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Weather Forecasts for Farmers, [june, 1920 



Weather Forecasts for Farmers. — ^The Meteorological Ofi&ce will, as 

 in past years, supply forecasts of weather by telegraph to persons 

 desirous of receiving them, upon payment of a registration fee of 15. 

 and the cost of the telegrams^ computed at is. per message. 



The forecasts are drawn up at 10.30 a.m., 4.0 p.m., and 9.0 p.m. 

 (summer time). Forecasts issued at the morning hour refer to the period 

 covering the afternoon of the day of issue and the morning of the fol- 

 lowing day. Those issued in the afternoon and evening refer to the 

 whole of the following day. All the forecasts include a Further Outlook 

 of the probable weather beyond the 24-hour period whenever such a 

 Further Outlook can be given. 



Notifications will also be issued by telegram when conditions indicate 

 that a spell of several days fair weather is likely, and again when the 

 spell is about to break up. For this service a fee of 6d. is charged for 

 telepraphy. A minimum deposit of 5s. against which the charges may 

 be booked is required. 



Apphcations for regular forecasts (as distinct from Spell of Notifica- 

 tions) should specify the hour of the forecasts desired (or hours if more 

 than one telegram daily is required). They should be sent to the 

 Director, Meteorological Office, Air [Ministry, London, W.C.2, and 

 should be accompanied by a cheque or postal order payable to the 

 Meteorological Committee to cover the cost of the telegrams for the 

 period during which the forecasts are to be sent. 



Further particulars and printed forms of application may be obtained 

 from the Director of the Meteorological Office. 



Applications by telegraph for single forecasts should be addressed 

 to " Weather, London," and the reply should be prepaid. 



Fream Memorial Prize. — The Fream Memorial Prize, which fis 

 annually awarded by the Ministry to the candidate who obtains the 

 highest marks in the examinations for the National Diploma in Agricul- 

 ture, has been won this year by Mr. Wm. Caldwell, of Burnhouses, 

 Kilmarnock, a student of the West of Scotland Agricultural College, 

 Glasgow. 



The value of the prize this year is about £7 los., which is to be devoted 

 to the purchase of books. 



New Chairman of Agrriculturai Wag:e8 Board. — Sir Ailwyn Fellowes, 

 K.C.V.O., K.B.E., has resigned his position as Chairman of the Central 

 Agricultural Wages Board, and the Minister of Agricuiture has appointed 

 Mr. Collingwood Kope, K.C., C.B.E., to succeed him. 



May Journal Erratum. — In the issue of this Journal for last month, 

 p. 123, line 33, for the word " Coombs " read " Quarters." 



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