CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1908-05-28

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times OF peril from frosts.
Last Saturday a rousing meeting
was held in the Grand junction opera
house which was attended by a thou
sand fruit growers from all fruit Sec
tions on the western slope.
This meeting was unanimous In the
opinion that crops can be saved by
artificial heat and that it is the heat
and not the smoke or smudge that
does the business.
The report of that meeting publish
ed in the Grand Junction News Is so
good and will be Of 30 much interest
to Canon City fruit growers that it
will be published In full in the Daily
Record, half today and half tomor-
row.
The News says:
Packing the Park opera house from
pit to dome, listening intenuy to the
addresses and propounding questions
to the speakers. over 1000 fruit grow
ers and other interested parties yes
terday afternoon absorbed informa-
ucn that. 1t is believed. will enable
all Of western Colorado to save the
fruit crop hereafter.
The gathering was a notable one
from every standpoint and its i'm
portance was attested by the enor-
nous crowds in attendance and the
great interest displayed. Not only
from all over Colorado were represen-
tatiye fruit growers present but men
from outside states deeply interested
In. the one question of fighting frost.
the only enemy which heretofore has
been unsucessfully combated, came
TO hear and to see.
And they have gone away con-
vinced that there Is a system and that
I, is the use OF little pots and crude
oil TO heat the orchards.
Yesterdays meeting was a historic
one and will go down as such In the
annals OF fruit growers sessions in
this state.
The meeting Was opened by Orson
Adams. Jr.. presiding and he intro
duced the various speakers. J. p.
Bolton OF Fresno, Cal, weather OBJ
server at that place and owner OF the
pot system of oil heating was the
frst speaker. Mr.. Bolton declared
that It vas not a question as TO which
pot is good but 1t is the principle or
system.
Professor Moore and other learn
ed men Of the weather bureau have
written lengthy articles for years on
the frost proposition said Mr. Bolton.
but they have never put anything into
practice and II this Is not done no
practical results can be obtained. II
you lose your crop this year what as
surance have you that It will be saved
or that II will be lost next year?
None. unless you protect yourselves
by having a plant or system by which
II can be saved and know that your
plant will do the work.
The pots which I own have been
used for five years In California and
we have made good. defy any man
to say that we have failed to save an
entire crop by their use and | am
willing to pay the expense of COM
mission to go there and verify my
claim.
In California we save the crops
by the use OF from 25 to 40 pots per
acre and the lowest temperature l
can recall is &c. Out there they build
concrete tanks to store the crude oil.
carloads. Where a large amount Of
oil IL needed for big orchards a pump
ing plant must be installed. In small
places a galvanized iron tank is suffi-
Client Out there they put the pots
out in January and leave them until
May. The evaporation of oil Is not
noticeable aud one filling will do un-
til after the first burning. One OF these
pots holds gallon OF oil. We ex-
perimented with pots with a capacity
OF from one to fve gallons but We
found that the one gallon pot met AL
the requirements and was the best.
1t will burn from four to six houra.
The cover which goes with Il regulates
the consumption OF fuel and they will
keep about nvs years 't properly cared
for a. the oil preserves them.'
when asked a. to how many should
be put ON an acre Of orchard Mr.. Dol-
ton said 60 and that moro heaters
should b kept on the outside oe tAs
orchard than iasids and that . reserve
lins sAoHld Be ON hand % that these