280 



ANNUAL REPORTS OF DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



to l'20,0r)0 places. Til adtlition t(i this, special frost and emergency 

 warninirs are sent to 0,100 addresses. There was an inei'ease of 89 in 

 the number of places receiving the forecasts at Government expense, 

 while the distribution by free telephone was increased nearly a mil- 

 lion, and by mail forecast cards, 2,500. 



Distribution of daily forecasts and special warnings. 



State. 



Alabama 



Arizona 



Arkansas 



Calilomia 



Colorado 



Connecticut 



Delaware 



District of Ooiunibia 



Florida 



Georgia 



Idaho 



Illinois 



Indiana 



Iowa 



Kansas 



Kentucky 



Louisiana 



Maine 



Maryland 



MassachuscI Is 



Michigan 



Minnesota 



Mississippi 



'MLssouri 



Montana 



Nebraska 



Nevada 



New Hampshire 



New Jersey 



New Mexico 



New York 



North Carolina 



North Dakota 



Ohio 



Oklahoma 



Oregon 



Pennsylvaiiii 



Rhode Island 



South Carolina 



South Dakota 



Tennessee 



Texas 



Utah 



Vermont 



Virginia 



Washington 



West Virginia 



Wisconsin 



Wyoming 



Total 



At Government expense. 



Forecasts 

 and 

 special 

 warn- 

 ings. 



24 



S 



24 



84 



9 



5 



8 







34 



49 



12 



113 



93 



139 



92 



C9 



7G 



11 



15 



13 



59 



73 



47 



27 



12 



71 



5 



15 



20 



S 



109 



(iO 



25 



70 



30 



10 



70 



1 



32 



51 



47 



So 







12 



56 



22 



34 



100 



12 



2,059 



Special 

 warn- 

 ings 

 only. 



7 

 1 

 9 



25 



63 







1 







107 



32 

 



47 

 2 

 8 

 2 



32 



22 

 1 



49 



13 

 1 

 3 

 7 

 2 



19 

 9 

 

 



17 

 2 



49 



59 



3 



147 



1 



7 



42 

 



11 

 9 

 3 



f.5 



20 

 

 



21 

 8 

 

 2 



940 



F.mer- 

 gency 

 warn- 

 ings 

 only. 



130 







102 



10 



41 



72 



10 







52 



239 







220 



74 



455 



175 



99 



48 



58 



40 



78 







171 



59 



230 



13 



205 







44 



105 







409 



1S7 



93 



237 











315 



14 



105 



70 



222 



227 







54 



84 







55 



309 



13 



5,154 



Without expense to Government by- 



Mail. 



1,450 



122 



845 



2, 000 



1,124 



2,110 



150 



1,285 



1,307 



1,835 



285 



3, 135 



2,059 



1,850 



1,721 



1,773 



037 



1,190 



2,248 



3,158 



4,680 



2,384 



1,301 



5,539 



428 



2,188 



57 



093 



1,484 



135 



9,358 



1,310 



500 



7,291 



080 



492 



0, 475 



221 



935 



875 



1,807 



1,347 



212 



900 



1,730 



847 



994 



2,053 



320 



89,512 



Rural 

 deliv- 

 ery. 



337 







502 



54 



1,080 



50 



300 







225 



000 



200 



3,264 



510 



2,057 



785 



100 







180 



285 



110 



719 



1,839 



1,434 











420 







775 



265 







661 



1,500 



l.SOO 



323 



343 



218 



1,393 







375 



7 



2,8&3 



773 



325 



425 



1,797 



400 







1,184 







30, 538 



Telephone. 



43, 907 



4,601 



48, 400 







84,300 



75,000 



4,805 



20, 000 



22,201 



58, 609 



18, 782 



586, 125 



239, 890 



243, 059 



130,383 



54,400 



32, 136 



24, 000 



7,900 



150,000 



430, 732 



159. 599 



24,900 



391,050 



19,500 



210, 702 



1,200 



14,980 



39, 004 



10, 500 



735, 352 



35,000 



15,000 



450, 000 



3, 905 



13,(100 



491,700 



2, 500 



33,376 



46,000 



65, 741 



201,305 



34, 100 



22,475 



20, 882 



3. .551 



50,909 



67,3.30 



6,9.35 



Railroad 



train 

 service. 





 

 

 

 

 140 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



80 

 181 

 

 9 

 

 

 

 



15 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



13 

 

 

 

 

 1 



12 

 

 

 

 

 



5,462,212 



451 



Railroad 

 telegraph. 



10 







11 





 1 







27 







240 



161 

 

 1 

 

 

 

 

 18 

 



281 

 



407 

 13 

 6 

 1 

 5 

 

 

 



179 

 17 



118 

 



150 

 



100 

 



452 

 

 39 

 2 

 

 

 

 

 44 

 

 

 

 



2,343 



STORM-AVARNING DISPLAY STATIONS. 



Eighteen storm-warninf^ display stations were establi.shed on the 

 ocean and lake coasts during the past year and six stations of this 

 class were discontinued. 



Storm warnings were discontinued for the winter on the Great 

 Lakes Decemlier G, 1911, and resumed April 25, 1912. 



The usual advance arrangements have been made for the dissemi- 

 nation of hurricane warnings on the Atlantic and Gulf coasts by the 



