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tensive study of Russian climate, and showed conclusively that that 

 country had no climate which in any way resembled that of Iowa. It is 

 generally agreed by those interested, that this one paper of Dr. II in- 

 richs, comparing the climate of Russia and Iowa, was worth in cash to 

 the state more than the service has cost in ten years. It showed the 

 danger of depending on Russian apple trees. 



At the present time, some eastern capitalists are investigating the 

 climate of Missouri, with a view of investing a million of dollars in a 

 new industry. If the Missouri Weather Service could not give the re- 

 quired information, there is no reason to think that these men would 

 even contemplate the investment of their capital in our state. 



RELATION OF THE STATE SERVICE TO THE NATIONAL SERVICE. 



The State Weather Service bears the same relation to the National 

 Service, that the State Goverment bears to the National Government. 



There are many large storms, of great severity, which damage ship- 

 ping and endanger life. The signal service has done a great work in 

 giving warning of these storms. Shippers and dealers in provisions and 

 fruits find the cold wave warnings of the greatest value. In all large 

 cities the approach of a "warm spell" is known through the Signal 

 Service predictions, and thousands of tons of meats are hurried to cold 

 storage warehouses, and the opportunity to ship other provisions which 

 must be kept from freezing is anticipated and made available. It is not 

 saying too much to say that it would be impossible to carry on the ship- 

 ping business of the country, as it is now carried on, without the aid of 

 the national weather service. 



But each state has its own peculiar industries, advantages and in- 

 terests. It should provide for a thorough study of its own climate, and 

 should distribute published reports for the benefit of those who may de- 

 sire such knowledge. 



There is another field which peculiarly belongs to the state weather 

 service. The weather, which is of greatest importance to the farmer, is 

 the weather of harvest. During that time storms aie usually very local. 

 They may cover a few counties only, and inflict immense damage. 

 People living in the city can learn from the Signal Service that there will 

 be "local rains in Missouri." but nobody knows where in Missouri they 

 are going to locate, and even this information reaches the farmer only 

 after the rain is over, if at all. 



The local peculiarities of these storms requires study in each state. 

 V^ery much has been done in this direction in Iowa and by the New 



