The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1910-04-05
FROST DOES
LITTLE HARM

The heavy frost predicted yester-
day by the L. S. weather Bureau ar
rived on time this season, and while
some fear that the fruit mas been
killed, others consider il merely
thinning" and believe that in the end
the lighs freeze will prove beneficial
in making larger, better apples. even
thought there are not SO many. This
season brought a very heavy bloom
on all fruit trees, and had the frost
not killed some of them, thinning
by hand would have been necessary
later
The government report in Roswell.
furnished by Marsden Wright, the Z.
s. observer, shows that the freeze
started at three O'Clock this morning.
when the mercury dropped to 32 de-
grees. The mercury gradually shrunk
in the tube until seven, wlen the sun
began to warm the eartn again A.
six O'Clock the temperature marked
% and at seven it reached the mini
mum of the morning, 81. After that
il warmed up rapidly.
There has been a shortage of crude
oil in Roswell and tae Pecos Valley
and the people nave failed to get in
enough for snmdging purposes. The
shortage came last night when the oil
was most needed. However. brush,
weeds. trash and even wood were
burned to help in making smudge
and in raising the temperature in or
cslards. In many places the smudg-
ing was successful. In some places
the warm artesian water was turned
on and the entire crop was saved.
The s.nudee from the farlnlands fill
ed the air in Roswell all through the
night
A carload of crude oil came in last
night and was distributed through the
farms today. Another frost is pre-
dicted for tonight. but the prediction
is that it will be lighter than last
night This is believed to be the last
of the cold wave.
w. q. Triton whose orchard north of
town is on fairly high land. did not
smudge, but after a careful exanina-
tion, ne believes that there is at least
two-thirds of a crop left.
II. j. Hagerman reports that at
South Spring the frost was heavy,
hut that he believes some fruit still
lives in all the orchards. In the or
chards where smudging and watering
was carried on the freeze only served
to thin out the blossoms, and the
damage will not be material
]. A. Williams. of the Slaughter
farm. reports that he did not smudge
at all and that about one bloom in
ten is left. except where ne had the
warm water running, and where the
| orchard was irrigated the entire crop
| was saved
Tom Malone, who came from Ha-
german this morning, believes all the
| fruit there is killed. He says three
different thermometers, ((an of tnem
of commercial make however, show
ed a temperature as low as % this
morning.
+. J. Brooks, of Agtesia, passed
! through this morning going north and
stated that the people at Artesia con-
sidered their fruit killed, as the tier
mometers there showed tenpera-
ture this morning as low as "a and
25 degrees.
Frank Talmage, of Greenfield re-
ports that little or no damage was
done to the fruia in nis section of
| The valley.
Capt. NJ. s. Murray today stated
that that he snudged all night and
that he considered that he had prac-
tically saved his crop. He said to
day: 81 know tnat l have much good
fruit left. and I believe we saved il
by smudging. 1t was nipped a little
everywhere there was no smudging
| hut n 60 hot 4C ~
seriously hurt"
Col. Parker Earle stated today that
the fruit of his pear orchard east OF
town was not materially damaged.