The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-03-04
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FOR FRUIT MEN
A. H. Thiessen Arranges to Es-
tablish a Weather Bureau
Branch in Provo.
EACH 0RCHARDIST WILL BE
PHONED WARNING OF FROST
System Will Be Extended to
Other Parts of State After
Careful Study.
Special 10 The Tribune.

Special 10 The Tribune.
PROVO. March 3.-A. II. Thicssen
chief of tho weather bureau at Salt Lake
City, was in Provo. Thursday and Fri
day. making arrangements for the es-
tahlishment OF branch or the weather
bureau in this city.
So much fruit has been DESTROYED by
early spring frosts that 1T was thought
egpeGient to prevent, II possible. a repe.
tition OF these disastrous conditions, and
the Provo Commercial club took the mat
ter up with Professor Thiesscns who was
favorable 10 the move, and the fruit-
vantage OF such forecasts of weather
conditions as are obtainable by the
United States weather bureau. In con
nection with these forecasts Mr., Thies-
sen says.
''In order to protect the fruit industry
il is necessary to do a great deal OF de-
tail work: a general forecast of the
weather will not accomplish this pur-
pose. because in the Provo fruit district
there are about four sections that have
different climatic conditions. OF. at least.
weather conditions.
Each Grower to Be Warned.
''The warning of frost, therefore: must
he rather IN detail, In order to benefit
so-called critical nights when frost will
occur only here and there general
forecast of frost may induce some OF
the frutgrowers to fire or heat when il
is not necessary for their particular or
chards, and then on the other hand a
forecast OF no frost may slightly vary
orchards may experience frost and there
by suffer loss. and other parts Of the
fruit district may he free.
Also II IS thought necessary 10 make
detailed forecast for each orchard, and
in order to do this the planters will or
ganize into temporary organizations each
orchard man TO have a Thermometer
which will be exposed In the lowest or
coldest part OF his orchard, and also It
will he necessary TO have a telephone.
We Will then establish a central office
every orchardist. who will then give
half hour reading of the temperature to
the central station. from which station
he will be advised as to the proper time
to fire Every orchard man is requested
To enter heartily into the scheme.
I'm addition 10 this forecast warning
work expect to make experiments I'm
some OF the representative orchards. that
is. orchards that represent the different
weather conditions OF the fruit belt. be
cause il Is we'll known that while some
orchards have frost others are quite
immune, and II Is my intention to give
this matter more or less study not only
for help for the present season. but to
he OF assistance in my future work,
Meeting to Discuss Plans.
There will be a meeting at o'clock
next Monday afternoon on the bench and
one at 7;3o p m. In the Provo library,
where this matter will be further dis
cussed. and every orchard man is urged
even before these meetings to take
measures TO provide himself with an
accurate thermometer and telephone.
or course. this applies only to those
horticulturists who intend to protect
themselves against frost by firing or
other means"
''It is my hope that every orchard man
in the Provo district will avail himself
of this opportunity and enter heartily into
the plan, which l also wish TO put in
operation in other fruit districts In the
state"
Mr.. Thiessen expects 10 take personal
charge Of this warning work In the Provo
district and will come here from Salt
Lake whenever frost seems to be i'm
minent. The plan is receiving the hearty
support OF the fruit growers and it is
expected that great saving will be the
result,