Weather Bureau 
A. J. Mitchell. 
Mr. President , Ladies and Gentlemen : 
Prof. Hume: I might say in this con¬ 
nection, a few good words for the 
weather man, for some of the bad things 
he has been doing. This past winter he 
has been striking at it very closely, and 
has been getting on his good behavior, 
and he has helped us out of many a tight 
place, and while we cannot give much 
time to our friend, Weather-man Mit¬ 
chell, still he is going to kindly say a few 
words to us. 
Mr. Mitchell: You notice the tact he 
uses in limiting my time. He said he 
would let me get up, provided I could stay 
only a few minutes. Now, the idea of a 
man known as “Mr. Windy” saying what 
he has to say in a few minutes! This 
Association has very patiently and intel¬ 
ligently listened to the entomologist, the 
bugologist, and the germologist and all 
the other ologists, so I think now you 
should allow the ice-man a few minutes. 
When I look into the faces of those in 
this Association, I am impressed with the 
fact that I am looking into the faces of 
those who, to quote the words of Mil¬ 
waukee, have made Florida famous. I 
am not handing out a panegyric to you, 
when I say this. I say it because it is 
true. It is to the citrus grower, the farm¬ 
er, the truck grower, more than anyone 
else, to whom we owe thanks for putting 
Florida on the roll of states where she is 
today. 
It has been my fortune, and frequently 
you thought it was your misfortune to 
have been in touch with Florida growers 
since 1894—a long while ago; I was a 
boy then. I want to say this, and I 
want to drive it home; that while I do 
not own a bit of citrus property in the 
state, I daresay there are times when I 
feel more interest and concern than you 
do over the welfare of your property. I 
reflect a sentiment that permeates, every¬ 
where, the man who has jurisdiction over 
any department of the country. Of 
course, the point of interest to you is the 
prompt receipt of warnings of frost and 
cold waves. The weather man does his 
best, but the weather man sometimes be¬ 
lieves there is a lack of co-operation on 
your part. For instance, the government 
has so much money to expend for tele¬ 
graph services. Sometimes we have to 
duplicate telegrams in order to reach a 
very small area; therefore, it behooves 
every citrus grower, everyone interested 
to co-operate. In this connection I wish 
to invite attention to the fact that Mr. 
Temple, the head of the Citrus Associa¬ 
tion, lent us valuable and effective aid in 
co-operating with the Weather Bureau. 
