The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-04-16
100000 DAMAGE TO
FRUITS BY FROSTS
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day when fruit men begin inspecting
their orchards again.
Few fruit men slept Thursday night
or last night, as their best efforts were
needed in fighting against the frost.
Where smudge pots were used the
damage was not severe, but in other
cases it is feared that practically all Of
the fruit of the state, except in the ex-
IRENE southern part, was killed by the
frost.
Warm Weather Due.
The weather bureau was flying the
frost signal again last night, though the
temperature was somewhat changed in
the evening. Today fair and warmer
weather is promised, with continued
warm weather for Sunday, and escape
from the frost.
The record at the local weather bu-
reau office for the "A hours ending at
o'clock last night, showed the tenn
perature at o'clock to be Al, with
maximum for the day of As and mini
mum of %, placing the mean tempera-
ture at 80, which is II degrees below
normal. The total excess since the first
of the month is A degrees, with total
excess since January l of S4S degrees
The sunrise today will be at 5;47 and
sunset at 1908, with moonrise this MORN
ing at 10:16 and moonset at 2:OS a. m.
The report of the weather bureau for
today is:
Saturday fair and warmer with
slight danger from frost at night in
most exposed places. Sunday fair.
For Utah; Saturday fair and warmer;
Sunday fair.
1.-THE weather is warming up rapidly
in the west with the gradual decrease
in the atmospheric pressure" adds the
forecaster. THE sky was generally
clear Friday evening, and the winds
We're reported appreciably lighter. Prac-
tically every station in the Rocky
mountains and along the coast report
conspicuous rises in temperature, The
temperature rise in Salt Lake up to
Friday night had not been important
and late in the evening the temperature
was exactly the same as at the CORES
bonding hour Thursday night, but the
weather should be appreciably warmer
by Saturday night, when the danger
from frost viii be much less general.
Cold Wave Hit Utah.
Colorado and New Mexico are, how
ever, having the cold wave that crossed
Utah Thursday night, and at Santa Fe
at D. m. Friday the temperature was
80 degrees and snow was falling. In
clement weather still continues
throughout the entire Mississippi val
ley, and much colder weather in the
upper Mississippi valley, where the
temperature is far below freezing and
heavy snow was falling. Cloudiness
and scattered precipitation have oc-
CURED farther east, but the temperature
in the Ohio valley is seasOnably warm. "
]. NJ. Fisher, probably the largest
fruit grower in Salt Lake county, suf-
fered but little from the frost, and he
gives all the credit to his smudge pots
which were put out early and kept
burning in the orchards through the
night. The damage was practically nil
His orchards are in the East Mill
Creek district and all around him orch
ard men lost heavily.
1T simply comes to this" said Inspec-
tor Stay last night. THE fruit grow
ers Of Salt Lake county will have to
get smudge pots if they care to save
their fruit. This is the second year that
the crop has been about wiped out IL
Salt Lake county, Mr.. Fisher tells me
that he had his smudge pots going al
night and the trees are not damaged
That has to be done, or there will be
nothing certain about raising the fruit
in Salt Lake county"
In the meetings of the Salt Lake Hor-
ticulturaI society for several weeks, the
danger Of loss to the fruit through the
frosts was expressed, and all of the
fruit men were told that the smudgt
pots must be used or the crops would
be ruined. This was when the weather
was so fine and warm through the ear
ly part of March and the trees came
out In blossoms. In only a few in
stances, however, the smudge pots Were
obtained and put into use, with the re.
suit that for the second consecutive
year the fruit crop Of Salt Lake coun.
ty will practically be destroyed.
One of the heaviest losses in the state
will be in the Provo and Springville dis.
tricts. Utah county. Here, according
to william NJ. Roylance, the damag,
has been most severe. Where smudgs
pots were used the damage was MOI
great and in most cases there was prac.
tically no damage. but in many other:
where no protection was given to the
trees, the frost damage will be heavy
This is especially true, Mr.. Roylanct
says, of peaches, sprunes, cherries and
early apples. The temperature dropped
as low as % degrees. In many case.
throughout the state fruit men bull
large fires of rubbish and boards, wher,
they had no smudge pots, and they will
be rewarded later.
Damage in State.
w. H. Streeper, Jr.. of CentervilIe
says the damage in Davis county vii
reach at least $4,000. The damage {,
all fruits throughout Davis county Il
very severe.
William Horsiev of brigham Cftx
said there was only slight loss In Bo,
not drop too low