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United States, or as are essential for the purpose for the proper execu- 

 United State, or as are essential for the proper execution of the fore- 

 going duties. 



The position we occupy on this question. I believe, is this : 

 From its establishment in 1870 the \\'eather Bureau has been 

 increasingly engaged in every phase of weather forecasting, the 

 issue of frost and cold wave warnings and the taking of meteor- 

 ological and climatic observations, all in the interests of agri- 

 culture and for the benefit of commerce in live stock and ag- 

 ricultural products. There is supplemental legislation that au- 

 thorizes "investigations in meteorology, climatology, seismology, 

 evaporation and aerology." In a few words. Agricultural Meteor- 

 oolgy may be broadly defined as meteorology applied to the needs 

 and conducted in the interests of agriculture, and from this point 

 of view the Weather Bureau is a pioneer in that field. It behooves 

 us soon to adopt the attractive title for the work, and such a 

 course was recommended in 1913 by a committee of the W'eather 

 Bureau, but administrative reasons and technical exigencies have 

 postponed efllecting the necessary reorganization to accomplish 

 the desired change. Professor Smith's studies have shown how 

 the work may be extended into fields hitherto but little cultivated, 

 and the fullest practical support and encouragement of his work 

 is assured. 



I cannot occupy more of your time on this occasion to dis- 

 cuss the investigations the Bureau is making of aerology by means 

 of kites and balloons or our studies in the measurement of solar 

 radiation, or the investigations and observations we are now 

 authorized to make in seismology. Substantial progress is being 

 made, we believe, along all these lines and in theoretical studies 

 in subjects closely allied to each. 



The Bureau welcomes suggestions and friendly criticisms, 

 and urges that specialists and educational institutions devote 

 attention to technical meteorology. Many important prolilems 

 still await solution, and material differences of view prevail 

 concerning some of the fundamental principles of storm genesis, 

 their maintenance, etc. Meteorology as a science has not yet 

 entered upon its laboratory stage. What is needed is a genuine 



