The Dolores star., 1912-04-19

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- pssssles u sssharx heating ~
~ pssvssstoW q fInt danass hes
Ma1s gssae stsjdss within ~ - ~
ysasA Uatil ssesstly many msthsds
havs hsse 10 - aad svssy paaslbls
~ has hssa sssostsd 70 With varying
sesessA Ths art sust u Installation
nssss appais the psaspectivs puschssss,
hue In view n ths sssvl0s rsndsresj,
Inc osiginsi outlay sinks Into insignia.
sanes whsn its value b considered. IL
Il ma much hettsP 10 have . soqd crop
q TAP psscis5 I'he nvst expense h
dosb,y sspsA On the nrst visitation n
ftust and dsMally the hsst prices an
obtalMab,s when the crop b short. II
naturally follows that every grower In
! commmity viii not make expendi.
tuvs nj frost Insurance. He 6gurss
that be suotss lnss but me In Eve
ysass and b willing tn take chance.
The grower viii cultivats. irrIGate.
sertllIse, prune and spray, and this h.
wlll d. every season IN take from hin
trees the best they wiIl psoduce. To do
this means expsnss-and oil may BE-
wiped out ~ IN hour II frost. What
dnes the cmt AZ an orchard stand the
grower annually and can he bear the
lnas without complainingf Pnasihly he
nan, hut there are instances II success
slve yeap where ssctions wers subject
10 complete Losses and " never know
what The next season hes In store Tor
m. Many are under the iinpresslon
that the orchard heater serves In in
creases the temperature; yes. and M.
I do not make this claim, for In my
experience the actual increase Of te'n.
perature h less than Ave degrees. This
h an actual increase or rise. being the
heat genesaied and creating warmth
In the heated sone greater than the
outside temperature 1t the time Of
lighting.
What b really done h the holding of
the temperature asainst . fall. This b
the theory that hes been most conclu.
slvely proven m innumerable occa-
s,ona. Under the n,ost favorable con-
ditlons the heated sone hss been held
IN the po.nt Of safety vhIIs the outsIde
thermometer Rad sixteen degrees.
Eighteen and twenty degrees ars easily
carried through with safety. Not less
than 100 heaters should he used 10 the
acre and this rsc0mmendatlon 10 made
where the trees aEs Of ags and Of size.
In . young orchard many more will t~
required and In earsles truck twice y
many. In advocating 100 heater to
s~sp, am sass IN saying that thia
sesspMsst win spsoteet the. grower
sGnlMse asy spring frdst, no matter
hoe ssvsss II may h..
TIE Ne a insssllisg this ,nsWssr n
heatess to The acss hes bssn tbunA the
most practical. Experience hes shown
that . gpsates numhss u small hsateru
Installed viii give hotter resntls than >
smaller number ~ large heaten, pro
duclrg . sseater heat. Philosophy
teaehes ~ that heat rises and the great.
Or the heat. the fssteF u will rlae. The
primary idea h Ia concentrate and hold
the heat produced and thus wlll h. seen
the Weceeslty 81 having email, slow
even.esnesa ting heat produc.
Ing IRE; fov when the heat produced
h great = would be by . large hre the
snIciency Of the method h low.
Frnsts occur II time when there h
little NJ no wind, hut the heat Of the
dres vill GAUSS slight cir drift and y,
h most advisable to protect the o0ter
rown of trsea with . double line ~ pois.
and when this cir movement does star,
the embarrassment gives the outside
rows full protection Bet the heater.
nut In the orchard when the buds he
GIN 10 swell aud show color. On the
hasis of 100 10 the acre. place then
twenty.one ss~t apart, Or the equlva.
lent. Flll them with ~ much Ill ~
they wlli ho,d and coves. Fog this
purpase. make torch Of gas pipe aud
aud 10 ilshl the al, throw on ahout >
seaspoonful n saaollne. THE Ignition
b immediate and the generation II
beat hesins -. b. M'Phsrson liz Den.
ves Field and Farm.
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