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THURSDAY, MARCH 23. 1978
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“Hisotry puts everything in the
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“We are getting information
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Griffiths said it was not until the
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might say it’s cold outside, while
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there is no guessing.”
All through the ages people have
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man’s effect on it. In 61 A.D. a
Roman playwright called Seneca
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Rome. Before that in 1066 B.C., the
Chou Dynasty in China began to
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thousands of observations and in
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of the weather.
“I don’t think most people are suf
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fiths. “It’s a shame. From a look at
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When we look at the history of
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that so much of the development
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developing meteorological sciences.
“We are finding that many of the
philosophies expressed 100 years
ago concerning man’s effect on the
environment are exactly what we
are coming up with today. Basically,
we are rediscovering what we have
lived to forget,” he notes.
Griffiths says more than 2,100
years ago the definition of climate
was based on day length. For the
ward step taken in the
World to improve that (
Griffiths contends it was a case
“we’ve always done it this way
use anything else.”
Even trees aid in understaaJi
weather conditions hundred;
years ago, Griffiths explains. Slal
ing the tree rings to determinej
growth period is an example. Ifj
ring is narrow, then there wassu
stress on the tree that year. Aj
ring means a good growth year,
You have to take into ac«
growth factors, he says, but on j
whole scientists can get some ides
what the weather was
spring and summer months l)
efreds of years ago.
‘Plowdown’ to continue
United Press International
Striking farmers, in the pro
cess of turning their crops under,
said Wednesday they would con
tinue a national “plowdown”
until Congress acted to increase
agricultural prices.
The plowdown began Tuesday
in southeastern Colorado’s Baca
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formed seven months ago and a
nationwide farm strike started in
December.
The farmers are demanding a
break-even price on their prod
ucts. They said the price of
wheat, now about $2.50 per
bushel, would have to double in
order for them to make a small
profit.
Gene Schroder, a strike leader
in Springfield, Colo., said the
plowdown was underway in Col
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sas. He said farmers in other
states would join the protest
when the weather warmed.
Schroder said farmers in
Georgia had plowed under
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Wildlife Lecture, "Alaskan Odysset,
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