Marble Hill press., 1921-05-12

Vermont. clear 90 T.." canadian boundary.
...ur'. are rHf '.r 5.l.a-r .- h,atg 500 places
I.r .NHuI,.. $500 expert. %. fHr crop reporting
>rr.r. W N.s-.gr. estimated 'h, Eau.s. 60 fruits
$500. ,lrs Vegetable. uf >iuUsuu"
Tie ar.lr cr.. Iu Na.ulu. fnu. H.u'0u and 1'h.
e. counties In 'N' northwest Ark.usa. trult rvsiun
wil hy practically 'sfa. lr>, T,u.hv, and cher.
Ir, urtr hIlrI aud strawberries damaged almost
2" per ,,ut
Dispatches said ahaa' 70 l,cr cent Of the run
'rrp lu Oklahoma is rsu,t
% is estimated that N,Uraska.s crop - early
cherries npr,r, p,a~,. aud plum. D., q total Iuss.
IT." early varieties - frult IN s.fay eastern
state, a.>n suffered heavily
Early peaches, cherries. and pums probably
have been k.I,I u southeastern Pennsylvania
til" cold weather seriously damaged the fruit
crop 10 the southern par, of uha. where the fruit
va, far advanced
Thousands Maryland frutt tTrc- were n full
bloom when l.t by ta.~ frus'. Growers IN Wash.
inston county. 'a" c,at.r of the western Maryland
peach hrIt. report uc lsnrh crop destroyed
The frgt .r0p in kentucky apparently was
killed
Therefor" ID" following article. prepared by
the United State, Department ~ Atriculture is
worth the attention ot every fruit grower:
The weather hur.au ur the United states he.
Iartmrut ut Agriculture has been able 10 discover
th" WEAPON used by that ul cIomy 4 mankind
su," FROST uuo 20 Iyy'at I.bshci report II
ieI~ the farmer and fruu grower Just what Jacks
invl~,h" weapon i, and how, under ordinary con.
diii"ns. the sprtcs own artillery may he used
against him.
Frost, ~ course, occurs whenever the mercury
drops 70 p degrees : or Iowa. II much mols-
rurr Is present iu ,hn atmosphere this drop In
temperature is manifested hyg the white crystals
of frozen moisture upon leaf or grass stem and
there Is what IS known as white FROST II the
Fa4F.F fFFr..
does not reach the point when water from the
air is condensed, there viii be few crystals dc.
posted. and the result Is black frost"
fTcezc' is the term applied 10 q condition of cold
more permanent than a frost, aud such a condition
may occur when therr are high winds True
Trosts' occur only when the surface air is rel
ativey calm.
Temperature Ike water seek. level During
n" day the earth receives more heat thnn IL can
throw of. but Mt night this supply Of heat Is
stopped During the day the heat thrown oY
by the earth warns the thin blanket Of afr next
the ground. This blanket as It warns. loses is
density and ascendS- Cooling rs II rises. present
ly II encounters air II its own Temperature and
there It stops. Meanwhile its pinc. has been
taken by other colder air. which is in turn warmed
by contact with the ground. This exchange goes
on until, at sundowu, all the air Of n wide LAYER
above the earth has been warmed and the high.
est temperature is felt nearest the earth
Garth Squanders Its Aea,
Now, with the sunset. old earth helns TO spfTer
from bit of aerial triCkery. An day long he
has been patiently passing out heat 10 one cold
air layer after another night comes and with
II the loss Of his source Of supply hut do these
warm upper layers pass back any Of the heat they
begged during the day? They do not--unless
they are made to. The layer close to the earth
does, and thus they leave their coldest banke,
against the shiverng earth while they sail ahout
40 or 30 feet above their late hencfactor serene
and warm and selfish, little caring that the spend
thrift earth Is freezing his toes below.
As the earth becomes colder the afr blanket
next his brown old skin becomes colder too and
heavier as II becomes colder. that the colder II
grows the more tightly II Ats and he has little
chance of throwing of his chilly coveret TO seize
wsrmer zonel The earth, too prodgai of bi.