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for the organization by means of which they can 

 work together equably. 



THE WEATHER SEEVICE 



The Weather Service in New York is provided in 

 cooperation with the federal Weather Service. The 

 State Director of the Weather Bureau is appointed 

 and paid by the Federal Service, but the office facili- 

 ties, clerical force, and maintenance fund are pro- 

 vided by the State. The office facilities are provided 

 at the State College of Agriculture at Ithaca whore 

 complete weatlier observations are taken twice daily. 

 Cooperating with this central office are voluntary and 

 paid observers distributed over the State that report 

 their observations to the central office, together with 

 similar reports from other parts of the county that are 

 the bases of the daily weather forecasts. The dis- 

 tribution of the weather forecasts from day to day are 

 made in part through this central office. It is the 

 business of the Weather Service to collect data show- 

 ing the weather and climate, to distribute predictions 

 on the weather twenty-four hours in advance, for the 

 guidance of agriculture, shipping and other interests 

 that may be concerned, and to tabulate and prepare 

 for publication data bearing on the climate of all 

 parts of the State. 



