grown 0 wn Uh cheats eats hour flour Is also used tor for tho the purpose of blending it Is mixed with a low grade of bread wheat lour flour making a most valuable article for bread making and pastry cooking macaroni lour flour Is also used for ordinary bread making tests testa made by tho the department of agriculture and am ly by private families have do in that bread made from ma macaroni caroul flour la Is very palatable and many people preferring it to ordinary wheat bread the use of the flour extends also to many other N articles of 0 common diet such as aa rolis bolfa bread sticks slicks griddle cakes etc and officials of the department of turo ture think thero there Is no reason why a breakfast food tar far excelling a majority of oc those la in common use at tho the present time both as to palatability and vil cu cannot bo be prepared from fl t As a stock food macaroni macaro nl wheat and its products have been found by actual experiments to equal it if not surpass bread wheat owing to the fact that it Is a surer crop than tho the latter with a heavier yield farmers will learn to turn to this abundant source of protein in using balanced rations rapid increase in production Product long the progress of the macaroni wheat industry in this country may bo be understood when it Is known that the first crop of any consIder considerable ablo amount was in 1901 when it wa wat t estimated that from to bushels were harvested in 1902 tho the yield was between I 1 bushels and bushels in 1903 nearly bushels were obtained while la in 1901 the yield amounted to n nearly early bushels while tho the possibilities of tho the crop of ae 1 55 I 1 it r 1 4 1 k jr CROP OF MACARONI WHEAT RAISED AT THE NEW experiment STATION tion and secured a largo number of varieties les in tho the russian provinces north of tile tho sen ot of adov already tile the homo of tho the lest best of macaroni cheats ho he found the climatic conditions approximately tile tho same barno as those of out great plains ile iio secured secure il a number of 0 bushels of tho the lest best varieties of oc wheat grown there and these cheats tho the department part ment of agriculture distributed to growers grower 1 in suitable localities loc aUtes thereby increasing tho the stock tho the crop secured together with two fresh importations was distributed in 1901 to tho the farmers of the northwest through the experiment stations of tho the various states great crop for northwest since tile tho department of agriculture undertook tho the work tho the production of macaroni wheat in tho northwest has haa In increased creasea with astonishing rapidity ile perhaps reals no other now new crop has been so BO warmly welcomed by tho the farmers in tho the regions suitable to its growth it has haa been found splendidly adaptable to tho the climatic and soil conditions of tho the grent plains region it thrives in abundant mis bine does not require a large a nt it of moisture resists vig ay iy i tho the smuts and rusts and la Is a s rower yielding far la iii excess os 03 it kinary bread wheat A peculiar property of mac arcol w wheat heat which makes it valuable for its distinct uses la Is its protein gluten content in III a general way iho methods to bo be employed in the cultivation of 0 macaroni cheats aro are similar to those required for tho the best results with any other cheats tho the first and most obvious aiso of tho the macaroni wheat Is the manufacture 0 of f macaroni vermicelli and other forms of edible pastes at the present time tills this country Is importing these products largely the importations alloun amounting ting to nearly pounds annually with rl a value of in 19 1900 00 there was not a single factory in tho the united states manufacturing macaroni from macaroni wheat all that 1905 cannot be accurately determined at tills this time estimates run from to bushels this Is a comparatively new crop in the united states instead of importing macaroni wheat for the purpose of manufacturing domestic macaroni the united states la Is now exporting annually about 0 bushels to france and italy and other european countries for it has been found by the manufacturers there that the american grown wheat makes a most excellent product secretary wilson stated that tho the value of the tha ma caroul wheat industry in this wm x nn 41 if MACARONI WHEAT SEED EN ROUTE TO SEAPORT FOP TO UNITED STAT country now reaches more thau than annually with so many splendid possibilities in its favor officials of the department of agriculture believe that macaroni wheat has a great future dread and pastry mado made from it will fina a welcome addition to the tables of the american people while tho the Intro introduction duL of the wheat into the great plains region has proved an linon boon to tho the farmers of the semiarid semi arid arld belt extending from north dakota to texas while it may talco tako some time to educate cate both producers and consumers to its excellence and value it Is believed that macaroni wheat and its products will give it high rank among standard form farm crops |