How Americans used to get their weather from the post office

Farmers' Bulletins were national weather reports compiled each evening in Washington, D.C., and sent to thousands of communities. It was an information lifeline for rural America in the late 1800s and early 1900s.

Smithsonian National Postal Museum curator Lynn Heidelbaugh joins Here & Now's David Folkenflik to discuss how the Farmers' Bulletin system first developed and why it was so critical for a growing nation.